VPS Help

[Skylord]

Hello!

I recently got my first VPS, at this point, I truly am not sure how to set anything up.

I am looking to host at least one Minecraft server and a website on it.

Would anyone be willing to either link me to some helpful resources or guide me through the setup process?

Thank you for your time,
- Skylord

 

[Skylord]

Running a Minecraft server and website requires a decent VPS. What are the specs?

Virtualization: OpenVZ
Location: Los Angeles, CA
RAM: 4GB
Disk: 20GB RAID 10 SSD
Bandwidth: 200GB @ 1Gbps
CPU: 3 Cores @ 2GHz+
IP: 1x IPv4

The node I am on uses : Dual E5-2620 with 128GB+ RAM and 4x1TB+ SSDs

 

[Fire]

Website is easy. DO:

apt-get install -y apache2 php

Then you can put your website files in /var/www/html and you're good to go.

To install multicraft for a minecraft server. Just google "How to install multicraft Ubuntu" and you're good to go.

That's if you've installed Ubuntu, which I highly recommend, since most people know that one well.

 

[Fire]

Why are you still using Apache? It is vulnerable to Slowloris etc.

For website, do this instead:

yum install epel-release
yum install nginx

Upload files to: /usr/share/nginx/html

He is asking for help, so don't know much. I personally use Nginx, and know how much of a pain it can be sometimes. Apache is super simple, and great for beginners. Its not very optimized and does have a few flaws, but its a small minecraft site on a VPS. Its not going to be a target for people who know how do exploit it.

For something like this Apache is nice and friendly.

 

[Fire]

Actually nvm. I've been doing some research and it turns out apache is more vunrable than I had thought. Can be secured with various configuration changes. But would be less hassle just to learn how to use nginx. Since that's pretty much secure to start with.

 

[Skylord]

One more question, how would I change my password?

 

[Fire]

One more question, how would I change my password?

Just run the command passwd then type whatever you want your password to be.