Deploy Terraform + Ansible Playbook with UpCloud infrastructure

Example deployment with Terraform + Ansible: load balancer and 2 web servers connected through SDN using a Debian template.

Install WordPress and LAMP by automated script on a Debian 10 VM

This is a first draft but has been tested. The script will create a user, update your system, install LAMP, set up the firewall, create a MySQL database, download and configure the latest WordPress, and create an Apache virtual host automatically. All you need to do is the following:

Set up a Mail server postfix/dovecot/roundcubemail Linux/Debian

Create a new user

adduser user
usermod -aG sudo user

MySQL Useful Command

mysql -u root -p
SELECT host, user, authentication_string FROM mysql.user;

How to secure your server (Debian/Linux) and WordPress

Basic steps to secure your server from DDoS and brute-force attacks.

Creating strong passwords: I would recommend using a browser extension as a password generator.

Configuring auto-updates