I recently setup my first droplet and I have negligible experience with unix administration. This guide was extremely useful: https://www.digitalocean.com/comm

I recently setup my first droplet and I have negligible experience with unix administration. This guide was extremely useful: https://www.digitalocean.com/community/articles/initial-server-setup-with-ubuntu-12-04 https://www.digitalocean.com/community/articles/initial-serv... Don't miss "Step Five— Configure SSH (OPTIONAL)". My assumption is that my droplet is considerably safer than it was to start with. Next step: https://www.digitalocean.com/community/articles/how-to-protect-ssh-with-fail2ban-on-ubuntu-12-04 https://www.digitalocean.com/community/articles/how-to-prote...