Why HE?

HE provides a blank slate as far as web hosting goes. Professionals love the unopionionated freedom it provides, but it can be daunting.

Everything is included from the get-go: shell access, a dedicated IP address, DNS, and email.

Why Read This?

Anything is possible with HE hosting, making it a lot to document. I have written down common tasks for reference.

Basic Usage

• 01/28/2019 - Interacting with HE Hosting
  • 02/04/2019 - The Server
  • 02/05/2019 - Using the Shell
• 02/11/2019 - Configuring and Testing DNS
• 03/18/2019 - Sending and Receiving HE mail through Gmail
• Managing Secure Certificates
  • 03/31/2019 - Free and Automated Certificates Using Let's Encrypt
• 07/18/2022 - Using crontab to schedule cron jobs

Advanced Techniques

• Python
  • 03/31/2019 - Installing pip

Unsupported Capabilities

◆◆ Beware! ◆◆ These are unsupported. Using them will void your warranty. Experts Only.

• Node
  • 03/31/2019 - Installing Node
• Compiling from source
  • 11/09/2020 - Compiling GoAccess
  • 07/03/2024 - Compiling Python3.12