Guides for ubuntu
Configuring Firewalls on Civo and Ubuntu
Learn how to use Civo's built-in firewalls and UFW on Ubuntu. Follow step-by-step instructions to protect your instances and control access to your apps and services.
Harden Your Virtual Private Server Against Attackers
There are a number of ways malicious users will try to gain access to unsecured or vulnerable systems, and awareness of these ways means an ability to mitigate the risk of someone using your system for unauthorised purposes.
Running your own email server with Mail-in-a-Box
How to install and maintain your own mail server using Mail-in-a-Box on Ubuntu 14.04.
Workaround for instances with networking bug on Ubuntu 18.04
We recently discovered a bug on instances launched with the Ubuntu 18.04 image. This bug is caused by the new networking configuration abstraction renderer called Netplan that is used by default in Bionic.
Fixing Docker's MTU Issues on Ubuntu
Learn how to resolve an issue with Docker's MTU on Ubuntu systems, causing timeouts and errors. Step-by-step guide included.
Firewalling an Ubuntu 16.04 instance
There are two main ways we'd recommend users to secure their Ubuntu instances by creating a firewall - using our platform or internally on the instance using UFW.
Install Docker on Ubuntu
How-To Guide to Set Up Docker on Ubuntu 18 on Civo