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Install Your Virtual Private Server with Ubuntu & Nginx Excellence
This copy-paste tutorial shows how to build a fast, secure, future-proofed virtual private server, perfect for multiple sites & blogs.
» series » Ubuntu-Nginx VPS Build Procedure -
Create or Bin MySQL DBs using the Terminal
This how-to guide maps out two basic but handy MySQL operations, creating and erasing a database, using the command line interface.
» tutorial » Adding & Deleting DBs from the CLI -
Moving Day! How to Move Your Blog or Site
Migrate your web site or blog to a new server with minimal problems or inaccessibility. This guide steps out a proven relocation procedure.
» tutorial » Safe Site & Blog Relocation Guide -
Google Apps for Domain-Specific Email
Easily configure GA’s free Standard Edition for catch-all@anydomain.com webmail, with POP and IMAP email delivery to your desktop mail client.
» tutorial » Google Apps Setup Guide -
Nginx Control Panel Workarounds
Part 17: No viable panel
» resource » Nginx Control Panel Solutions
BUT EASY WORKAROUNDS 
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Setup FileZilla for Secure FTP (SFTP)
Part 12: We compare FileZilla & WinSCP and FTP vs SFTP, then set up FileZilla with an encrypted Secure FTP tunnelled connection to our remote server. [...]
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Add a Domain Zone to Your VPS
Part 9: Setting up your VPS, or any Linux server, you’ll need to point it to a domain name, and to configure what’s known as a DNS zone. Here’s how.
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Create a Linux User & Set Permissions
Don’t log into Linux as root, with the trigger-happy permissions that gives. Better to create a user with a Super User option.
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Set Up Unmanaged VPS (4 Newbies) .. The V-P-S Bible
20-PART + VIDEO! “Blank box to secure web server.” This step-by-step copy/paste how-to is the ideal beginner tutorial & a modular expert reference. Here’s the index & intro [...]
» series intro » Virtual Private Servers - A to Z Guide