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How to manage your own VPS and create websites

Name: How to manage your own VPS and create websites
Rating: 4.1 (45 reviews)

A-Z to managing your very own VPS and creating and managing website in there for yourself or your clients.

Created byRiyad Arefin

Last updated 11/2015

English

English [Auto],

What you'll learn

Manage your own VPS
Use SSH
Use FTP
Install SSL certificates
Use web control panel
Use web file manager
Upload and install WordPress
Create websites in you own server

Course content

12 sections • 30 lectures • 1h 25m total length

Introduction0:37
Tools needed1:37
{ I am on pc so I have shown the tools for pc but the tools i have shown are also available for mac and linux. You definitely find them when downloading. Except the one tool called "putty", because if you are using mac or linux you don't need anything for the SSH job. I have covered that on " How to Connect with your VPS via SSH?" lecture }

Before every work, if you start with the right tools, it will make your work much more faster and easier. So in this lecture let's take a look at the tools you need to manage your VPS

What is VPS?1:03
VPS stands for Virtual Private Server. A VPS is more powerfull thn a shared hosting, because in shared hosting many people share the same resources and the provider you are using for your shared hosting service may providing shared hosting service from a VPS itself. So let's see what is a vps and how it works.
Buying a VPS1:51
Choose a VPS plan based on your needs, featuring 2048 MB RAM and one IP address, then configure the hostname and pick the nearest location, such as Atlanta.

What is SSH?0:49
Secure Shell as known as SSH is a command interface and protocol that used to transfer files in a secure connection from one to another computer. It is the widely used method to transfer files for server admins and web developer.
How to Connect with your VPS via SSH?2:01
Learn to connect to your VPS via SSH using PuTTY on Windows or built-in SSH on Mac/Linux, by entering the IP, accepting the host key, and logging in as root.

What is a Control Panel?0:52
Choosing a Control Panel1:11
Use a free control Panel or paid it will work the same thing. But, everyone knows to get something we have to give something, yeah, with a paid control panel you will get more options to play with than a free control panel. So, let's see about the best paid and free control panels.
Installing a Control Panel8:18
Install the Mississippi free and open source control panel on your vps or server, connect via ssh, update the os, and access the control panel with provided credentials.
Closer look at the newly installed Control Panel5:15
Open the newly installed control panel, log in, and change your password. Review core tools for managing users, domains, dns, mail, databases, backups, packages, ip addresses, logs, firewall, and services.
Adding a domain and sub domain in the control panel2:28
Adding domain or website is the most important step, otherwise, let me guess why are you a VPS then? Let's focus on how to add domain names in the control panel in this lacture.

Adding new package and user1:17
Add new packages and users in the control panel by creating a package with limits (domains, DNS, email, bandwidth) and then add a user with login credentials and assigned package.
Adding database and accessing phpMyAdmin2:24
Create a database in the control panel, add a user with a secure password, and save the credentials, then access phpMyAdmin to log in.
Adding email for your domain and accessing webmail3:55
Log into your domain's control panel, create an email for your domain, and access webmail to send and receive messages; verify delivery with a test email.

What is DNS?1:09
DNS stands for Domain Name System system. It is a method that translate an IP address to a domain name. Check how!
Creating private nameservers5:20
Create private name servers by adding host names in your domain control panel and assigning ip addresses. Point your domain to these name servers with propagation up to 48 hours.
Using External DNS9:49
Learn how to use an external DNS provider like Cloudflare to connect your domain, configure A, www, mail, and CNAME records, set up a wildcard subdomain, and switch name servers.

What is SSL?2:59
Learn what ssl stands for and how it encrypts data between the browser and server. See why ssl matters for e-commerce security and search ranking.
Buying an SSL certificate1:34
SSL or Secure Sockets Layer is the standard security technology for web. It creates an encrypted link between a server and a client and transfers all the data encrypted.
Installing an SSL8:39
Configure your server and domain, reissue and validate the ssl certificate via domain verification email. Paste the certificate, private key, and chain into the panel, then verify the green padlock.
Forcing Your domain for SSL2:55
Just installing an SSL on in your domain won't work automatically. for that you need to force that. So, let's check how.
SSL Quizz

Requirements

You should be familiar browsing internet
You should be familiar with websites, what a web server is and what it does

Description

Learn to buy, configure or manage your own VPS: this course is for them who are paying much for managing their server.

No experience required : You will be able to manage your VPS yourself after watching this video course.

There are over 30 video lectures, each lectures covers an individual topic.

Reason to learn managing a VPS yourself: Web servers is a must essential for presenting yourself online. If you have large website, you will need a personal server for yourself but hire someone for managing your server can be so expensive.

How much you need to pay for the tools to manage your VPS: Well, Zero. I will show you the tools you can use for completely free. I am managing these open source tools for managing my or my client's servers for years.

What you will be able to Do after watching this video course?

You will be able buy a cool VPS for yourself from some industry leading VPS providers, and configure your VPS with a control panel for hassle free server managing.

You will be able to setup and manage servers from scratch yourself.

Introduction to all needed server or web technologies
The tools you need to manage your own VPS.
How to setup and install Control Panel.
How to sell services from your VPS
Create your private nameservers and also use external DNS.
How to get and install SSL for your site.
Use FTP for your server.
How to install WordPress in your server.
How to Create a very basic website for yourself.
Some security Notes you need to know.

Who this course is for:

This course is for newbies who are not familiar with VPS or other web technologies.
No pre programming knowledge is needed to take this course

How to manage your own VPS and create websites

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Course content

First things first2 lectures • 2min

Getting the Virtual Private Server (VPS)2 lectures • 3min

Secure Shell (SSH)2 lectures • 3min

The Control Panel5 lectures • 18min

Inside the Control Panel3 lectures • 8min

Setting Nameservers3 lectures • 16min

Secure Sockets Layer (SSL)4 lectures • 16min

File Transfer Protocol (FTP)3 lectures • 4min

Web based file manager2 lectures • 7min

Installing WordPress2 lectures • 5min

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