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Zappi
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TL:DR linux newbie, looking for advice/links (skip to bottom for questions)

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After i had been looking for a job for quite some time, a couple of months ago i got hired by "smaller" company doing web stuff. So far it have been a great place, good colleagues, and overall just having a great time!.
They seem to value me alot, so that's great!.

Anyway, yesterday i got called into a meeting - and got told they wanted me to start learning "Server stuff (linux)". That got me quite excited, because it always was something i wanted to learn - but never really got around to doing.

But i never touched a linux installation before, so i'm really on ground zero - but im not afraid, i'm a quick learner and quite efficient at googling :)

I figured i would ask here, since other people here always seems to be happy to help other people out.

So far i have manage to setup a server, install various stuff (php, mysql and so on) and done setup a couple of domains/subdomains on my server. Also got a vestacpinstallation working - so overall im quite happy so far.

I figured maybe somebody had some good links/advice for a linux newbie :).

* Performance/Security, will obviously be a big focus - anything i should look at? - any must look at?
* Monitoring tools, how do i monitor various websites running on my server? Here i'm thinking bandwitch, cpu/ram usage and so on pr site basis.
* Any other stuff i should be looking at?

Little about what the server will/should be running :)

* Centos
* vestacp
* WordPress installations only (e-commerce mainly)
* PHP 7 / MySQL / phpmyadmin

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  • 3
    I could give you some advice if you'd like? (Through a comment, email or something else, what suits you (and is available for me of course)). Linux server admin myself :)
  • 0
    @linuxxx That would be great, i really appreciate it!

    Skype: magvej [at] hotmail . com
    Email: magvej [at] hotmail . com

    looking forward to hear from you
  • 1
    @Zappi I'll shoot you an email in the evening probs! (Don't have Skype but email is fine yes!)
  • 0
    If you don't mind to outsource the monitoring part I can recommend new relic.
  • 0
    @linuxxx

    Good guy Linux Admin.
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