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# Set Up a Free Oracle Cloud Web Server 🔴 **Hard** Oracle Cloud's Always-Free tier gives a real VPS (Ampere ARM, up to 4 CPU / 24 GB) that costs nothing monthly. Put a simple web page on it that proves it's yours. No proxy, no VPN — one web server, one page. 🔴 **Laptop and SSH required. Do not attempt this task on a phone alone.** Signup needs a card (small temporary authorization only — the tier itself is free). You need: a laptop, an email address, and any card for the signup authorization (temporary hold only — the tier itself is free). Words you'll meet: SSH (secure login to your server), instance (your rented computer), curl (a command that fetches a web page). No SSH key yet? Generate one during instance creation. ## Steps 1. Create an Oracle Cloud account at [oracle.com/cloud/free](https://www.oracle.com/cloud/free/). 2. Go to Compute > Instances > Create Instance. Choose an Always Free shape: **Ampere A1 ARM**, boot image **Ubuntu 24.04**. 3. Upload or generate an SSH key pair during creation, then create the instance. 4. Note the external public IP. If you get "out of host capacity", retry later or switch availability domain — a known Oracle limitation. ## Setup 1.…

# Set Up a Vultr VPS Web Server 🔴 **Hard** Rent a small virtual server on Vultr and put a simple web page on it that proves it's yours. No proxy, no VPN — one web server, one page, reachable from the internet. 🔴 **Laptop and SSH required. Do not attempt this task on a phone alone.** You need: a laptop, an email address, and a payment card you control. Words you'll meet: SSH (secure login to your server), droplet/server (your rented computer), curl (a command that fetches a web page). No SSH key yet? Pick the provider's generate-key option. ## Steps 1. Create an account at [vultr.com](https://www.vultr.com) (email + payment method: card or PayPal). 2. Deploy a server: Products > Deploy New Server. Choose Cloud Compute - Regular Performance, location of your choice. 3. Configure: Ubuntu 24.04, plan 512 MB RAM / 1 vCPU / 10 GB SSD, IPv4 enabled. 4. Add your SSH key during deploy (or set a root password). Note the external IP. ## Setup 1. SSH in: `ssh root@<external-ip>` 2. Install the web server: `sudo apt update && sudo apt install -y nginx` 3. Publish your ownership page — it must contain the word `satsboard` plus your Nostr `npub` (or the name from your board profile): `e…

# Set Up a DigitalOcean VPS Web Server 🔴 **Hard** Rent a small virtual server on DigitalOcean and put a simple web page on it that proves it's yours. No proxy, no VPN — one web server, one page, reachable from the internet. 🔴 **Laptop and SSH required. Do not attempt this task on a phone alone.** You need: a laptop, an email address, and a payment card you control. Words you'll meet: SSH (secure login to your server), droplet/server (your rented computer), curl (a command that fetches a web page). No SSH key yet? Pick the provider's generate-key option. ## Steps 1. Create an account at [digitalocean.com](https://www.digitalocean.com) (email + payment method: card or PayPal). 2. Create a droplet: Droplets > Create Droplet. Choose Basic 512 MiB / 1 vCPU / 10 GB SSD. Pick Ubuntu 24.04, a region near you, and add your SSH key. Create. 3. Note the droplet's external IPv4 address. ## Setup 1. SSH in: `ssh root@<external-ip>` 2. Install the web server: `sudo apt update && sudo apt install -y nginx` 3. Publish your ownership page — it must contain the word `satsboard` plus your Nostr `npub` (or the name from your board profile): `echo "satsboard npub1yourkeyhere" | sudo tee /var/…