Guides, tips, and best practices for monitoring your VPS servers.
If you found a process called cpu-logind running from /var/tmp with the command line "/var/tmp/cpu-logind -c config.json", it is an XMRig Monero cryptominer. Here is how MonitorVPS suspicious-path and resource anomaly detection caught it on a customer's server.
How to fix openssh-server broken after unattended-upgrades on Ubuntu 24.04. Covers the missing /run/sshd directory, half-configured dpkg state, failed ssh.socket, and a full automated fix script.
A real-world case study: How MonitorVPS's suspicious process detection caught a cryptominer that attackers installed after exploiting a critical React Server Components vulnerability.
A systematic guide to troubleshooting VPS issues including high CPU, memory exhaustion, disk problems, and unresponsive servers.
Discover how to identify malware and security threats on your Linux servers using monitoring tools and command-line techniques.
Learn what VPS monitoring is, why it's essential for server reliability, and how to get started with monitoring your servers effectively.