2.3 Hands-on: a web server and your first page

You'll install nginx and put your own page on your server.

Steps (logged in as your own user, from Module 1)

1. Take a backup first: Servers → Backups → Take a backup now.
2. Install nginx:

sudo apt update
sudo apt install nginx -y

3. On your laptop, open http://<your IP> in a browser. You'll see Welcome to nginx! Your server is serving a web page.
4. Make your own page. Open the editor nano:

sudo nano /var/www/html/index.html

5. Type a short page, for example:

<!doctype html>
<html>
  <head><meta charset="utf-8"><title>Kwesi Builds</title></head>
  <body>
    <h1>Kwesi Builds</h1>
    <p>I set businesses up on Lynk. Call 024 000 0000.</p>
  </body>
</html>

6. Save with Ctrl + O, press Enter, then exit with Ctrl + X.
7. Refresh http://<your IP> in your browser. Your page is on the internet.

If it doesn't work

• The page doesn't open: check the server is Active, and that you typed http://, not https:// (there's no certificate yet).
• You still see Welcome to nginx: refresh with Ctrl + Shift + R, and check you saved the file as index.html.

Check your work: your own page shows at http://<your IP>.