Hands-on Linux: Self-Hosted WordPress for Linux Beginners

A practical, project-based crash course that prepares you for real-life Linux and Cloud work

Created by: David Cohen
10+ year Cloud, Linux, DevOps, and Software Professional

What Will I Learn?

• Updated for Ubuntu 22.04!
• Learn Linux skills by setting up a WordPress hosting platform
• Configure a production-grade WordPress install on Linux
• Configure your hosting platform on Amazon Web Services (AWS)
• Bonus Packer Mini-Course: Dip your toes into the world of modern DevOps
• Set up TLS (for free!) with letsencrypt so your users can enjoy the security of HTTPS
• Tune webserver performance and set up caching for lightning-fast page loads
• Set up and configure the popular MySQL database
• Be comfortable working with an nginx web server
• Configure monitoring for your web hosting server
• Create and manage Linux system users
• Manage Linux file permissions
• Understand the basics of how HTTP, the Web protocol, works
• Understand basic and more advanced Bash shell concepts and skills
• Schedule commands to run periodically on Linux with Cron
• Manage remote servers using SSH
• Automate repetitive tasks with Ansible, a powerful automation and configuration management tool
• Create and Restore website backups, both on the filesystem and in the MySQL database
• Effectively perform security hardening on Linux servers and services

Requirements

• Know what Linux is
• Know what servers and web hosting are
• Know what an IP address and a domain name are
• Have a working Internet connection and a Windows, Macintosh, or Linux computer to follow along on
• If you already have a webserver somewhere, great! If not, I'll show you how to set one up for around $5/month.
• Be able to download and use a text editor like Sublime Text or vscode (both free)

Target audience

• People with little to no knowledge of Linux - l'll teach you the basics of Linux, DevOps, and Cloud Infrastructure.
• People who learn best in a practical, project-based way
• Aspiring Linux, Cloud Infrastructure, or DevOps Engineers
• Software Developers who are curious about what happens "behind the scenes" in the infrastructure world
• People who want to understand how a professional-grade WordPress hosting platform works, NOT people who just want to get a simple WordPress site set up for blogging.