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A PATCHY SERVER
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Remember that a Virtual Private Server is just that - virtual.
Last issue we went into depth on selecting and standing up a bare VPS running Ubuntu Server (https://bit.ly/lxf281lxfserver).
Thousands of people host their own servers, either at home or on a VPS, and their reasons for doing so vary from the need to have everything completely under their own control to trying to push the tech giants out of their life altogether.
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If you mess up to the extent that you need to wipe it and start again, you haven’t lost a lot. Treat it as a learning experience.
If you missed it go back and catch up, else on a fresh install get Apache up and running this way. Ssh in as root, eg. root@XXX.YUR.IPX.HRE to your new server. Create a new, non-root user with its own home directory skeleton using the useradd command: useradd -m <anew_username> followed by a new password for your new user using the passwd command: passwd <anew_username>
Their setups will vary as much as their reasons for having them! We’ve gone with an Ubuntu server install for the Linux Format VPS, purely because it’s the most common option, and there is a tonne of support out there for Ubuntu. Likewise, we’re using Apache for our proxy server and MariaDB for our main database. You don’t need to follow us exactly. You should have fun with your VPS and configure it in the way that makes the most sense to you.