¶ Initial Steps
- If you have not yet done so, follow the steps to sign up for Netsoc Cloud in the Tutorial
¶ Instance Request
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Create a Container instance request for the Ubuntu 20.04 image
- Choose the hostname as you wish (e.g.
website,mysite) - Explain what you are using this instance for: for hosting your static content/website
- Choose the hostname as you wish (e.g.
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Wait for the request to be accepted/denied
¶ Setting up Nginx (the web server)
¶ Configure your free Netsoc Cloud domain
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Visit the instances list
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Add a vhost via + VHost
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For the host section, enter in a subdomain you wish to use:
- You can use your username domain like:
<username>.netsoc.cloud - i.e
ocanty.netsoc.cloud
- You can use your username domain like:
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Use Port 80 with internal HTTPS turned off
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Hit Confirm
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Visit the domain to ensure everything is working correctly
- It may take a few minutes for it to become active
¶ Configure a custom domain (optional)
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Visit the instances list
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Add a vhost via + VHost
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Follow the instructions on what DNS records you need to set
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On your domain registrar (i.e where you bought your domain from) you will need to set records
- You can find instructions on how to do this by typically googling "how to set dns records" + the name of your registrar
- Examples:
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Enter your domain into the form
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Use Port 80 with internal HTTPS turned off
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Hit Confirm
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Visit the domain to ensure everything is working correctly
- It may take a few minutes for it to become active
¶ Accessing Instance
- Start your instance
- Reset the instance root user password via Reset Root
- Open the web Terminal and sign in using the
rootusername and password received in the email - You should now see something like this (hostname will match the name of your instance):
¶ Install Nginx
- Run the command:
apt update && apt install nginx- Then configure nginx to start on boot with
systemctl enable nginx - Then ensure it is started
systemctl start nginx
¶ Installing your static content
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Visit the instances list
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Click Filesystem on your instance and follow the instructions to open up a file browser
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You can now upload files as you wish
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You will need to mark any files you upload as accessible to the web server, the best way of doing this is:
- Visit the Terminal
- Run the following command:
chown www-data:www-data -R /var/www/html
- This will cause every single file in
/var/www/htmlto be owned by the nginx webserver- It can now read them and serve them
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Any HTML/static content files you place in
/var/www/htmlwill now be served when you visit the domains you configured above.- i.e if you place index.html with html content into
/var/www/html, it will be available when you visit the domain - if you place image.png it will be available at
domain/image.png, i.eocanty.netsoc.cloud/image.png
- i.e if you place index.html with html content into