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categories: ["Tutorials"]
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tags: []
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title: "Getting Started"
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linkTitle: "Getting Started"
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weight: 1
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description: >
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How do you deploy and set up SelfPrivacy server?
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---
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The SelfPrivacy server is created step by step within an hour. Sounds scary, but believe me,
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you don't need a PhD to do it. It's as easy as shopping in an e-shop.
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- Finding a passport and card with a balance of $10-15 and $5 per month
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- Registration of accounts
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- Domain purchasing
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- Connecting Domain to DNS Server
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- Generating tokens
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- Installation
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- Connecting to the services
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**If you delegate this process to someone else, you will lose your privacy.**
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For 100% independence and control we recommend doing everything yourself.
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## Accounts registration
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For stability, SelfPrivacy needs many accounts. We don't want to trust all the data to one company,
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so we'd rather distribute parts of the system to different places.
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{{% alert title="Protecting accounts" color="warning" %}}
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**Systems are hacked through the weakest link.** To prevent accounts from being such a link, passwords must be different
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for each account and must be complex. `Qwerty123` or `VerySecurePassw0rd` are very bad passwords.
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An example of a good password is a passphrase:
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```expert repose postwar anytime glimpse freestyle liability effects```
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or
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```}Rj;EtG:,M!bc4/|```
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How can you remember such a complicated password? Absolutely not!
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Passwords do not need to be remembered, they need to be created and
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stored in a [password manager](https://keepassxc.org/download/).
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However, you'll need to remember at least one — password from the password manager.
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{{% /alert %}}
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### Accounts to create:
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* [Hetzner](https://www.hetzner.com) or [DigitalOcean](https://www.digitalocean.com) — virtual hosting servers.
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Whichever one you choose, your data and SelfPrivacy services will live on it.
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* [NameCheap](https://www.namecheap.com/), [Porkbun](https://porkbun.com) or any other registrar,
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to purchase your personal address on the Internet — the domain that will point to the server.
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* [CloudFlare](https://cloudflare.com) is a DNS server, where your personal address (domain) works.
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* [Backblaze](https://www.backblaze.com/) is an IaaS, that provides free storage for your encrypted backups.
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Registration is trivial, but sometimes account activation can take up to several days or require additional documents.
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Therefore, use real documents and fill everything out carefully. Providers protect themselves from spam this way.
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Nothing personal :)
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**Be sure to enable additional account protection — the second factor (MFA, 2FA).**
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Without this simple step, your data will not be safe.
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I know it was hard, but now your data is better protected than 95% of users.
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You should be proud of yourself! I'm proud of you 🤗
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## Purchasing a domain
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Enabled 2FA? Then let's get to the most interesting part!
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**_Domain_ — it's a piece of the Internet, that you can name like your home pet.**
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The potential for creativity is enormous. Your only limitations are 63 character length + .com .org .icu or
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other domain zones.
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Feel free to choose from hundreds of others. You can choose your last name as a domain, like this:
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jackson.live or carson.health, or it can be something creative, like: unicorn-land.shop
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### Advice:
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- **Be sure to look at the annual renewal price,** it can be many times the purchase price.
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- **Normal domain price is $8-10 per year.** The cheapest are Chinese .icu and .cyou - $4-6.
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* **When registering a domain, make sure you enter your real email address, otherwise your registration may be
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cancelled.** And if you can't renew the domain, the system won't work as intended.
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- A good name comes in handy, both on the phone to dictate, and on your business card.
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- **Did I mention the 2FA?**
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## Connecting Domain to DNS Server
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Once purchased, add your domain to CloudFlare:
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Using ruleit.stream as an example, we chose the free service plan and got nameservers: **gail.ns.cloudflare.com**
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and **mattns.cloudflare.com**, which need to be registered with our registrar. For example, with NameCheap:
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At the same time, we check that we include auto-renewal and personal data protection — WhoisGuard.
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After a few minutes or, in the worst case, up to 2 days, the settings will be applied.
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## Generating tokens
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**_API tokens_ are almost the same as login and password, only for a program, not a person.**
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SelfPrivacy application uses them to manage services in all accounts instead of you. Convenient!
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We do not need a token for your domain registrar. But we will need one for the CloudFlare to use it for domain management.
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### How to get Cloudflare API Token
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{{< video src="Cloudflare" muted="true" autoplay="true" autoplay="true" loop="true" >}}
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1. Visit the following [link](https://dash.cloudflare.com/) and log in to the account you created earlier.
