LSBS documentation
Run your server with confidence.
Plain-language guidance for every supported path—from a clean Ubuntu server to settings, modules, backups, and safe recovery.
Checked against the productVerified 5 September 2026 against the current LSBS core, portal, installer, and release model.
Get started
Prepare, install, and complete the first safe setup.
System requirements
Choose a supported Ubuntu server and prepare DNS, storage, and network access.
Read guide 5 minInstall LSBS
Use the recommended one-use command or an assisted SSH installation.
Read guide 4 minFirst setup
Complete Guided setup, review staged changes, and keep network access safe.
Read guideManage LSBS
Accounts, servers, settings, modules, and access.
Account and sign-in security
Manage passwords and sessions.
Read guide 5 minServers and access
Understand self-managed and managed servers, server identities, and removal choices.
Read guide 6 minManaged settings
Review installed settings, stage changes across sections, review one plan, and apply safely.
Read guide 5 minModules and software
Inspect installed modules and review dependency-aware install or removal plans.
Read guideDaily operations
Updates, services, backups, and troubleshooting.
Routine operations
Control services, update schedules, certificates, and backup jobs through reviewed plans.
Read guide 6 minBackups and recovery
Configure BorgBackup deliberately and prove that protected data can be restored.
Read guide 4 minTroubleshooting
Start from the human-readable finding, preserve evidence, and recover without blind retries.
Read guideSecurity & trust
Connections, privacy, plans, repositories, and boundaries.
Security and control boundaries
See exactly what monitoring, managed control, and optional remote sessions can do.
Read guide 5 minPrivacy and monitoring data
Understand the allowlisted report, what never leaves the server, and how long data remains.
Read guide 4 minNetwork and ports
Open only the paths required for installation, WebAdmin, and selected business services.
Read guide 4 minPlans and repositories
Understand Base, Premium test access, the Resolute stream, cancellation, and package access.
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