@en3py @patpro thank you Sebastian. I will write about security in the next installment. As a heads-up, upon installation, YunoHost automatically sets up Fail2Ban in the background and removes root access!
One time I couldn't figure out how I couldn't get onto a test VPS with Terminal... I reset/changed passwords 3 times... and then I remembered YunoHost disables that functionality to strengthen security right off the bat