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2. Click on the profile icon in the upper right corner (for the mobile version of the site:
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click on the **menu** button with three horizontal bars in the upper left corner).
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From the menu that appears, click **My Profile**.
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{{< imgproc cloudflare-my-profile Fill "626x287">}}
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{{< /imgproc >}}
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3. We have four configuration categories to choose from: **Preferences**, **Authentication**,
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**API Tokens** and **Sessions**. Select **API Tokens**.
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4. The first item we see is the **Create Token** button. Click it.
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5. Scroll down until you see the **Create Custom Token** field and the **Get Started** button on the right side.
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Press it.
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6. In the **Token Name** field, give your token a name. You can create your own name and treat it like a pet name :)
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7. Next, we have **Permissions**. In the first field, choose **Zone**.
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In the second field, in the middle, select **DNS**. In the last field, select **Edit**.
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8. Click on the blue label at the bottom **+ Add more** (just below the left field that we filled in earlier).
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Voila, we have new fields. Let's fill them in the same way as in the previous section, in the first field
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we choose **Zone**, in the second one also **Zone**. And in the third one we press **Read**. Let's check what we have:
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{{< imgproc cloudflare-permissions Fill "628x203">}}
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Your selection must look like this.
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{{< /imgproc >}}
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9. Next, look at **Zone Resources**. Below this heading there is a line with two fields.
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The first should be **Include**, and the second should be **Specific Zone**.
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Once you select **Specific Zone**, another field will appear on the right. Here you select our domain.
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10. Scroll to the bottom and click the blue button **Continue to Summary**.
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11. Check that you have selected everything correctly. You should see a line like this:
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your.domain - **DNS:Edit, Zone:Read**.
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12. Press **Create Token**.
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13. Copy the created token.
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### How to get server provider token
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{{< alert title="Don't keep your eggs in one basket" color="warning" >}}
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If you are planning to use DigitalOcean to handle both server and DNS (which is not recommended),
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you **must use a separate project for DNS records**.
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DigitalOcean only gives tokens that provide full access to everything in the project. While server provider token stays
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on your device, the token for DNS management will be stored on your new server. This way, if your server is compromised,
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the attacker will be able to do more harm than just change your DNS records.
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*Note: using DigitalOcean as DNS provider is not yet released, but already available on nightly channel.*
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{{< /alert >}}
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{{< tabpane text=true >}}
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{{% tab "Hetzner" %}}
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1. Visit the following [link](https://console.hetzner.cloud/). Authorize the account you created earlier.
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2. Open the project you created. If none exists, create one.
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3. Point the mouse at the side panel.
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It should open and show you menu items. We are interested in the last one — **Security** (with a key icon).
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4. Next, at the top of the interface we see something like the following list:
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**SSH Keys, API Tokens, Certificates, Members.** We need the **API Tokens**. Click on it.
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5. On the right side of the interface you will see the **Generate API token** button.
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If you are using the mobile version of the site — in the lower right corner you will see a **red plus** button.
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Press it.
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6. In the **Description** field, give your token a name
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(this can be any name that you like, it does not change anything in essence).
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7. Under **Description**, select **permissions**. Select **Read & Write**.
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8. Click **Generate API Token.**
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9. Сopy the token
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{{% /tab %}}
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{{% tab "DigitalOcean" %}}
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{{< video src="do" muted="true" autoplay="true" autoplay="true" loop="true" >}}
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1. Follow this [link](https://cloud.digitalocean.com/account/) and log in to the previously created account.
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2. In the left menu look for **API** — the last item at the bottom.
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3. Click **Generate New Token** in **Personal Access Tokens** menu.
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4. Copy the token.
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{{% /tab %}}
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{{< /tabpane >}}
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## How to get Backblaze token
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{{< video src="Backblaze" muted="true" autoplay="true" autoplay="true" loop="true" >}}
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1. Visit the following [link](https://secure.backblaze.com/user_overview.htm) and log in to the previously created account.
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2. On the left side of the interface, select **App Keys** in the **B2 Cloud Storage** subcategory.
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3. Click on the blue **Generate New Master Application Key** button.
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4. In the appeared pop-up window confirm the generation.
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5. Copy **keyID** and **applicationKey**.
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---
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🎉 Congratulations! Now you are ready to use private services. |