Server setup Part-2: Server update and timezone setup on DigitalOcean or Vultr or Linode

In part-1, we setup a server with a basic firewall and change ssh settings. Now we want to do some basic hygiene on the server

Update server

sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get upgrade
sudo apt-get dist-upgrade
sudo reboot

Next, we may want to set the server timezone.

sudo dpkg-reconfigure tzdata

In addition, you may also want to install and configure NTP