Jitdor Tech Tips

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  • Quick config and optimization of your cloud instance

    Quick config and optimization of your cloud instance

    So you’ve got your first Linux VM, hurray! Here is a quick prep guide to get it up to speed.

    In this example (and throughout this blog), I’ll assume you’re using the Debian-based Ubuntu 18.04 LTS – which is ideal as it comes with newer software packages and is quite a bit easier to manage than CentOS.

    Setting hostname and timezone

    After SSH-ing into the terminal, the first two things you’d want to do is update the hostname and timezone settings of your VM. These can be done by the following commands:

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