
Install Apache, update the local package index, and verify the default Apache page by entering your server IP in a browser.
Learn to host multiple domains from one server by creating per-domain directories under the www root and configuring virtual hosts, ensuring each domain has its own site files.
Configure DNS zone files after pointing name servers to Digital Ocean; create A records for both domains and www to the floating IP, then test propagation and verify.
Install certbot on your server to obtain and install Let's Encrypt SSL certificates for each domain, configure Apache virtual hosts, and test HTTPS propagation and domain security.
Deploy a Digital Ocean droplet with Ubuntu. Set up a lampstand on Ubuntu, floating IPs, directory structure, DNS zone, virtual host files, and Let's Encrypt SSL for multiple domains.
In this exciting new course, we show you how to host multiple domain names on a single Digital Ocean droplet. We will show you step-by-step how to configure a droplet with LAMP Stack on Ubuntu 18.04. This includes deploying a droplet, installing Ubuntu and all the components included in LAMP Stack including Apache, MySQL, PHP and PhpMyAdmin.
We also explore an exciting new feature offered by Digital Ocean, called "Floating IP's" which allow you to transfer IP's easily between multiple droplets.
After you understand the foundations of server configuration, we get into configuring Name Servers, DNS Zone Files and Virtual Hosts to host multiple domains from a single Virtual Server. You will have a thorough understanding of setting file permissions and developing an organized directory structure for all your websites.
We also show you how to configure an SSL certificate for each and every website that you host on your virtual server. For this part of the course we will be using Let’s Encrypt. Let’s Encrypt is a certificate authority that offers free SSL certificates, which are extremely simple to install and very secure.
You are welcome to use any hosting provider for this course, as the concepts can be easily implemented on any Virtual Server configured with the Ubuntu distribution.