diff --git a/src/_drafts/web-hosted-part-one.md b/src/_drafts/web-hosted-part-one.md new file mode 100644 index 0000000..b7cf887 --- /dev/null +++ b/src/_drafts/web-hosted-part-one.md @@ -0,0 +1,22 @@ +--- +layout: post +title: "Web Hosted #1: How To Setup a Web Server in 2024" +description: "Even in 2024, knowing how to host a website is still important... and you can learn a lot by doing it without a hosting company!" +tags: web websites nginx apache +--- + +Back in the day, even as far back as the late 90's, you needed a website to be seen as a participant in the web. And + +But still, unless you wanted to g + +## The Hardware + +Honestly, anything will do. From options as expensive and powerful as multi-server AMD Epyc- or Intel Xeon-backed clusters, all the way down to Single-Board Computers like the Raspberry Pi or Orange Pi, you can use anything that is supported by your Linux distribution of choice. + +## The Operating System + +Today we're going to go with Debian Bookworm. Ubuntu, OpenSUSE Leap, and AlmaLinux are just as good, but I'm more familiar with Debian and I love the community-backed distro. And Bookworm (aka Debian 12) is the current stable version of Debian as of the writing of this article. + +## The Web Server + +Nginx! Or Apache, both are cool. But I'm more familiar with Nginx and it's faster anyway.