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Surgical scrubbing and hardening of a used or fresh VPS to ensure a zero-trust, clean environment.
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Basé sur la classification professionnelle SOC
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| name | vps-hardening |
| description | Surgical scrubbing and hardening of a used or fresh VPS to ensure a zero-trust, clean environment. |
| version | 1.1.0 |
| author | Hermes Agent |
| license | MIT |
| platforms | ["linux"] |
| metadata | {"hermes":{"tags":["vps","security","hardening","ubuntu","devops"]}} |
This skill defines the "Surgical Scrub" workflow for taking over an existing VPS. Instead of a full OS reinstall (which can be slow), this process identifies and removes legacy artifacts to create a clean, secure baseline.
/etc/passwd for non-system users. Remove any unauthorized or legacy users.
grep -v "/sbin" /etc/passwdkillall -u <username> (Important: kill active processes first).userdel -r <username>echo "" > /root/.ssh/authorized_keyssystemctl list-units --type=service --state=runningcrontab -l / crontab -rapt update && apt upgrade -yapt install -y ufwufw default deny incomingufw allow 22/tcp (Crucial: do this before enabling!)ufw --force enableufw statuscut -d: -f1 /etc/passwdls -l /root/.ssh/authorized_keysufw without first allowing port 22.userdel will fail if the user has running processes. Use killall -u <user> before deleting.apt upgrade) often require a reboot to load the new kernel. Verify with uname -a after reboot.apt upgrade non-interactively via SSH, set DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive to avoid hanging on config prompts.Provide a summary of: