26.06.2018, 04:09
You install MySQL and configure it.
I think the server doesn't need much RAM at all, it's all dependent on the gamemode after that.
You can host a website, as that really isn't taxing either. Domain is simply an A record pointing to the servers IP.
Use Ubuntu, as it's more able to handle the plugins, rather than the old goto of running the static versions of plugins to avoid installing the actual libraries needed by the plugins. It's also good for beginners as you can install it easily on a machine, play around, and get into it.
CentOS is notorious for not having the libraries, as no-one compiles the plugin for CentOS, and CentOS uses updated libraries, which aren't advisable to be installing with the old ones.
Beware though, getting a VPS setup isn't easy, but once you do it a few times, you get used to it, and know what you need to install.
You'll be needing to look at SSH, and SCP ( https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Secure_copy ). If you use SCP, then you don't need to install FTP, as SCP uses the SSH connection to the server.
PuTTY is a free, and very usable ssh client. WinSCP is a windows SCP client.
I think the server doesn't need much RAM at all, it's all dependent on the gamemode after that.
You can host a website, as that really isn't taxing either. Domain is simply an A record pointing to the servers IP.
Use Ubuntu, as it's more able to handle the plugins, rather than the old goto of running the static versions of plugins to avoid installing the actual libraries needed by the plugins. It's also good for beginners as you can install it easily on a machine, play around, and get into it.
CentOS is notorious for not having the libraries, as no-one compiles the plugin for CentOS, and CentOS uses updated libraries, which aren't advisable to be installing with the old ones.
Beware though, getting a VPS setup isn't easy, but once you do it a few times, you get used to it, and know what you need to install.
You'll be needing to look at SSH, and SCP ( https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Secure_copy ). If you use SCP, then you don't need to install FTP, as SCP uses the SSH connection to the server.
PuTTY is a free, and very usable ssh client. WinSCP is a windows SCP client.