Web Server Installation Resources

List of resources to consider looking up for Instructions & Steps to Install an Ubuntu 14.04 LTS Web Server.

Summarized steps..

LAMP Installation

1. Ubuntu Server 14.04LTS amd64 has all the required packages.
2. Update Installation
   1. sudo apt-get update
3. Apache Install & Configuration
   1. sudo apt-get install apache2 apache2-utils
4. MySql Install & Configuration
   1. sudo apt-get install mysql-server libapache2-mod-auth-mysql php5-mysql
   2. sudo mysql_install_db
   3. sudo mysql_secure_installation
5. PHP Install & Configuration
   1. sudo apt-get install php5 php5-mysql php-pear php5-gd php5-mcrypt php5-curl

Resources

• http://ubuntuserverguide.com/2014/06/how-to-install-lamp-in-ubuntu-serve…
• https://www.digitalocean.com/community/tutorials/how-to-install-linux-ap…

Postfix

1. Update Distribution
   1. sudo apt-get update
2. Install Postfix
   1. apt-get install postfix

Resources:

• https://vexxhost.com/blog/how-to-install-and-setup-postfix-on-ubuntu/
• https://www.digitalocean.com/community/tutorials/how-to-install-and-setu…

Firewall & Security

• http://blog.mattbrock.co.uk/hardening-the-security-on-ubuntu-server-14-04/
• http://plusbryan.com/my-first-5-minutes-on-a-server-or-essential-securit…
• https://www.digitalocean.com/community/tutorials/additional-recommended-…
• https://www.digitalocean.com/community/tutorials/how-to-setup-a-firewall…