How to setup a plain Ubuntu 16.04 ISPConfig web server on DigitalOcean and install WordPress on it.

This tutorial is mainly written to help enthusiasts in Kenya to setup their own web server with Digital Ocean and host a WordPress blog on the own server. The tutorial is very beginner friendly and I hope Mama Mboga understand’s it. In case she does not, then I didn’t do my job well. But I will also be happy to help in case there are any questions.

How to add a blacklist to Apache2 and block IP Addresses on the whole server

Block out strange visitors IP addresses with a Apache2 Blacklist. Sometimes one find’s some strange visitors coming to their websites. These strange visitors may or may not identify them selves with a 1995 type display resolution of 1024 by 768 while pretending being an iPhone. Very strange. Such visitors are not real users and them visiting my sites is not […]

Setup a Digital Ocean Server with ISPConfig on Ubuntu 16.04

How to install ISPConfig 3.1 on Ubuntu 16.04 on a Digital Ocean Server incl. Apache as web server, Postfix as mail server, Pure FTPD as file server, Let’s Encrypt for real SSL Certificates, MariaDB as database server, fail2ban to limit login attempts, and very much more.