New Server

In this module we'll go over the different types of web hosting providers and how to read the various specs they publish. We'll look at CPUs, vCPUs, CPU cores, threads and frequencies, and why they can't always be trusted.

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We'll briefly touch on storage options and what to look out for in the context of WordPress. We'll also run a quick fio benchmark to see the difference between network-attached block storage on a VM, and a locally attached drive.

Finally, we'll go over some OS distribution options, provision a new virtual or dedicated server, and pull in our configs repository from GitHub using SSH.

Lessons in this module

• Types of web hosting services
• CPU core count and frequency
• Storage options and performance considerations
• Linux distributions, OS images and ISOs
• Provisioning a VPS for WordPress with DigitalOcean
• Provisioning a dedicated server for WordPress with Cherry Servers
• Configuring DNS and SSH, pulling in your config repository

Next module: Server Hygiene