In this tutorial we will setup a ubuntu local ISO repository. On a Linux system, it’s possible to specify a different source for software installation in the package manager. This means you don’t always have to download packages from official repositories.
Luke Reynolds
WordPress Installation on Ubuntu Linux with Apache and MySQL
WordPress has remained one of the best and easiest ways to get a sleek site up and running ever since its inception in 2003. As a matter of fact, current trends only show its popularity continuing to increase. WordPress is simple to use, and even hosting it yourself isn’t that hard, as we’ll prove to you in this article.
In this guide, we’ll show you how to get your site hosted with WordPress on Ubuntu Linux. We’ll use Apache as our HTTP server, and also install PHP and MariaDB (an open source implementation of MySQL) since WordPress requires them in order to function. This assortment of packages is commonly referred to as a LAMP stack (Linux, Apache, MySQL, PHP). Once those packages are installed, we’ll go over the configuration of Apache and MySQL, including initial setup of a database and user, before installing WordPress itself. Towards the end, we’ll also show you how to configure a self signed SSL certificate, or get a free one from Let’s Encrypt, which enables your site to utilize HTTPS.
In this tutorial you will learn:
- How to install and configure Apache
- How to install and configure MariaDB for MySQL
- How to setup a MySQL user and database for WordPress
- How to download and install WordPress
- How to configure a self signed SSL certificate for your WordPress site
- How to configure a free SSL certificate from Let’s Encrypt
Apache .htaccess directory access protection
When running an Apache web server on a Linux system, there may be some directories that you don’t want everyone in the world to be able to access. Apache gives us a couple of different tools that website administrators can use to protect a directory.
One of the most common ways to configure restricted access to a folder is through the .htaccess file. Doing this configuration will prompt users for a password whenever they come across the protected URL. But we can also configure the same protection without .htaccess.
In this guide, we’ll go over the step by step instructions for protecting a directory on an Apache web server, through two different methods. Follow along with us to get the password protection set up on your own website.
In this tutorial you will learn:
- How to protect a directory using .htaccess file
- How to protect a directory without .htaccess file
How to Change Bash Prompt
The “Bash prompt” on the command line interface is that bit of text that precedes your commands. It is usually the username followed by the hostname on most systems, so the syntax might look something like user@linuxconfig$ for example. Suffice it to say, the default Bash command line prompt on many Linux systems is quite minimal.