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Gogol said:

It does take a bit of info to get started but it's not rocket science. Most of the time, you will just copy paste commands. I am on mobile now, so I can't really point you out to tutorials. I will list those out for you once I am back online from my laptop.


Ok so here we go..

Q. What Operating System to install?
A. There are quite a few options here but the most popular according to what I have seen are Ubuntu and CentOS. I personally prefer Ubuntu. You could use CentOS too but the commands for installing the system will change if you do. So, I suggest that you go with Ubuntu too.

Q. How to login to the server? How to upload via FTP?
A. Most of the times, the VPS providers give you root SSH login details. You use a SSH client e.g. puTTY to login to the server. To login, install puTTY and open the software. In the Host Name textbox type root@your_server_ip, leave port (22) and connection type (SSH) to default and click on Open. You will get a login screen where you have to enter your password ( don't panic, it will be not visible what you are typing.. but it's going there) and login. I suggest you watch some basic linux commands tutorials on youtube before your start.

For FTP, you can download Filezilla, or your favorite FTP program. You could login as root with the same details but I recommend creating another FTP user who only has access to your www folder. Here's how to do that.

Q. How to install Apache, Mysql, php myadmin etc in Ubuntu?
A. Simple, just copy paste commands from e.g. this tutorial from Digital Ocean.

Q. How to host multiple domains?
A. You have two options here. If you prefer the gui way, you can install webmin. Here's a tutorial how to use webmin for doing so. If you want to do it old fashioned way here's a tutorial.


Let me know if you need anything else

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