# Which guide answers your VPS privacy question? > 16 step-by-step guides for a private VPS: WireGuard, Tor relays, onion sites, SSH keys, LUKS, Monero payment proofs and more. - URL: https://gloamport.com/guides/ - Last updated: 2026-11-10 - Publisher: Gloamport (https://gloamport.com) Step-by-step tutorials with exact commands for Debian and Ubuntu, plus the definitions and data behind them. **Quick answer — 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? - **[Set up WireGuard on a VPS](https://gloamport.com/guides/how-to-set-up-wireguard-on-a-vps/ "How do I set up WireGuard on a VPS?")** — Your own VPN server, one key pair per device. - **[Reach your home network through a VPS](https://gloamport.com/guides/how-to-connect-your-home-network-to-a-vps-with-wireguard/ "How do I connect my home network to a VPS with WireGuard (behind CGNAT)?")** — WireGuard from behind CGNAT, with the VPS as the meeting point. - **[Use SSH as a SOCKS proxy](https://gloamport.com/guides/how-to-use-ssh-as-a-socks-proxy/ "How do I use SSH as a SOCKS proxy through my VPS?")** — One command, no VPN software. - **[Run a private DNS resolver](https://gloamport.com/guides/how-to-run-a-private-dns-resolver/ "How do I run a private DNS resolver with Unbound on a VPS?")** — Unbound answering only you. ## How do I use Tor on a VPS? - **[Run a Tor relay](https://gloamport.com/guides/how-to-run-a-tor-relay-on-a-vps/ "How do I run a Tor relay on a VPS?")** — A middle relay or a bridge, sized and configured. - **[Host an onion site](https://gloamport.com/guides/how-to-host-an-onion-site/ "How do I host an onion site on a VPS?")** — A v3 onion service in front of a local web server. - **[SSH into a VPS over Tor](https://gloamport.com/guides/how-to-ssh-into-a-vps-over-tor/ "How do I SSH into my VPS over Tor?")** — Reach the server without showing your IP to it. - **[What is an onion service?](https://gloamport.com/what-is-an-onion-service/ "What is an onion service, and how does it work?")** — How .onion addresses work, in plain words. ## How do I lock down a new VPS? - **[Generate an SSH key](https://gloamport.com/guides/how-to-generate-an-ssh-key/ "How do I generate an SSH key for my VPS?")** — An Ed25519 key in one command, on any system. - **[Harden SSH](https://gloamport.com/guides/how-to-harden-ssh-on-a-vps/ "How do I harden SSH on a new VPS?")** — Keys only, no root password, fewer doors. - **[Encrypt a VPS disk with LUKS](https://gloamport.com/guides/how-to-encrypt-a-vps-disk-with-luks/ "Can I encrypt a VPS disk with LUKS?")** — What encryption protects on a VPS, and what it cannot. - **[Wipe a VPS before cancelling](https://gloamport.com/guides/how-to-wipe-a-vps-before-cancelling/ "How do I wipe my VPS before cancelling it?")** — Leave nothing readable behind. ## Which services can I self-host privately? - **[Self-host SearXNG](https://gloamport.com/guides/how-to-self-host-searxng/ "How do I self-host SearXNG on a VPS?")** — A private search engine that keeps no profile. - **[Host a Matrix server](https://gloamport.com/guides/how-to-host-a-matrix-server/ "How do I host a Matrix server on a VPS?")** — Your own end-to-end encrypted chat server. - **[Self-host Vaultwarden](https://gloamport.com/guides/how-to-self-host-vaultwarden/ "How do I self-host Vaultwarden on a VPS?")** — A password manager server you control. ## How do I pay privately and prove it? - **[Prove a Monero payment](https://gloamport.com/guides/how-to-prove-a-monero-payment/ "How do I prove a Monero payment with the TXID and tx key?")** — TXID and tx key, checked with the official wallet. - **[Send USDT on the right network](https://gloamport.com/guides/how-to-send-usdt-on-the-right-network/ "How do I send USDT on the right network (TRC-20 or ERC-20)?")** — TRC-20 or ERC-20, fees, and the classic mistakes. - **[What a Monero view key shows](https://gloamport.com/what-is-a-monero-view-key/ "What is a Monero view key, and what does it reveal?")** — What it reveals, and to whom. - **[Which VPS hosts accept Monero?](https://gloamport.com/vps-that-accepts-monero/ "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?](https://gloamport.com/how-it-works/ "How does a Gloamport VPS order work, and what rules apply?"). Every plan and price is on [How much does a Gloamport VPS cost?](https://gloamport.com/pricing/ "How much does a Gloamport VPS cost?"). --- Gloamport: Gloamport is a VPS provider that sells Linux KVM servers with no KYC, ordered with an account number and paid in crypto, Monero first; it is operated by DomaineGoat LLC, a Panama-registered company. An order asks for a plan, a coin and, only if you want one, an email address: no name, no postal address, no phone and no identity document. On the 12-month term, each plan is priced at least 25% under a named comparable plan from a survey of 38 no-KYC crypto VPS hosts read on 10 November 2026.