Step By Step - Setting Up Wordpress On A Vps For Beginners

A step by step beginners course to setting up multiple WordPress sites on a secured and optimized VPS

What you'll learn

Purchase, from any host, an unmanaged VPS and have the knowledge to setup the VPS correctly and most importantly securely

Setup, from scratch, a secured, hardened and optimized Virtual Private Server

Install a new WordPress site in a few seconds

Administer multiple WordPress sites using the WordPress Command Line Interface

Secure your WordPress sites on the server

Update multiple WordPress sites by typing a single command

Update multiple themes and plugins on multiple WordPress sites by typing a single command

Create a scheduled automated WordPress backup solution, without using plugins

Move WordPress sites from host to host, quickly, easily and error free without plugins

Requirements

This course is designed for the absolute beginner

No prior knowledge of the subject is needed, I'll be guiding you step by step throughout the course.

No knowledge of linux or server administration is required

Don't download or install any software, what you need and how to install it is covered in the course

You should be running a WordPress site already, as this course will not teach you how to use WordPress, it will teach you how to 1) setup a secured and optimized server environment dedicated to hosting multiple WordPress sites and 2) how to setup and administer your WordPress sites on that server

Description

Welcome to The Definitive WordPress Course.In this course, you'll learn how to host multiple WordPress sites on your very own Virtual Private Server, using Apache or nginx as your web server. Having issues with your current shared web host?Say goodbye to shared hosting and one click WordPress installers!Say goodbye to bad web hosts! Say goodbye to terrible tech support that take days to solve issuesSay hello to the only WordPress course that is going to put YOU in true control of your server and your WordPress sites.Stop relying on shared hosting with a control panel, its bloated, filled with hosts trying to sell you additional products and the cpanel consumes valuable resources that could be better served handling your website(s) visitors. As your site grows some shared hosts will throttle your site and sometimes even shut your site down if your site consumes to many resources. The more visitors you get, the more resources you are going to use. It ends badly, with you looking for a new host and wondering how to move your WordPress sites.What's the solution?Pay someone to move your site(s)? Purchase a WordPress Backup plugin for $80 - $300 per year? Use a badly coded free plugin? Do a cPanel backup?The solution is to move your WordPress site(s) to a Virtual Private Server.The answer to the above: its all done on your server and it doesn't cost a cent! By typing a few characters on the keyboard you will be in possession of your database and site backups ready to move to your new host!When you take this course, you will soon realize and wonder why it took you so long to move your WordPress sites from shared hosting to an unmanaged VPS. Please don't let the word unmanaged scare you. An unmanaged VPS simply means the host keeps the network connected and the host node running, you are in control and responsible for everything else on the server. I'll guide you, step by step through the process of setting up an unmanaged VPS and then I'll also be guiding you through setting up WordPress on that VPS.Never used the command line before? Never edited a configuration file before? No problem, I will teach you and provide you with the knowledge you needI cover all aspects, no matter if your are using Windows or MACOSX. We will download the software, I'll show you how to install and configure the software and most important how to use the software. Prior to each section, I'll explain what we are doing, why we are doing it and in plain easy to understand English. You won't find any long and boring PowerPoint presentations and minute after minute looking at me talking to the camera. Its us and the command line, nothing else. The command line is easy to use, just think of terminal as a very basic word processor. I'll be there guiding you step by step.At the end of this course, you will have mastered how to set up an unmanaged VPS and install multiple WordPress sites on a fast and secure VPS.WordPress can be securely installed in under a minute on the same server. Yes!!! a single minute to set up a new WordPress site: 45 seconds to set up the database and 15 seconds to install WordPress. Additional WordPress sites, with a different domain name, can also be set up in under a minute.This course will give you the knowledge to:setup your very own unmanaged VPSyou will be able to secure, harden, configure and optimized the serversetup multiple WordPress sites on that VPSinstall a new WordPress site in a few seconds and secure that site on the serverupdate multiple WordPress sites by typing a single commandupdate multiple themes and plugins on multiple sites by typing a single commandsetup your own scheduled backups, no pluginsmove you WordPress sites whenever you need to from host to host, no pluginsyou will never be stuck with a bad host again

