[TUTORIAL] How To Host Your Website On Linux VPS (WordPress)

Hi there, Today I am here with another tutorial teaching you all on How to host your website on Linux VPS.

As usual lets begin with question and answers to avoid all the noob comments asking everytime again and again

Question and Answer (Q&A)

Q: What are the advantages on hosting your website on Linux VPS ?
• More stability and reliability for basic web hosting needs
• More control compared to shared hosting
• Green technology, environmentally friendly, and more efficient use of resources
• Easy scalability when needed
• Cost effective solutions for small websites
• Assured 99.95% Uptime (Mostly depends upon your VPS providers)
Q: Which VPS you use ?
A: I use RamNode VPS

Q: Why you choose RamNode ?
A: Because its really cheap and quality VPS. For beginners it will be affordable.

Q: Which VPS plan did you choose ?
A: It depends upon the traffic you gonna receive
• Income Traffic 0-750 views/day: Plan 1
• Income Traffic 750-2k views/day: Plan 2
• Income Traffic 2k-5k views/day: Plan 3
• Income Traffic 5k+ views/day: I request you to switch VPS provider since I don’t recommend RamNode VPS for more than 5k views/day, reason is they only provide 1GB connection speed.
Q: Which county do I need to choose ?
A: Your wish I choose NL to avoid few rules and regulations on NYC since I run hacking websites

Q: I am getting 5k-10K views/day which VPS should I use ?
A: I suggest you to use OVH VPS SSD1 : Cost: $3.49/month

Q: I am getting more than 10K views/day which VPS should I use ?
A: I don’t suggest a VPS when you get more than 10k views/day just switch to dedicated server

Q: Which Operating system do you use ?

A: I use Linux Debian 7 32-bit

Note: After buying a VPS continue the steps given below. If you have any doubts do not hesitate to comment below or if you already got a VPS then just follow the steps. WordPress will be my Control Management System to access the website.

Now its time to setup. Grab a bear or what ever you need and lets get this shit done

1. Buying a VPS from RamNode:

As already shown above choose anyone of those plans and buy a VPS from RamNode.
You don’t need to submit any documents to create a VPS. All you need to do is register in that site and buy a VPS.

After few minutes you will receive the VPS details.

2. Buying a domain and configure it:

You can buy a domain from godaddy.com or any place where you like to

After getting it, in DNS management you have to change type to “A” and enter the domain name and the VPS IP

By changing DNS settings it will allow your domain to point to your VPS Server.

3. Setting up VPS:

Goto URL: https://vpscp.ramnode.com and install Debian 7 32-bit. It will only take few minutes.

Download Putty and run it. Add your VPS ip and connect to your VPS though Putty. After that enter “username” and “password”.

Enter the following commands in the give order:

1. Update and update debian:

Code:
apt-get update
apt-get upgrade

2. Install nginx, php5 and mysql:

Code:
apt-get install nginx php5-fpm mysql-server
apt-get install php5-mysql

3. Download WordPress CMS: (replace example.com with your website name)

Code:
cd /var/www/
mkdir example.com
cd example.com
wget http://www.wordpress.org/latest.tar.gz
tar vxzf latest.tar.gz
rm latest.tar.gz

4. Configuring mysql

Code:
mysql -u root -p (press enter and then it will ask you to enter the password for mysql which you used when you install mysql-server)

5. Creating database and granting access to it:

Code:
create database example; (replace example with any name you wish)
grant select, delete, create, alter, update, drop, insert, index on example.* to ‘example’@’localhost’ identified by ‘Enteranypasswordwhichyouwanthere’; (Once done press enter and then ctrl + c to exit)

6. Changing WordPress config.php file:

Code:
cd /var/www/example.com/wordpress
cp wp-config-sample.php wp-config.php
vim wp-config.php (after opening the file, change your database details and save it)

7. Setting up nginx file:

Code:
cd
cd /etc/nginx/sites-available/
vi example.com.vhost (rename example.com with your domain name)
Now press “Insert” button and type the following command:
Code:
server {
listen 80;
root /var/www/example.com/wordpress;
index index.php index.html index.htm;

server_name example.com www.example.com;

location / {
try_files $uri $uri/ /index.php?q=$uri&$args;
}

error_page 404 /404.html;

error_page 500 502 503 504 /50x.html;
location = /50x.html {
root /usr/share/nginx/www;
}

location ~ \.php$ {
try_files $uri =404;
fastcgi_pass unix:/var/run/php5-fpm.sock;
fastcgi_index index.php;
include fastcgi_params;
}
}

Note: Change server_name with your domain name and root /var/www/example.com/wordpress with your domain name or the folder name that you gonna use.

Once done save the file, press ESC + : + x (to save and exit)

8. Enabling the vhost file:

Code:
cd ..
cd sites-enabled/
ln -s /etc/nginx/sites-available/example.com.vhost

Everything is done now. Just type “service nginx restart” and visit your domain now. It should be working fine.

Note: Make sure you change “example.com” to your domain name in each place that I have mentioned “example.com”

If you want to upload any file to your server then use “FileZilla Client” as file manager by connecting to your server using IP , USERNAME, PASSWORD and PORT

The reason why I created this post:
• This might increase your knowledge on Linux and hosting websites
• You don’t need to be one in shared hosting
• To save money [Main] Thanks for spending your valuable time on reading this post and correct me if I am wrong
Let me know if this post helped you by attending the poll on top of this thread

Thanks!!!