SSH over a Tor onion service, no open ports
Put sshd behind a Tor onion service so the VPS answers on no inbound port. Setup, v3 client authorisation, and the exact order that avoids a lockout.
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Host an .onion site on your VPS
Run a v3 onion service on Ubuntu with tor and nginx bound to loopback, then close the leaks that link the address back to your public IP.