Overview

Section 1: Take control of your web hosting and WordPress sites starts here

Lecture 1 Course Introduction and a Summary of the Course Content

Lecture 2 What is a VPS and Comparing Shared Hosting vs VPS Hosting

Lecture 3 Passwords and Keeping Track of Site Information

Lecture 4 Choosing a VPS Host

Lecture 5 Setting Up the Software Needed to Administer a VPS

Lecture 6 The Command Line - An Introduction - Part 1

Lecture 7 The Command Line - An Introduction - Part 2

Lecture 8 The Command Line - An Introduction - Part 3

Lecture 9 Permissions and Ownership of Files and Directories - Part 1

Lecture 10 Permissions and Ownership of Files and Directories - Part 2

Section 2: Setup a Secured, Hardened and Optimized Virtual Private Server

Lecture 11 General Information Before We Login To Our VPS

Lecture 12 First Login as the Root User

Lecture 13 First Login as a NON Root User

Lecture 14 Using SSH Key Authentication

Lecture 15 Login Using an Alias

Lecture 16 Configuring the Firewall

Lecture 17 Fail2Ban

Section 3: Apache or nginx?

Lecture 18 Apache or Nginx?

Section 4: Setting Up an Apache Powered WordPress Site(s)

Lecture 19 Install Apache MariaDB PHP7.2

Lecture 20 Securing Apache - Part 1

Lecture 21 Securing Apache - Part 2

Lecture 22 Securing MariaDB and PHP7.2

Lecture 23 DNS - Pointing a Domain Name to a VPS

Lecture 24 Creating Site Directories

Lecture 25 Apache Virtual Hosts

Lecture 26 Installing WordPress Site - Part 1

Lecture 27 Installing WordPress Site - Part 2

Lecture 28 Installing WordPress Site - Part 3

Lecture 29 Securing WordPress

Lecture 30 Let's Encrypt SSL Certificates - Part 1

Lecture 31 Let's Encrypt SSL Certificates - Part 2

Lecture 32 Let's Encrypt SSL Certificates - Part 3

Lecture 33 Optimizing WordPress

Lecture 34 Hosting Additional Site(s) - Part 1

Lecture 35 Hosting Additional Site(s) - Part 2

Lecture 36 Essential WordPress Plugins To Aid Performance, Optimization and Functionality

Section 5: Setting Up a NGINX Powered WordPress Site(s)

Lecture 37 DNS - Pointing a Domain Name to a VPS

Lecture 38 install NGINX, MariaDB and PHP7.2

Lecture 39 Secure NGINX, MariaDB and PHP7.2

Lecture 40 NGINX Configuration Files - Part 1

Lecture 41 NGINX Configuration Files - Part 2

Lecture 42 Optimize NGINX, MariaDB and PHP 7.2 - Part 1

Lecture 43 Optimize NGINX, MariaDB and PHP 7.2 - Part 2

Lecture 44 Configure NGINX Non Secure Server Blocks - Part 1

Lecture 45 Configure NGINX Non Secure Server Blocks - Part 2

Lecture 46 Configure NGINX Non Secure Server Blocks - Part 3

Lecture 47 Install Your First NGINX Powered WordPress Site - Part 1

Lecture 48 Install Your First NGINX Powered WordPress Site - Part 2

Lecture 49 Secure Your WordPress Site

Lecture 50 NGINX - Installing Free Let's Encrypt SSL Certificates - Part 1

Lecture 51 NGINX - Installing Free Let's Encrypt SSL Certificates - Part 2

Lecture 52 NGINX - Installing Free Let's Encrypt SSL Certificates - Part 3

Lecture 53 NGINX - Installing Free Let's Encrypt SSL Certificates - Part 4

Lecture 54 Optimize WordPress Using Page Caching and NGINX Directives

Lecture 55 Essential WordPress Plugins To Aid Performance, Optimization and Functionality

