Tag: VPS

Oct 10, 2026 ·

Asif Mughal · 61

Docker Ignores Your UFW Rules. Here's How to Check Your Own Server

Docker writes its own firewall rules, so UFW can say a port is blocked while a container port stays open to the internet. Here is how to check your own server and fix it three ways.

Oct 1, 2026 ·

Asif Mughal · 545

DigitalOcean Droplet Pricing 2026: Full Tables and the Change Nobody Got Right

DigitalOcean did not cut Droplet prices 20% in January 2026, despite what several sites claim. Here's what actually changed (per-second billing), full current pricing tables, and real backup and bandwidth costs most comparisons leave out.

Oct 1, 2026 ·

Asif Mughal · 84

The Complete Backup Strategy for a Solo-Run VPS: Five Layers, One Runbook

Restic backups, uptime monitoring, provider outages, and certificate renewal are usually written about one at a time. Here is how all five layers of a real VPS backup strategy fit together, plus the exact recovery sequence to follow the day a server is actually gone.

Sep 21, 2026 ·

Asif Mughal · 2,591

Hetzner CX23 Pricing (Formerly CX22): Full 2026–2027 Price Tables

Hetzner CX22 is now CX23, still €5.99/month for 2 vCPU and 4GB RAM. Full pricing tables for the whole CX, CAX, and CPX lineup, a link to Hetzner's official pricing page, and why the plan may be unorderable right now.

Sep 18, 2026 ·

Asif Mughal · 115

Nginx Shows 502 But Your App Is Running? Check This IPv6 Localhost Trap

Nginx shows 502 Bad Gateway but your app is confirmed running? Check for an IPv4 vs IPv6 localhost mismatch in proxy_pass. Here is how to spot it in the error log and the one-line config fix.

Sep 17, 2026 ·

Asif Mughal · 108

Laravel Cloud vs a VPS: When Managed Laravel Hosting Is Actually Worth It

Laravel Cloud added a genuinely usage-based, hibernation-enabled entry plan, changing the math against a plain VPS for a small project. Here is what you get for the extra cost, the real cold-start tradeoff, and when a VPS still wins.

Sep 3, 2026 ·

Asif Mughal · 97

Ubuntu 26.04 LTS Needs a Newer CPU. Check This Before You Upgrade Your VPS

Ubuntu 26.04 LTS cloud images now require a newer x86-64-v3 CPU baseline, and older or budget VPS hardware may not qualify. Here is the one command to check before you upgrade, and why a failed upgrade is worse on a remote server than a desktop.

Aug 30, 2026 ·

Asif Mughal · 100

Too Many Certificates Already Issued for Exact Set of Domains

Too many certificates already issued for exact set of domains means you hit Let's Encrypt's 5-per-week duplicate limit. Here is why shorter certificate lifetimes make this more likely, and the real fix, not the advice that makes it worse.

Aug 30, 2026 ·

Asif Mughal · 62

Why Upgrading to Laravel 13 Might Silently Log Out All Your Users

Upgrading to Laravel 13 can quietly log out every user on your app at once, and it won't throw a single error. Here's why, and how to check if you're exposed before you deploy.

Aug 29, 2026 ·

Asif Mughal · 153

ERROR 1040 (HY000): Too Many Connections

This error means MySQL has run out of connection slots. Here is the quick fix, the permanent fix, and the RAM math you should do first if you run MySQL on a small VPS, before you just raise the number.

Aug 29, 2026 ·

Asif Mughal · 134

Let's Encrypt Certificates Are Getting Shorter. Is Your Renewal Script Ready?

Let's Encrypt is shortening its certificate lifetimes, moving from 90 days down to 64 days by February 2027, with 45-day and even 6-day options already available. If your renewal script still assumes a 30-day buffer, here is why that assumption is starting to run out of room.

Aug 29, 2026 ·

Asif Mughal · 119

Access denied; you need (at least one of) the file privilege(s) for this operation

This exact MySQL error means you are missing the FILE privilege, and the fix depends on your setup. Here is how to grant it safely on your own VPS, and what to do instead if you are on a managed database that will not let you grant it at all.