In this tutorial we will install a minimum Debian 10 (Buster) server, which consists of the Debian 10 base system and some basic configuration. This installation will be the basis for later LAMP and perfect server tutorials. On this page, we download the Debian 9 (Stretch) installation package and follow the steps of the installation program.

The official repository for Debian 9 (Stretch) has PHP 7.0.x, which is a bit out of date, and you won't receive any updates. Therefore, we may need newer versions if we run live websites, but we can even expand our test environment. In this description, we will conveniently install several versions of PHP using the deb.sury.org external repository, which can be run side-by-side on our Debian-based servers using the PHP-FPM server API.

In this tutorial, we will build a simple LAMP (Linux, Apache, MySQL / MariaDB, PHP) server based on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (Bionic Beaver), which can be used to run web pages or even be a great tool for web developers.

In this description, we will build the Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (Bionic Beaver) minimal server, which will be the building block of many more descriptions. Ubuntu has been providing support for members of the LTS (Long Term Support) family for five years, so we will receive updates for version 18.04 until April 2023. This provides an excellent basis for installing a server - which we want to run securely for many years to come. On this page, we will start with the installation steps, and then on the next page we will finish with some command line settings.

In this tutorial, we build a simple LAMP (Linux, Apache, MySQL / MariaDB, PHP) server based on Debian 9 (Stretch), which can be used to run web pages or even be a great tool for web developers. This page will install the MariaDB database management system and the Apache web server.

On your Debian 8 (Jesssie) -based server, even if you use Fail2Ban, you may see log entries that are not recognized by Fail0.8.13Ban filters on your system, version 2, so your system is less protected against attacks that cause these entries. In this description, we will solve the attempt to block attempts with random usernames on our SSH server using another filter pattern in Fail2Ban.