Lecture 56 Hosting Additional WordPress Sites on your Ubuntu 18.04 Server - Step 1

Lecture 57 Hosting Additional WordPress Sites on your Ubuntu 18.04 Server - Step 2

Lecture 58 Hosting Additional WordPress Sites on your Ubuntu 18.04 Server - Step 3

Lecture 59 Hosting Additional WordPress Sites on your Ubuntu 18.04 Server - Step 4

Lecture 60 Hosting Additional WordPress Sites on your Ubuntu 18.04 Server - Step 5

Lecture 61 Hosting Additional WordPress Sites on your Ubuntu 18.04 Server - Step 6

Lecture 62 Hosting Additional WordPress Sites on your Ubuntu 18.04 Server - Step 7

Section 6: Server Administrative Tasks

Lecture 63 Server and Site Updates

Lecture 64 Database Optimization

Lecture 65 Server Resources

Section 7: Plugin FREE WordPress Backups - Quick and Easy

Lecture 66 Manual Database and Site Backups

Lecture 67 Restoring a Database or Site Backup

Lecture 68 Automating a Database or Site Backup

Section 8: Moving a WordPress Site

Lecture 69 Moving WordPress - Server to Server - Same Domain Name - Part 1

Lecture 70 Moving WordPress - Server to Server - Same Domain Name - Part 2

Lecture 71 Moving WordPress - Server to Server - Different Domain Name

Lecture 72 Moving WordPress - From Shared Hosting to a VPS

Section 9: Schedule Certain Administrative Tasks Using CRON

Lecture 73 Use CRON to Schedule your Database and Site Backups

Lecture 74 Let's Encrypt SSL Certificate Renewal

Lecture 75 Install Plugins Using the WordPress Command Line Interface

Section 10: FileZilla

Lecture 76 Upload and Download Files Using FileZilla - MACOS and Linux

Lecture 77 Upload and Download Files Using FileZilla - Windows

Section 11: The WordPress Command Line Interface

Lecture 78 Install Themes Using the WordPress Command Line Interface

Lecture 79 Administering Themes and Plugins Using WPCLI - Additional Site

Lecture 80 Creating Child Themes Using the WordPress Command Line Interface

Lecture 81 Using WPCLI To Handle Images

Section 12: Basic Server Administration

Lecture 82 Basic Server Administration - Monitor Server Resources

Lecture 83 Basic Server Administration - Log Files

Lecture 84 Basic Server Administration - Log Files - Downloading and Viewing

Section 13: Ubuntu 20.04

Lecture 85 Ubuntu 20.04 PDF Guides for both APACHE and NGINX

Section 14: Course Conclusion

Lecture 86 What's Next and Course Conclusion

This course is meant for anyone who is tired of shared hosting and wants discover the benefits hosting their WordPress sites on a VPS,If WordPress site security concerns you - take this course as security comes FIRST and and not as an afterthought - you will secure your site using the server and not a plugin.,This course is for anyone who has received a warning that their WordPress site is using too many server resources,If you have ever wondered how do I move my WordPress site? How do I backup my WordPress site? WITHOUT plugins,This course is for anyone who wants to drastically improve the way they administer WordPress sites on a VPS,Anyone who wants to spend more time creating content and less time updating multiple WordPress sites using the dashboard?,Web designers who want to offer additional services to their clients,Business owners who want to setup WordPress on their own server,Anyone who wants to be able to build WordPress sites quickly and easily,Anyone who wants to learn the best and quickest way to setup a WordPress site.,Anyone wanting to offer their services on fiverr setting up an unmanaged VPS and administering the VPS for a monthly fee,Anyone wanting to offer their services on fiverr - moving WordPress sites, creating a Scheduled WordPress Backup Solution