VPS Mastery: Build a Secure PHP Web Server with Ubuntu

What you'll learn

Take a plain installation of Ubuntu Server and turn it into a web server running PHP & MySQL
Increase web server security
Install various PHP Applications including WordPress

Requirements

Use the command line or terminal
Digital Ocean account is preferred but optional

Description

Teach Your PHP Elephant to Swim in the Digital Ocean

Are you tired of poor hosting?

Do you want the latest version of PHP?

Do you want the latest in security?

Want a free HTTPS certificate?

Find out how to secure your websites from an attack infecting all of your websites.

Then.. Enrol in our course today and starting making your own hosting!

Hi, my name is Daniel Platt and I have been my own web servers since forever.
Watch over my should as I build a web server and use it to host a Wordpress site.


You want the latest version of PHP
Other hosting provider needs to do months of testing before they will roll latest version of PHP, by which time it's out-of-date.

You want the latest in application security
Your hosting provider wants to keep compatibility for everyone, which minimising their support costs.

Free HTTPS certificate

I'll show you how to get free https certificates for you website.
The real kicker is it's more convenient than buying them!


Still not convinced?

If you try to find prebuilt hosting from a hosting provider, you'll need to consider:

Cost

Setup Time

Features

Software Versions

Support

It can be a headache!


If you want to take control of your hosting, then you need this course.

Build it your way!

We will show the process of building a web server and hosting different types of websites on their.

Learn things like:

How to install PHP and Nginx

Get FREE HTTPS/SSL certificates

How to isolate each website from each of other to reduce risk

How do deploy using multiple methods

Setup web applications

Static site

Symfony

Wordpress

Who is the target audience?

PHP Developers that want to setup their own server
Developers that want more flexibility than Cpanel provides
Users that want a better idea of securing a web server