I need a fresh Linux-based VPS deployed with the latest Ubuntu LTS, fully updated, hardened, and ready to serve websites out of the box. Please install and configure a production-grade web server—Nginx is preferred, but Apache is acceptable if you can justify the choice—along with the usual essentials (UFW or another firewall, fail2ban, swap tuning if needed, and basic SSL readiness with Certbot). Here is what I expect at hand-over: • The VPS is accessible via SSH on a non-standard port with root login disabled and a sudo user created for me. • The web server starts on boot, serves the default site without errors, and is ready for additional vhosts. • All packages are up to date, unnecessary services are removed or disabled, and system time and locale are set correctly. • A one-page summary shows the commands you ran and any credentials or paths I need to know. If you have an automation playbook (Ansible, Bash script, Cloud-Init, etc.) you can share, that’s a plus—I like repeatable setups. Let me know roughly how long the work will take once you have the VPS credentials, and we can get started right away.