I was going to post this in a different forum but it seems newbie's like me are only allowed to post in this forum so here goes... I've been running a small forum on a shared hosting for a while now but would like to expand into a linode or digital ocean VPS and learn some linux server admin basics while I'm at it. DO and Linode both have a nice collection of documentation for various things but not one that I've seen has anything mentioning Cenmin Mod. Does anyone by chance know of any documentation on how to install centmin mod (for a total newbie) on a DO or Linode VPS and use it to setup a domain to host a xenforo forum? Kind of a start to finish tutorial? Thanks in advance.
welcome @Cervent to Centmin Mod Community, Centmin Mod and CentOS Linux Once you complete your intro post, you will be able to post elsewhere on the forums Be sure to keep in mind minimum and recommended resource requirements outlined at Download & Install Nginx on CentOS - CentminMod.com LEMP Nginx web stack for CentOS which has install guide as well link to post-install Getting Started Guide. You might want to try the 123.09beta01 build as it will be next stable release and well has alot of improvements if you check 2nd post change log at Beta Branch - Centmin Mod .09 beta branch Testing. There's an old DigitalOcean install guide at DigitalOcean - Centmin Mod Nginx LNMP install on CentOS 7.0 KVM VPS | Centmin Mod Community but you'd want to try the new 123.09beta01 so just use the guide for the 1st part in creating your DO droplet and selecting CentOS 7 OS and install for 123.09beta01 at Beta Branch - Centmin Mod .09 beta branch Testing | Centmin Mod Community DigitalOcean probably easier for newbies to get a handle on and their snapshot system allows you to make snapshots of working config before you test or try something new/install/update, so you can restore a snapshot if you stuff up. This means no fear in learning or trying things as you can always revert to a previous working snapshot I recommend setting up a test site on DO with Centmin Mod and learning the ropes before doing a live site. Threads you might want to participate in What are you using Centmin Mod for ? How did you find out about Centmin Mod ? What PHP Version do you use ? How much memory installed on server running Centmin Mod ? Fill out Centmin Mod 2016 Survey Threads & Info To Bookmark Threads to read, pages to bookmark and threads to watch/subscribe to get to know Centmin Mod would include: Getting Started Guide, FAQ and What's New and centmin.sh guide. How to Install Centmin Mod 1.2.3-eva2000.08 Stable - you'd want to bookmark or subscribe to this thread for updates to the code, bug fixes, security updates etc. How to upgrade Centmin Mod 1.2.3-eva2000.08+ stable How to troubleshoot initial installs (as well as find the log files for all software for troubleshooting). Centmin Mod Configuration Files Overview Centmin Mod + Youtube Resources - recently created to illustrate visually what Centmin Mod can do. Alot of the vidoes are to showcase Centmin Mod .08 betas features which eventually will become the next stable release. All things SSL https related at SSL - HTTPS as a Google ranking signal Centmin Mod Insights forum - delve deeper into Centmin Mod code if you want to tweak it or extend it yourself. Find out how PHP Opcode cachers like APC Cache, Zend Opcache and Xcache are configured and installed and how Memcached server is setup etc. Several ways to follow Centmin Mod code development and changes/commits via Github Commit forum or directly on Centmin Mod Github repository - 123.08stable branche For forums, also check threads in dedicated Forum Software Usage forums. Some Xenforo users including myself have posted out Nginx vhost configs at Xenforo - My Xenforo Nginx vhost configuration For Nginx Pagespeed check out the official site page for Centmin Mod's integration of ngx_pagespeed module. Also check out the prefix linked forum url Nginx, PHP-FPM & MariaDB MySQL | Centmin Mod Community easy way to jump into all threads and info related to ngx_pagespeed. In particular bookmark the Nginx PageSpeed Troubleshooting sticky thread as there is high chance you need to tweak your Nginx pagespeed.conf config file for your web apps and styles used. You can see an example of this forum's pagespeed.conf tweaked for Xenforo and my particular used Xenforo style/theme and some discussion of troubleshooting advertising and ngx_pagespeed. Nginx example configuration listing at centminmod.com/nginx_configure.html Premium Membership Centmin Mod Premium Membership Benefits - including access to custom tailored dbbackup.sh mysql database backup script and updates/improvements.