Setting up a Website

Last updated: 2020-07-21 09:35:01

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.

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	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)
	LNMP (openSUSE)
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.