I’ve been meaning to write this series for some time, and somewhat did but things have been getting in the way. What are we going to be doing in this series?

• Configuring an Amazon Linux 2018.03 operating system
• Configuring SSH (Secure Shell)
• Installing and configuring OpenLitespeed
• Installing and configuring MariaDB
• Installing and configuring Webmin
• Installing LetsEncrypt
  • Generating SSL certificates

As you can see we are going to be using our server as a web and database server. However, we are not going to be using any old, like Apache or Nginx, no no no, we are going to be using OpenLitespeed. I’ll explain why I have chosen this web server over others later in this series.

This series is intended to be a guide for you to follow along with. However, certain tasks may not be exactly the same for you and you may need to do some Google’ing as a result.

Caveats

I need to go through some caveats (not many) before we begin.

• The majority of the tasks are done using a CLI (command line interface) on CentOS and may be a learning curve. If you’re not familiar with using CentOS or Linux in general, please scourer the internet for articles to guide you through the basics
• I will be using Amazon Linux (version 2018.03) operating system on a micro Amazon EC2 instance- If you are using a different Linux distro your mileage may vary
• I am not a security expert. When securing your operating system and applications please do your research into industry best practices
• I will be using the vi text editor which is built in. You can use a text editor of your choosing