Linux server setup

Practical tutorials for setting up and managing Linux servers.

This reference is primarily intended for:

inexperienced Linux server administrators
Windows users with interest in Linux servers
web developers
Linux beginners

Tutorials

Linux Web Server (Part 1): Setting up a Linux web server
Linux Web Server (Part 2): Installing and setting up databases
Linux Web Server (Part 3): Set up a local development environment
Linux Web Server (Part 4): Prepare web applications

Self-hosted Git server
Setting up a local Ubuntu virtual machine

Cheat sheets

Bash Cheat Sheet
Git Cheat Sheet

The examples use the domain linuxserversetup.com, the server IP address 116.203.69.89 and the username tom. Be sure to replace these values with your own where appropriate.

For email addresses, I intentionally misspell the domain (linuxservrsetup.com) to protect my server from spam.

Begin with part 1: Setting up a Linux web server.