Mastodon is an open-source decentralized social network that fronts full data control, and ease of use as its key features. In this article you’ll install and secure Mastodon on a Ubuntu 22.04 Vultr Cloud Server. Before you begin, be sure to: * Deploy a [Ubuntu 22.04 server on Vultr](https://www.vultr.com/servers/ubuntu/) with at least: * 4GB RAM * 2VCPus * Create a new [domain A record](https://docs.vultr.com/introduction-to-vultr-dns/) pointing to the server. * [Update the server.](htt......