[Ritchie999]

I'm thinking of purchasing a Virtual Private Server to host.
A few questions I have here are this

1: Will that VPS initiate servers right away? As soon as I upload the files, will it begin hosting?..

2: Will I have to design a website just to host on this vps

3: What are some good VPS hosting sites that people have used which are trustworthy and cheap

4: Would anyone be willing to design a website like gameservers or serverffs and be paid for it by me?

Note about question 4: This is only when I get definite information about purchasing the VPS, I'm currently attending an education course which is over in December, I then have a job lined up in a Computer shop.

[WackoX]

1) No it won't, you fist have to learn the programme language ''shell'' for Linux, you'll have to start your server through commands, it's like DOS.
2) No.

[Norn]

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Originally Posted by WackoX 1) No it won't, you fist have to learn the programme language ''shell'' for Linux, you'll have to start your server through commands, it's like DOS. 2) No.

Most vps come with free panels which allows you to setup web servers instantly.

[Ritchie999]

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Originally Posted by Norn Most vps come with free panels which allows you to setup web servers instantly.

Any to recommend?

[JaTochNietDan]

Webmin is a great: http://www.webmin.com/index.html

Although I would suggest just learning commands, it will be faster and more useful in the future!

[Riddy]

I use Apache and MySQL, I gotta get my VPS host to fix my problem lol

[Ritchie999]

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Originally Posted by JaTochNietDan Webmin is a great: http://www.webmin.com/index.html Although I would suggest just learning commands, it will be faster and more useful in the future!

Excuse my idiocy. Never been near any VPS before.

If I were to use Webmin, would I have to upload the entire contents of the rar to the VPS? (Downloaded the Windows version, but obviously I know I'd have to get Linux version for the VPS)

[Riddy]

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Originally Posted by Ritchie999 Excuse my idiocy. Never been near any VPS before. If I were to use Webmin, would I have to upload the entire contents of the rar to the VPS? (Downloaded the Windows version, but obviously I know I'd have to get Linux version for the VPS)

Heres a good tutorial:

http://onlyubuntu.blogspot.com/2007/...in-ubuntu.html < Try this, I would suggest ubuntu though

[Ritchie999]

So I've installed Ubuntu 11.10 onto my second hard drive, using it right now.
Installed Webmin from sudo apt-get install, I'm in the localhost page right now.

I'm going to guess its a SSH server.
So I've installed the SSH package,

Now what would I do from here?
I'm looking at SAMP Wiki right now in the Linux Server section, but that's for PuTTY.

How would I set up remote access and all that?

I'm planning on buying a cheap computer soon to put my second hard drive into just to keep my own VPS running on the Ubuntu machine with Webmin

[Riddy]

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Originally Posted by Ritchie999 So I've installed Ubuntu 11.10 onto my second hard drive, using it right now. Installed Webmin from sudo apt-get install, I'm in the localhost page right now. I'm going to guess its a SSH server. So I've installed the SSH package, Now what would I do from here? I'm looking at SAMP Wiki right now in the Linux Server section, but that's for PuTTY. How would I set up remote access and all that? I'm planning on buying a cheap computer soon to put my second hard drive into just to keep my own VPS running on the Ubuntu machine with Webmin

Your quite lucky i am setting up my GUI for Remote Connections

http://paolucci.ca/system/39