Ubuntu Linux VPS Web Server and Mail Server Cookbook: How To Install Your Own Web Server and Mail Server on an Ubuntu Linux VPS

Want to save a substantial amount of money by running your own web server and mail server?Feeling daunted by the amount of knowledge required?"VPS Web Server and Mail Server Cookbook" takes you through the steps required, from beginner to advanced level. Why you need this instruction manualYou don’t! You can find the information you need for free on the Internet. The catch is it could take you a long time to source everything and you will certainly find instructions on the Internet that are wrong or incomplete or overly-complex or out-of-date or misleading. What’s in the manualThe manual divides into six Advice on obtaining a VPSBasic installation of a functioning UBUNTU Linux operating systemSetting up your web sites on a web serverInstalling a mail server and setting up your email domains and email addressesRspamd anti-spam, and security measures including SPF, DKIM, DMARC, greylisting, postscreen and fail2banHelp with ongoing maintenance, including adding new web domains, new email domains and additional email addresses, troubleshooting and help with common errors. Also covered are these important but esoteric DNS records, including those special records which help protect your new mail domain from being blacklisted as a potential spammerObtaining free certificates to convert your domain from http to https, and to support secure email The manual aims to save readers much time and frustration by guiding them in the sequence of steps needed to set up their own fully-functioning and fully-secured mail and web server. The instruction sequence in the manual has been fully tested by successfully setting up functioning VPSs with three separate suppliers. The manual targets the widely available Ubuntu 22.04 or Ubuntu 23.04 operating systems, though the instructions can be adapted by the reader to other flavours of Linux they might be familiar with.