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Configure UFW for SSH on Ubuntu

Category: VPS Setup

Secure SSH with UFW on an Ubuntu VPS—install UFW with

apt update && apt install ufw

then allow SSH with

ufw allow 22/tcp

(or custom port e g ufw allow 2222/tcp) Set a default deny policy with

ufw default deny incoming

and

ufw default allow outgoing

then enable with

ufw enable

—confirm \"y\" to activate Verify rules with

ufw status numbered

expecting \"22/tcp ALLOW Anywhere\" Add logging with

ufw logging on

—check /var/log/ufw log for blocks On Linode this ensures only SSH traffic passes protecting MySQL and phpMyAdmin while maintaining uptime—test with

ssh user@ip

to confirm access

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