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What is your initial must installation package in your vps/server?

When you deploy a new vps or server, what is the first package of software you install to?
For example, nano, htop, fail2ban, curl, bmon etc.

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  • patrick7patrick7 Member, LIR
    'rsync',
    'mtr',
    'libpam-systemd',
    'arping',
    'lshw',
    'build-essential',
    'nload',
    'htop',
    'iftop',
    'iperf',
    'netcat-traditional',
    'netcat6',
    'ncdu',
    'whois',
    'ipcalc',
    'pwgen',
    'unzip',
    'tmux',
    'wipe',
    'dnsutils',
    'ntp',
    'tcpdump',
    'rkhunter',
    'nmap',
    'less'
    
    Thanked by 2deadbeef ehab
  • curl, mtr, htop, dnsutils, trafshow, tmux

  • unattended-upgrades, htop, nano, curl, fail2ban/denyhosts.

    Thanked by 1hostnoob
  • patrick7patrick7 Member, LIR
    edited September 2015

    I'm running puppet for initial setup (and after that). It will install required packages, configure openssh for key login, set up all user keys, set up motd, set up SNMPd, set up unattended upgrades etc :-)

  • Csf htop

  • NixtrenNixtren Member
    edited September 2015

    I install immediately:

    wget, nano and dstat

    I install on demand:

    curl, zip, unzip and screen

    I used to install fail2ban too, but for whatever reason I stopped, looks like I slowly started to forget about it. Thanks for remembering me about that anyhow.

  • vim nano wget rsync screen ftp htop nload are few I always use.

  • 22982298 Member
    edited September 2015

    the first would be zip, unzip

    because it is used for extracting nginx auto installer package. after the installer finish, i'll add nsd, nano, and mlocate :)

  • deadbeefdeadbeef Member
    edited September 2015

    htop, wget, screen, vim, docker (if not OpenVZ)

  • me = centmin mod lemp stack installer via curl installer :D

  • Nano

  • @Traffic said:
    unattended-upgrades, htop, nano, curl, fail2ban/denyhosts.

    Ooo forgot about this. Just rebuilt, I need to install this

    Thanked by 1Traffic
  • mtr htop screen duply nano unattended-upgrade

    Always setup backups (pgp encrypted to S3 with rotation to Glacier) before anything, do a full backup of the vanilla installation and then a incremental backup every time I do any substantial install or modification.

    Thanked by 2deadbeef lazyt
  • vim. What else? ;)

  • @zeitgeist said:
    vim. What else? ;)

    emacs

  • @Gunter said:
    emacs

    :=>

  • nano, wget - basics

    python-dev, python-pip --->> pip install glances (apt-get install glancs sucks in comparision)

  • @Gunter said:
    emacs

    Apple fanboy :p

  • zip , imagemagick , wget , screen , python last version.

  • aaxaaaaxaa Member
    edited September 2015

    you can use zip command with (zip -r NAMEWANT * )
    You will get NAMEWANT.ZIP ☺

  • wget, screen, htop, nano, unattended-upgrades, mtr, zip, unzip, fail2ban, ddos deflate, dnsutils, curl, locate, vnstat

  • I mostly install

    UFW nano wget zip htop fail2ban

  • hostnoob said: Ooo forgot about this. Just rebuilt, I need to install this

    As soon as I buy/rebuild a box I make sure to install denyhosts/fail2ban and unattended-upgrades ASAP.

    Then I can do other things before setting it up - but I make sure it's not online without that. Else I shutdown it.

  • SSDBlazeSSDBlaze Member, Host Rep

    nano wget zip

  • LeeLee Veteran
    edited September 2015

    Glad many use nano, I keep getting called a pussy for insisting on using it...

  • Usual packages: nano, zip or 7z, csf

    Sometimes must install depending on purpose: rsync, git and Scout Realtime

  • As of me, my initial install is nano, curl, htop, fail2ban, unattended-upgrades, curl, unzip, build-essential, rkhunter, bmon and, if I'm going to use remote desktop, xrdp.
    That's for @emg that asked! :-)
    This thread gave me some more ideas what to include to my initial setup of a server.

  • Lee said: Glad many use nano, I keep getting called a pussy for insisting on using it...

    I cannot understand what people find to vim for daily use... nano is way to easier...

  • @jvnadr said:
    I cannot understand what people find to vim for daily use... nano is way to easier...

    I use vim just because I learned it first and cbf to learn nano. vim isn't hard either so not sure why ease of use is such a big issue..

  • @Lee said:
    Glad many use nano, I keep getting called a pussy for insisting on using it...

    Pussy.

    Thanked by 1Lee
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