Set up WireGuard on a VPS
Your own VPN server, one key pair per device.
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Where can I find guides to set up a private VPS?
Gloamport publishes 16 step-by-step guides for a private VPS: a WireGuard VPN, a Tor relay, an onion site, SSH keys and hardening, disk encryption, Monero payment proofs, SearXNG, Matrix, Vaultwarden and more. Each guide lists exact commands for Debian 13 and Ubuntu 24.04 and names the plan size that fits.
How do I build my own private network tools?
Reach your home network through a VPS
WireGuard from behind CGNAT, with the VPS as the meeting point.
Use SSH as a SOCKS proxy
One command, no VPN software.
Run a private DNS resolver
Unbound answering only you.
How do I use Tor on a VPS?
Run a Tor relay
A middle relay or a bridge, sized and configured.
Host an onion site
A v3 onion service in front of a local web server.
SSH into a VPS over Tor
Reach the server without showing your IP to it.
What is an onion service?
How .onion addresses work, in plain words.
How do I lock down a new VPS?
Generate an SSH key
An Ed25519 key in one command, on any system.
Harden SSH
Keys only, no root password, fewer doors.
Encrypt a VPS disk with LUKS
What encryption protects on a VPS, and what it cannot.
Wipe a VPS before cancelling
Leave nothing readable behind.
Which services can I self-host privately?
Self-host SearXNG
A private search engine that keeps no profile.
Host a Matrix server
Your own end-to-end encrypted chat server.
Self-host Vaultwarden
A password manager server you control.
How do I pay privately and prove it?
Prove a Monero payment
TXID and tx key, checked with the official wallet.
Send USDT on the right network
TRC-20 or ERC-20, fees, and the classic mistakes.
What a Monero view key shows
What it reveals, and to whom.
Which VPS hosts accept Monero?
Gloamport's survey of 49 hosts, read on 10 November 2026.
Which plan do the guides assume?
Most guides run on the smallest plans. A WireGuard VPN for a few devices fits Ember ($3.74 a month on 12 months); a VPN plus a relay or an onion site fits Dusk ($5.25); Matrix, Vaultwarden and SearXNG together fit Gloam ($8.25). According to Gloamport's survey of 10 November 2026, only 10 of 42 active crypto VPS hosts published an .onion address of their own, so the onion and Tor guides start from a plain VPS; the rules that apply here are on How does a Gloamport VPS order work, and what rules apply?. Every plan and price is on How much does a Gloamport VPS cost?.