You just bought a new server and you dont know where to start? You feel you are lacking of knowledge on how to properly setup your server. This Initial Server Setup plan fits when a new server has been recently connected to the internet and the OS and the control panel has been recently installed. Its obviously that when you buy a fresh server you need to know where to start, this is your point of start plan. Our ServerBuddies Initial Server Setup plan contains the following:

Our Initial Server Setup plan contains: OS and Control Panel Setup Basic Server Security Audit Domain Setup DNS Setup Apache Setup Mysql Setup PHP Setup RkHunter Installation Kernel update APF (Advanced Policy Firewall Installation) Installation SIM (System Priority) Installation BFD (Brute Force Detection) Installation SSH Server Hardening TCP/IP Hardening Mod_Security installation and configuration Scan of possibly enabled PHP dangerous functions Unistallation of unused services such as telnet,fingerd,etc. System Integrity monitor Installation Zend Optimizer Installation RPM Audit If you have any questions regarding the Initial Server Setup package, please do not hesitate to contact our advise team.