Subj : Re: Advice on self-hosting a website?
To   : Vintholdt
From : poindexter FORTRAN
Date : Fri Apr 04 2025 04:44 pm

-=> Vintholdt wrote to All <=-

 Vi> Recently I dug up an old PC and decided to install Ubuntu Server on it,
 Vi> and use it as my server for hosting a website. I am using Nginx.

 Vi> Does anyone have any general and/or security advice?

Use the built-in firewall to block anything but ports 80 and 443 from
coming in from the internet.

If you search for "nginx hardening guide", you'll find lots of sites
with information on how to secure the web server.

NGINX is pretty complex, it can do a lot. If you're just serving up a
couple of static pages with no cgi, maybe something like Caddy?


 
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