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Table of Contents

• Basic security measures
  • Update server
  • Add new privileged user account
  • Upload your SSH key
  • Lock down your SSH
  • Setup a basic firewall
  • Install fail2ban
• Nginx reverse proxy setup

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Arch Linux Cleanup

Basic notes and commands/scripts to help ease the cleanup process of your Arch Linux installation.

Introduction

One of the big pros of using Arch Linux is obviously the reduced bloat on your system, as you are obviously the sole proprietor of such bloat.

However, just as a large software project that gets developed on constantly, we end up with technical debt - and when using your Arch system as a daily driver, you will probably acquire a certain amount of such "bloat debt" over the years.

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Boot into Live installation medium

1. Grab a USB and download the Arch ISO
2. Use balenaEtcher and flash the ISO to the stick
3. Boot onto stick

Access file system

Firstly, check if you have internet real quick ping 8.8.8.8