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Websites & Applications 968 How to install nginx on Ubuntu and serve your website from a folder On an Ubuntu VPS, you install nginx with sudo apt install nginx, create a site file in /etc/nginx/sites-available/...
Websites & Applications 1,005 How to install Apache on a VPS and set up a virtual host On Ubuntu or Debian you install Apache with sudo apt install apache2, write a site file in...
Websites & Applications 952 Nginx or Apache on a VPS: which web server to choose For an ordinary site either one will do, and the deciding factor is what your application expects and what you...
Websites & Applications 1,137 How to host several websites on one VPS A VPS has one IP address and can serve as many sites as its memory and processor can carry. The web server picks...
Websites & Applications 940 Redirecting HTTP to HTTPS and www to the bare domain in nginx or Apache On a VPS you choose one canonical address (for example https://yourdomain.tld) and send everything else there with a...
Websites & Applications 1,141 Certbot renewal failed or the certificate expired: how to find out why If the browser warns that a certificate has expired on a VPS using certbot, the automatic renewal either did not run...
Websites & Applications 1,136 Running a mail server on your VPS with Postfix: why it is hard, and the alternative Installing Postfix takes minutes; getting the mail to reach other people’s inboxes is the real work. A new mail...
Websites & Applications 984 How to publish a website on Windows Server with IIS On Windows Server the web server is IIS (Internet Information Services). You install it as a server role, create a...
Websites & Applications 822 WireGuard on a VPS: your own VPN, step by step The short answer: WireGuard is a simple, fast VPN you can set up on a Linux VPS in a few minutes. It connects your...
Websites & Applications 959 Uptime Kuma on a VPS: watch your sites from a server of your own The short answer: Uptime Kuma is a free program that checks every minute whether your sites are up and warns you (by...
Websites & Applications 1,119 Vaultwarden on a VPS: your own password manager, and what you take on The short answer: Vaultwarden is a free server, compatible with the Bitwarden apps, where you keep the team’s or the...
Websites & Applications 979 Gitea on a VPS: your own Git server with Docker Compose The short answer: Gitea is a light, free Git server, with a web page like the well-known services’: repositories,...