Securing a no-traffic VPS by watching SSH and HTTP logs

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I run a very small VPS to host demos for my open source work. Traffic is minimal (maybe 10–20 users), so I assumed no one really cared.After checking the logs, I realized that assumption was wrong.Even with almost no real users, the server was constantly scanned: SSH brute-force attempts, HTTP probing for .env, AWS credential paths, and random endpoints.Nothing broke, but it was clear I wasn’t really watching.I explored a few options and ended up using CrowdSec. At first it felt heavy and not very friendly for a Docker + Kamal setup, but after some trial and error I got it working and automated.I wrote up what I learned:what SSH and HTTP logs actually look like on a “no-man’s” VPSwhy repeate

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