How to install your own Ubuntu 20.04 Linux server | Part 1 of 10

You always wanted to run your own Linux server but don't know where to start? The tutorials you can find online are incomplete, outdated or simply in a language from another planet?

You're welcome, that's how I felt when I started with it.

Read how you can have your own virtual or dedicated Linux Server for under 3 Euros a month, installed on one joyful geeky weekend.

My goal is to guide you through the entire process of the installation of a complete production environment which includes a Local Development Environment, Gitlab repository, Continuous Integration and Continuous Delivery and last but not least your own Linux Server on Hetzner Cloud running a web server for your web projects. That's exactly what I use for this blog and several other websites too.

What you get and what you don't get

At the end of this course you'll be familiar with a digital workflow that adapts many of the modern principles of software development project management. I'll try to deliver a maximum of valuable information to you.

I do not claim to know the best way nor do I think that there is one best way. I'll show you just my way of doing it. If you find mistakes, let me know. If you have a comment or want to say hello, let me know: johnnie@johndevrebel.com

Let's get started with the Course Syllable:

22.05.2021 – Part 1

1. Introduction & reasoning

29.05.2021 – Part 2

2. Create Hetzner Cloud Server
3. Connect to Server

05.06.2021 – Part 3

4. Update and upgrade Ubuntu installation and install apache2
5. Install PHP

12.06.2021 – Part 4

6. Establish ssh keys
7. Add new sudo user
8. Deactivate root user
9. Make new sudo user owner of ssh service

19.06.2021 – Part 5

10. Buy Domain and point it to Hetzner Server
11. Create Virtual Host for domain

26.06.2021 – Part 6

12. Get free Let's Encrypt SSL certificates
13. Request certificate, active https and force SSL

03.07.2021 – Part 7

14. Install Git on Remote Server
15. Create CI/CD user and ssh keys for Gitlab on Remote Server

10.07.2021 – Part 8

16. Create Gitlab Repository
17. Establish ssh keys and configure CI/CD

17.07.2021 – Part 9

18. Install MySQL
19. Install phpMyAdmin

24.07.2021 – Part 10

20. Summary of project development workflow
21. I'll be back – The course update log

See you next week for more

Johnnie