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Introduction Discourse is an open source community discussion platform built for the modern web. This tutorial will walk you through the steps of configuring Discourse, moving it behind a reverse proxy with Nginx, and configuring an SSL certificate for it with Let’s Encrypt. Moving Discourse behind a reserve proxy provides you with the flexibility to run other websites on your Droplet. Prerequisites Before we get started, be sure you have the following:...

Introduction The Vesta Control Panel is a free, open source website control panel with website, email, database, and DNS functionalities built in. By the end of this tutorial we will have Vesta installed and running on Ubuntu 14.04 with a working website and email account. Prerequisites The following are required to complete this tutorial: This tutorial uses example.com as the example hostname. Replace it with your domain name throughout this tutorial....

Introduction phpMyAdmin is a free, web-facing control panel that can access and edit MySQL databases hosted on your server. It integrates with all existing and future databases on your Ajenti server automatically. This tutorial will show you integrate phpMyAdmin into the Ajenti control panel. Prerequisites Ajenti with Ajenti V installed (read How To Install The Ajenti Control Panel and Ajenti V on Ubuntu 14.04) A registered domain name that points to your Droplet (example....

Introduction RainLoop is a free email client that can access any IMAP/SMTP emails, including Ajenti V’s built-in email. It supports multiple accounts, social logins (log in with Twitter, Facebook, etc.), two factor authentication, and more. RainLoop is a great program to install with Ajenti V because the Ajenti V platform itself has no default webmail. At the end of this tutorial we will have RainLoop installed on mail.example.com with IMAP/SMTP access to mailboxes on example....

Introduction Ajenti is an open source, web-based control panel that can be used for a large variety of server management tasks. The add-on package called Ajenti V allows you to manage multiple websites from the same control panel. By now you should have Ajenti and Ajenti V installed. In this tutorial we will setup a basic website using Ajenti V from the Ajenti control panel and create an email account on your website’s domain....

Introduction Ajenti is an open source, web-based control panel that can be used for a large variety of server management tasks. It can install packages and run commands, and you can view basic server information such as RAM in use, free disk space, etc. All this can be accessed from a web browser. Optionally, an add-on package called Ajenti V allows you to manage multiple websites from the same control panel....

Introduction Ajenti is an open source, web-based control panel that can be used for a large variety of server management tasks. The add-on package called Ajenti V allows you to manage multiple websites from the same control panel. By now you should have Ajenti and Ajenti V installed. In this tutorial we will install a WordPress blog, using the tools Ajenti V provides. Prerequisites For this tutorial, you will need:...

Introduction In this tutorial, we will demonstrate how to install Sentora, a free open source web control panel, which is easy to install and maintain. By the end of this tutorial we will have a working webserver, email account, and landing page for one of your domains. Prerequisites To follow this tutorial, you will need: One Ubuntu 14.04 Droplet. A registered domain name. You can read this series on managing DNS for background information....