Running a personal website or forum is one of the most common things people do after they purchase a CVM.
This article describes several ways you can setup a website on your CVM. Choose one that suits you the best.
Setting Up a Website Manually
We recommend that you setup your website manually.
| Manual Setup | |
|---|---|
| Setup | Install software manually. Easier to customize. |
| Advantages | Flexible choices among software versions |
| Duration | Longer since you need to do this manually |
| Difficulty | Knows how to install software manually and which version to use. |
Instructions
Use the following table to choose a website that suits your needs.
| Type | Setup | Description |
|---|---|---|
| WordPress | WordPress (Linux) | WordPress is a blogging platform developed with PHP. You can use it as a content management system, or use it to create websites on services that support PHP and MySQL databases. |
| WordPress (Windows) | ||
| Discuz! | Discuz! | Discuz! is a popular forum software built on PHP and MySQL. You only need to configure a few item to get it up and running. |
| LNMP | LNMP (CentOS 7) |
LNMP is a common web service architecture which consists of Nginx, MySQL/MariaDB and PHP running on Linux. |
| LNMP (CentOS 6) |
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| LNMP (openSUSE) |
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| LAMP | LAMP | LAMP is a common web service architecture which consists of Apache, MySQL/MariaDB and PHP running on Linux. |
| WIPM | WIPM | WIPM stands for a web service architecture which consists of IIS, PHP and MySQL running on Windows. |
| Drupal | Drupal | Drupal is a Content Management Framework (CMF) written in PHP. It consists of a Content Management System (CMS) and a PHP development framework. You can use it to run a personal blog or corporate website. |
| Ghost | Ghost | Ghost is a free and open source blogging platform written in JavaScript and distributed under the MIT License, designed to simplify the process of online publishing for individual bloggers as well as online publications. |
