If You’re Running Your SaaS on a Single VPS, Read This

Most early SaaS products don’t go down because of scaling.

They go down because of small, boring things.

Last month I reviewed a founder’s VPS.

CPU normal.
RAM normal.
App responding.

On the surface, everything looked healthy.

Underneath:

• 3 stale SSH keys from ex-contractors
• Backups configured but never tested
• 14GB of logs quietly building
• A firewall rule opened during a rush and never reviewed
• No rollback plan if a config change broke production

Nothing had failed yet.

That’s the dangerous part.

Everything works… until it doesn’t.

Most founders aren’t worried about their VPS because it’s “working.”

But the real question isn’t:

Is it up?

It’s:

If it breaks tonight, can I recover in 30 minutes?

If the answer isn’t a confident yes, you’re carrying silent risk.

What I’m Doing:

I’m offering a focused 48-hour VPS Stability + Security Cleanup for IndieHackers running Linux servers.

No architecture redesign.
No long DevOps contract.

Just a tight sanity pass.

In 48 hours I:
• Audit and harden SSH exposure
• Review firewall rules
• Check disk and log pressure
• Verify backups are actually recoverable
• Set a simple monitoring baseline
• Leave you with a short rollback checklist

You walk away with:
• A hardened server
• Clear visibility
• A recovery plan

Who This Is For:
• Solo founders running on DigitalOcean, Hetzner, Linode, or similar
• Indie SaaS with 1–3 production servers
• Teams without a dedicated DevOps engineer
• Anyone not fully confident in their recovery path

If you’re comfortable sharing, comment with:

Provider + OS + App stack

I’ll tell you the first 3 things I’d check.

Or DM me if you want details on the 48-hour cleanup.

Boring servers don’t make headlines.

They just keep your business alive.