Day One

Watch

• (0) "4 Steps to Become a Developer"

• (1) "What is Web Hosting?"

• (2) "Different Types of Web Hosting Explained!"

Read

• (0) "What is a Web Server?"

Day Two

Watch

• (0) Warm-Up: "NGINX in 100 Seconds"

Do

• (0) Building on the information learned from Day One, we're going to use a VPS to build a simple website!

  • 1. Create a new instance with Ubuntu 18.04 using Amazon LightSail. (note: a credit card is required to create an account, but the instance is free to use for up to 90 days before the card is charged).

  • 2. Create a new static IP address and attach it to instance.

  • 3. SSH into instance by clicking the orange "terminal" icon above your instance.

  • 4. Once you have connected to your server via SSH, run the command 'sudo apt update'

  • 5. Run 'sudo apt install nginx'

  • 6. Open your server's IP address in a browser to confirm nginx is properly serving your website now.

  • 7. Browse to the web content folder with 'cd /var/www/html'

  • 8. Look at the files in the folder with 'ls'

  • 9. Rename the index file to index.html with 'sudo cp index.nginx-debian.html index.html' (makes a copy of original file into new file index.html) and then 'sudo rm index.nginx-debian.html' (deletes the original file)

  • 10. Edit the index.html file using 'sudo nano index.html'

  • 11. When you're done editing, save the file by pressing 'Ctrl + O' and then exit by pressing 'Ctrl + X'

  • 12. Go back to your browser and press 'Shift + refresh' to see your changes to your website.

  • 13. Repeat steps 10-12 as much as you want.