Self Web Hosting At Home In Ubuntu Linux

Host your own website at home in a weekend

What you'll learn

Get to speed using Ubuntu Operating System

Set up and manage a web server - apache

Set up and manage database servers - MySQL and PostgreSQL

Install and configure phpMyAdmin and phpPgAdmin

Set up and Configure FTP servers - FileZilla and VSFTPD

Set up and configure the samba file server

Add web programming capabilities to apache server using PHP and Python

Set up a WSGI server to run Flask application

Set up server to be accessed outside LAN using public IP address and Domain name

configure server for remote administration using SSH or RDP

Perform data backup and restoring data from backup snapshot

Requirements

A Computer to run the tasks

Internet connection

No prior Linux skills or experience needed

Description

This course is a step-by-step guide for hosting your own website both for beginners and intermediate users as well. By the end of the last section the student will be able to set up a basic web server in apache and set it to be accessed externally, outside their home network using the public IP address or a domain that they will register for free. For simplicity this course uses the Ubuntu desktop version to accomplish all the tasks. Behind the scenes, the desktop and server versions of the Ubuntu operating system uses the same kernel and so nothing changes except that the former has a GUI and the latter a command line interface. This will help beginners understand the concepts easily and make their learning curve smooth.The student will learn how to transfer files from the development machine to the web server using FTP and File server applications. FileZilla and VSFTPD are FTP applications of choice used in this course. At the same time the samba file server is also used to implement file transfer. More so, you will be able to use the file server as your own custom implementation of Google drive, Microsoft OneDrive or Dropbox.Implementation of programming logic to the web server is also discussed in-depth and students will practically learn how to add PHP and WSGI modules so that they can be processed by the web server to run python and PHP scripts. Students will see how to set up a flask framework in Python as well. All these concepts are well explained, and the student is guided on what to do in every step; and enabled to use their favorite scripting language to run their web application. Database concepts are also discussed in depth. The student will set up MySQL and PostgreSQL database servers and install the web admin interfaces as well, such as phpMyAdmin and phpPgAdmin for MySQL and PostgreSQL respectively.Students will also practically see how to do remote administration of their server using SSH and RDP. The SSH will connect via the command line in terminal and RDP using windows remote desktop.The course ends with a discussion and practical examples on data backup. Students shall see how to perform system backup and regular file backup and how to restore in the case of data loss.

Overview

Section 1: Introduction

Lecture 1 Introduction

Lecture 2 Course Requirements

Section 2: Preparing Server Environment

Lecture 3 Introduction

Lecture 4 Installing server Operating system

Lecture 5 Quick server desktop tour

Lecture 6 Configuring Server Network

Lecture 7 Updating your Server

Section 3: Working With Web Servers

Lecture 8 Introduction

Lecture 9 Installing Apache web server

Lecture 10 Basic Apache Commands

Lecture 11 Installing Nginx

Section 4: Uploading Content Remotely

Lecture 12 Introduction

Lecture 13 setting up samba

Lecture 14 setting up VSFTPD

Lecture 15 Setting up Filezilla

Section 5: Web Programming

Lecture 16 Introduction

Lecture 17 Installing PHP

Lecture 18 Installing and configuring Python

Lecture 19 Installing Python virtual environment

Lecture 20 Python Flask Setup

Lecture 21 Installing WSGI server

Section 6: Working with Databases

Lecture 22 Introduction

Lecture 23 installing mysql

Lecture 24 installing and configuring phpMyAdmin

Lecture 25 installing postgresql

Lecture 26 installing and configuring phpPgAdmin

Lecture 27 consuming mysql in PHP

Section 7: Accessing Your Website Externally

Lecture 28 Introduction

Lecture 29 Accessing using Public IP address

Lecture 30 Accessing using Domain name

Section 8: Administering your Server Remotely

Lecture 31 Introduction

Lecture 32 Setting Up Remote Desktop Connection

Lecture 33 Access Remote Desktop using linux client

Lecture 34 Access Remote Desktop using windows client

Lecture 35 Installing SSH

Lecture 36 set up secure SSH client

Section 9: Data Backup

Lecture 37 Introduction

Lecture 38 Setting Up Deja Dup backup

Lecture 39 Restoring data using Deja dup

Lecture 40 Setting and system backup using timeshift

Lecture 41 Restoring system using timeshift

All beginners and seasoned linux users.,Web developers who want to self-host their web applications,Anyone who wants to learn how web servers are set up and work