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?
These VPS Web Server and Mail Server cookbooks take you through the steps required, from beginner to advanced level.
Why you need these instruction manuals
You don’t! You can find the information you need for free on the Internet. The catch is it could take you a long time (up to two to three weeks) 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instructions on the Internet that are wrong or incomplete or overly-complex or out-of-date or misleading. And, when you are managing your own server, particularly a mail server, security is critical - omit just one of the many key security measures and you could find your mail server blacklisted from the outset.
The Author
I am a freelance computer programmer with 40 years’ experience in the industry. I recently saved a recurring expense of 700 Euro per annum by moving my 3rd-party managed web site hosting to managing my own hosting on a VPS. This instruction manual comes out of that experience and will help you make similar savings.
What’s in the manual
The manual divides into six parts:
- Advice on obtaining a VPS
- Basic installation of a functioning Linux operating system
- Setting up your web sites on a web server
- Installing a mail server and setting up your email domains and email addresses
- Rspamd anti-spam, and security measures including SPF, DKIM, DMARC, greylisting, postscreen and fail2ban
- Help 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 topics:
- DNS records, including those special records which help protect your new mail domain from being blacklisted as a potential spammer
- Obtaining free certificates to convert your domain from http to https, and to support secure email