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-===== Setting Up an NginX Web-and Mailserver =====+====== NginX Web-and Mailserver ======
  
-**IMPORTANT:**+**Preparations:**
  
-Exchange yourdomain.xyz with your actual domain! +   - Search for a cheap Website-Host (i use Hetzner, alternatives are Linode and Vultr)
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-Exchange yoursite with the actual name of your site! +
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-==== Preparations ==== +
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-   - Search for a cheap Website Hoster (i use Hetzner, alternatives are Linode and Vultr)+
    - Create an Account     - Create an Account 
    - Get the cheapest cloud server which runs Debian on it (you can upgrade the Power and Storage later when your Website has actual traffic)    - Get the cheapest cloud server which runs Debian on it (you can upgrade the Power and Storage later when your Website has actual traffic)
  
-**Domain: **  +----
-   - Choose any DNR you want (i use njalla, because no personal data is required there) +
-   - Create an Account and buy your wished Domain (.xyz endings are pretty cheap, can recommend) +
-   - Edit the DNS Records so that they point to your Server: +
-      DNS resolution involves converting a host name, e.g. www.example.com, into a computer-friendly IP address, e.g. 192.168.1.1.+
  
-This is how to edit your DNS Records on the Server to redirect to your domain.+**Domain:**  
 +   - Choose any DNR you want (i use njalla, because no personal data is required) 
 +   - Create an Account and buy your wished Domain (.xyz endings are pretty cheap) 
 +   - Edit the DNS Records so that they point to your Server 
 + 
 +> DNS resolution involves converting a host name, e.g. www.example.com, into a computer-friendly IP address, e.g. 192.168.1.1. 
 + 
 +This is how to edit your DNS Records on the Server to redirect to your yourdomain.xyz
  
 | **Type**       | **Name** | **Points to**        | **TTL** | | **Type**       | **Name** | **Points to**        | **TTL** |
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-==== Logging into the Server ====+---- 
 + 
 +===== Logging into a Server =====
  
 We first want to log into our Server. Therefore pull up a terminal and type (*Note you can also replace the yourdomain.xyz with the IP address of your server): We first want to log into our Server. Therefore pull up a terminal and type (*Note you can also replace the yourdomain.xyz with the IP address of your server):
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-==== Installing the Webserver Nginx ====+===== Installing Nginx =====
    
  
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 </code> </code>
  
-The first command checks for packages that can be updated and the second command installs any updates. +> The first command checks for packages that can be updated and the second command installs any updates. The third command installs nginx (pronounced Engine-X), which is the web server we'll be using, along with some other programs.
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-The third command installs nginx (pronounced Engine-X), which is the web server we'll be using, along with some other programs.+
  
  
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 Nginx is your webserver. You can make a little website or page, put it on your VPS and then tell nginx where it is and how to host it on the internet. It's simple. Let's do it. Nginx is your webserver. You can make a little website or page, put it on your VPS and then tell nginx where it is and how to host it on the internet. It's simple. Let's do it.
  
-Info: +> Nginx configuration files are in /etc/nginx/. The two main subdirectories in there (on Debian and similar OSes) are /etc/nginx/sites-available and /etc/nginx/sites-enabled. The names are descriptive. The idea is that you can make a site configuration file in sites-available and when it's all ready, you make a link/shortcut to it in sites-enabled which will activate it.
-Nginx configuration files are in /etc/nginx/. The two main subdirectories in there (on Debian and similar OSes) are /etc/nginx/sites-available and /etc/nginx/sites-enabled. The names are descriptive. The idea is that you can make a site configuration file in sites-available and when it's all ready, you make a link/shortcut to it in sites-enabled which will activate it.+
  
 Create a file in /etc/nginx/sites-available by doing this: Create a file in /etc/nginx/sites-available by doing this:
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 cerbot --nginx cerbot --nginx
 </code> </code>
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-{{:start:system:system:this_is_why_we_need_python-certbot-nginx_2.png?800|}} 
  
  
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 Now we are finished, the website should update automatically immeadietly after you synced your files via rsync (no need to restart the server).  Now we are finished, the website should update automatically immeadietly after you synced your files via rsync (no need to restart the server). 
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 +----
  
 ==== Contribution ==== ==== Contribution ====
   * [[https://lukesmith.xyz|Luke Smith]]   * [[https://lukesmith.xyz|Luke Smith]]
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