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A self-hosted LLM gateway puts one authenticated endpoint in front of your MCP tool servers and your LLM providers, so API keys never touch agent code and traffic stays on your VPS. This guide sets one up in two parts: docker-mcp-gateway for tool access and LiteLLM as the LLM router with automatic fallback, both as Docker containers on a single Contabo Cloud VPS.
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Orca is an open-source agentic IDE for running parallel coding agents across isolated git worktrees. This guide walks you through deploying Orca on a Contabo VPS using the official headless Linux server setup, from provisioning to your first agent fleet.
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OpenClaw handles business automation via natural language commands in Slack, WhatsApp, or Teams. Send it a task — scrape competitors, sync CRM data, route DevOps alerts, compile analytics reports, schedule social posts, process orders — it executes and replies with the result. Runs on your own VPS with one flat monthly cost. The official page
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Installing OpenClaw on a VPS requires a Linux server (Ubuntu 22.04 or 24.04 LTS recommended), SSH access, an AI model API key or Ollama for local inference, and credentials for at least one messaging platform. The official page documents a three-step process: choose plan, SSH into the onboarding wizard, and launch via terminal or the
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Transferring web hosting means moving your website files, database, email, and DNS configuration from one hosting provider to another. Done in the right order — backup first, set up the new server, migrate content, test on the new server, then cut over DNS — the switch is invisible to your visitors and causes zero downtime.
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Deploy agency-orchestrator on a Contabo VPS with Docker, configure an LLM provider, secure the web Studio with HTTPS, run multi-agent workflows, and automate backups.
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Deploy NoteDiscovery on a Contabo VPS with Docker Compose, secure it with Caddy HTTPS and authentication, connect an AI assistant over MCP, and automate backups.
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This happens more than you’d think — and it is recoverable. The most important thing to understand upfront: a compromised VPS cannot be fully trusted again, even after removing obvious malware. Attackers install backdoors in places that are very hard to find without forensic expertise. The correct path is to provision a clean server, restore
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A new VPS is being scanned by automated bots within minutes of going live. Before you install applications or point a domain at your server, run through this checklist. These nine steps cover the attack surface that automated exploits target first — root login, weak SSH, open ports, and unpatched packages. Contabo VPS and VDS
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Inference and training stress a GPU in almost opposite ways, and sizing VRAM for the wrong one is the most common mistake. Here’s how to size a GPU VPS for both, run LLM inference with Ollama or vLLM, and fine-tune with LoRA and QLoRA.
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A GPU VPS puts a dedicated NVIDIA GPU behind CUDA-accelerated simulations, without the hardware cost or the HPC cluster wait. Here’s how to size one, set it up, and know when a CPU still wins.
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Deploy Strix, the open-source AI penetration testing tool, on your own VPS. Step-by-step Docker setup, target configuration, and safe responsible-use guidance.
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The two tests that actually prove dedicated CPU: monitor CPU steal time (%st in top or vmstat) over several hours, and run sysbench repeatedly rather than once. A one-shot benchmark score means nothing on its own — a shared VPS can post the same number as a VDS for thirty seconds and then collapse the
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Dify is an open-source platform for building LLM applications — a visual workflow editor, RAG pipeline, and agent builder in one interface. It self-hosts via Docker Compose on a standard VPS: clone the repo, copy the env file, run docker compose up, and you have a working instance. Budget at least 2 vCPUs and 4
In short. A one-click n8n install gives you a running automation instance on a VPS in minutes, without writing a docker-compose.yml or configuring a reverse proxy yourself. Pick a VPS provider that offers an n8n image, choose your plan, and the platform handles Docker, the container, and startup for you. You still own the server
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