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Linux Server Hardening Playbook
46 checkpoints. Every command tested on real servers.
Updated October 3, 2026 — v8
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Practical playbooks for servers and WordPress.
No enterprise theater — just the checklists that actually work.
The playbooks
Step-by-step. In order. Verified.
Every playbook is a sequence you can follow top to bottom — not a reference dump. Buy once, keep it forever, free updates for life.
WordPress Speed Playbook
40 checkpoints: caching, database, images, PHP tuning.
Updated October 2, 2026 — v1
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WordPress Backup & Disaster Recovery Playbook
40 checkpoints: automated backups, encrypted offsite copies, and a restore drill that proves it works.
Updated October 4, 2026 — v1
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VPS Migration Runbook
38 checkpoints: audit the old box, move everything, cut over clean.
Updated October 4, 2026 — v1
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Playbook Bundle
Linux Server Hardening + WordPress Speed playbooks together. Save $9.
Updated October 4, 2026
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Emergency Server Lockdown Checklist
7 steps to secure an exposed server, fast.
Updated October 3, 2026 — v2
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Complete Playbook Bundle
All four playbooks together. 164 checkpoints. Save $27.
Updated October 4, 2026
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Who these are for
Not for experts. For people with servers.
You don't need to be a senior sysadmin. You need a server — or a WordPress site — and a willingness to follow steps in order.
The Linux Server Hardening Playbook is written for Ubuntu, including the cloud-image gotchas that trip up most hardening guides. If you've ever followed a tutorial, run the commands, and ended up locked out of your own box, this is the fix for that: every step in the order you'd actually do it, with checks that tell you it worked before you move on.
The WordPress playbooks assume you can get around wp-admin and aren't afraid of a config file. The speed playbook walks through caching, database cleanup, image handling, and PHP tuning — the unglamorous stuff that actually moves the needle. The backup playbook ends with a restore drill, because a backup you've never restored is a backup you don't have.
The VPS Migration Runbook is for the move everyone dreads: 38 checkpoints from auditing the old box to cutting over clean, built to keep downtime near zero.
Every playbook is a PDF you keep forever. Buy once, get every future update free. And if you work through one and don't think it was worth $19, there's a 7-day refund — reply to your receipt email, no forms.
Done-for-you services
Rather have me do it?
Every playbook has a done-for-you version. Same checklists, same standards — I run them on your servers instead of you. Fixed quote before I start, no surprises.
Server Hardening
I lock down your Linux server with the full 46-checkpoint process and send you a report of everything changed.
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VPS Migration
I move your sites to a new server with the 38-checkpoint runbook. Near-zero downtime, verified cutover.
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WordPress Speed-Up
I run the 40-checkpoint speed process on your site and show you the before-and-after numbers.
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Backup & Recovery Setup
I set up automated, encrypted, offsite backups for your WordPress site — and prove the restore works.
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Why SkyPress
Built the way I'd want to buy it.
Every command tested
I run these checklists on real servers before they go in a playbook. If a step doesn't work exactly as written, it doesn't ship. When I find a bug in my own work, I fix the playbook and you get the update free.
In the order you'd actually do it
Most guides are reference dumps — technically correct, useless at 2am. Mine are sequences: do step one, then step two. Order is what separates a ten-minute job from a ten-hour outage.
No fluff, no fear
No forty-page intro on why security matters. No scare tactics to upsell you. Just what to type, what to check, and how to know it worked.
About
Hi, I'm Tyler.
I run Linux servers and WordPress sites for small businesses. I write the checklists I wish I'd had — practical steps that actually work.
SkyPress is my publishing imprint: every playbook is something I use in real work, written down in the order I'd want to follow it. If a command is in there, it's because I typed it and watched it work.
Questions about a playbook, or stuck on a step? Email me — a human reads everything.
FAQ
Straight answers.
What format are the playbooks?
PDF. You download them from Gumroad right after checkout — no DRM, yours to keep. Read them on any device, print the checklists, mark them up.
Do I get free updates?
Yes — buy once, get every future update free, forever. When I fix a bug or improve a checklist, the new PDF goes out to everyone who bought it.
What if a playbook doesn't help me?
7-day money-back guarantee. Work through it, and if you don't think it was worth the money, reply to your receipt email within 7 days for a refund. No forms, no hard feelings.
Who are these written for?
People who run a Linux server or a WordPress site and want steps, not theory. You should be comfortable opening a terminal and editing a config file — but you don't need to be a senior sysadmin. If you can follow a recipe, you can follow these.
Will the commands work on my setup?
The hardening playbook is written for Ubuntu, including the cloud-image quirks that break most generic guides. The WordPress playbooks work with standard WordPress installs. Every command is tested on real servers before it ships — if a step doesn't work exactly as written, it doesn't go in.
How is this different from free tutorials?
Order and verification. Most tutorials are technically correct and useless at 2am — steps out of sequence, untested edge cases, no way to check your work. These are sequences: do step one, then step two, with checks that confirm each step worked.
What's the difference between the free checklist and the $19 playbook?
The free Emergency Server Lockdown Checklist is 7 steps for securing an exposed server fast — it's the condensed version of the hardening playbook. The $19 playbook is the full 46-checkpoint process. Start free; upgrade if you want the whole thing.
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Tell me what you need. I reply personally, usually within a day. Fixed quote before I start — no surprises.