Lab 1: Set up your VPS

Table of Contents

• Lab 1: Overview
  • Goals for Lab 1
  • Optional configurations
• Step 1: Interacting with your VPS
  • Interacting with Your VPS
    • Install a Terminal Editor
    • Connect to your VPS
• Step 2: Update and reboot
  • Updating Software Packages
  • Rebooting Linux
• Step 3: Essential Configuration
  • Essential Configuration
  • Install Common Packages
• Step 4: Configure the firewall
  • Firewall Overview
  • Using nano
  • Configuring the Firewall
    • Verify that IPv6 is enabled
    • Configure UFW
    • Reboot and Verify
• Step 5: Install Docker
  • Docker Overview
  • Install Docker
    • Verify Docker Install
    • Running Docker as non-root
• Step 6: Install Nginx
  • Nginx
• Step 7: Install PHP
  • PHP
  • PHP and Nginx
    • Create a phpinfo page
• Step 8: Create a Name-based Site
  • Domain Names
    • Namecheap
    • Freenom
  • Create a new Nginx Site
  • Add an SSL Cert to your site
• Step 9: Install a Web Admin panel
  • Web-based administration panels
  • Webmin