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Complete Guide to a Complete Linux Server

39. Final recommendation

by Double Bastion - Updated February 1, 2025

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Guide Index
  • 1. Introduction
    • 1.1. Purpose
    • 1.2. Target reader
    • 1.3. Control and privacy
    • 1.4. Completeness
    • 1.5. The ‘FOSS CRIMS’ business model
    • 1.6. Remote Free Software Under Your Control (RFSUYC)
    • 1.7. Profitability of the FOSS CRIMS business model
    • 1.8. Dispersed, Incomplete and Incorrect Documentation Hell (DIIDH)
    • 1.9. Minimal Solid Starting Point (MSSP)
    • 1.10. The best software solution
      • 1.10.1. Software choice
      • 1.10.2. Debian – the foundation of reliable web services
      • 1.10.3. The mirage of new programming languages, frameworks and applications
    • 1.11. Minimum system requirements
    • 1.12. Possible objections
    • 1.13. RED SCARF Suite
  • 2. Preliminary notes
  • 3. Choose a hosting provider
  • 4. Prepare the server
  • 5. Install UFW and ClamAV
  • 6. Upgrading Debian to the newest version
  • 7. Install Fail2ban
  • 8. Disable the APT cache to save storage space
  • 9. Set proper permissions for /var/www and its subdirectories
  • 10. Install ProFTPD
  • 11. Install the MariaDB Database Management System
  • 12. Install PHP
  • 13. Add DNS records for websites/applications
  • 14. Install Nginx
  • 15. Install WordPress
  • 16. Install Matomo
  • 17. Install Dolibarr (ERP & CRM)
  • 18. WooCommerce – Dolibarr workflow
  • 19. Install the mail server
  • 20. Install Thunderbird and use it to encrypt/decrypt emails
  • 21. Install the Mailvelope add-on in Mozilla Firefox and use it to encrypt/decrypt emails
  • 22. Install Mailman
  • 23. Install phpList
  • 24. Install Coturn
  • 25. Install Asterisk
  • 26. Install Nextcloud
  • 27. Install Roundpin
  • 28. Install MyBB
  • 29. Install Friendica
  • 30. Install OpenVPN
  • 31. Install BIND
  • 32. Install Backup Manager
  • 33. Implement automatic security updates
  • 34. Install System Health and Security Probe
  • 35. Install RED SCARF Suite Panel
  • 36. SSHFS – a powerful tool for system administration
  • 37. Before publishing websites
  • 38. Maintenance steps
  • 39. Final recommendation
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