Hello,
As you might notice because of my question I am a complete beginner in running servers, I have done the basic setup for the server, have installed the LAMP stack, and added my domain name to the droplet. Though I am not sure where to go from now and how to actually upload and host my site on the droplet, I tried Filezilla but to no success. Also I would like to host two sites on the same droplet, I have made a subdomain but don’t have a clue on how I go about accessing it and hosting the files on the subdomain, so it is sort of a 2 in 1 question. I would appreciate any tips and information! Running Ubuntu if it is of any importance!
Thanks!
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Hello,
Settings up a website or multiple websites is easy to do with a few services. You need to
- Make a webservice (Apache, Nginx etc.)
- Create your VHOST files (These are the configuration files for your webservice so it knows how to handle certain domains/subdomains and shows the site)
- Create your website directories (/var/www is the default directory where you setup all your sites)
- Run your webservice, and check your site
All of this is explained in this tutorial. Please read it closely and I think you will understand. If not and you still got any question, don’t hesistate to ask them.
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