Your own 24/7 agent on a VPS

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Your own 24/7 agent on a VPS

Hermes Agent (or OpenClaw) runs on your own hardened server, reachable via Telegram and your phone, with skills, MCP, a spend cap and backups.

• Intermediate
• 16 lessons
• ± 2 h 8 min total
• Every step tested
• Free

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Curriculum

Short 5-10 minute lessons. Follow them in order, or jump straight to what you need.

1. 1 What is a personal agent?8 min · Coming soon
2. 2 Hermes, OpenClaw, OpenBot or Grok Bot?8 min · Coming soon
3. 3 Creating SSH keys8 min · Draft
4. 4 Renting a VPS from an EU provider8 min · Coming soon
5. 5 First login and your own user8 min · Coming soon
6. 6 Hardening your server (firewall, fail2ban, updates)8 min · Draft
7. 7 Private access with Tailscale8 min · Coming soon
8. 8 An API key with a spend cap8 min · Coming soon
9. 9 Installing Hermes Agent8 min · Coming soon
10. 10 Connecting your agent to Telegram8 min · Coming soon
11. 11 Your agent on your phone8 min · Coming soon
12. 12 Adding your first skills8 min · Coming soon
13. 13 Connecting your first MCP server8 min · Coming soon
14. 14 Memory and routines8 min · Coming soon
15. 15 Backups and snapshots8 min · Coming soon
16. 16 Alternative: installing OpenClaw8 min · Coming soon