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Akshay: backup tasks

2025-10-30T07:02:28Z

backup tasks

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	=== Deploy an Docker based application ===		=== Deploy an Docker based application ===
	You could choose an application that you've already installed without docker (like [https://hub.docker.com/_/wordpress WordPress]) but this time deploy it using docker. You might have to learn about docker compose too.		You could choose an application that you've already installed without docker (like [https://hub.docker.com/_/wordpress WordPress]) but this time deploy it using docker. You might have to learn about docker compose too.

			== Maintenance ==

			=== Backup an app with its database ===
			Create a backup for the wordpress instance (including uploaded images, etc).

			=== Restore an app from backup ===
			See if your backup can be brought back online.

			=== Migrate an app from one server to another ===
			Move your app from one computer to another

Akshay: add deployment challenges

2025-10-30T06:48:04Z

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	=== Host a website on a VPS ===		=== Host a website on a VPS ===
	Get a VPS, and host your own website on it.		Get a VPS, and host your own website on it.

			== Deployment ==

			=== Deploy a PHP application ===
			Deploy a simple php application that doesn't need a database. Something like [https://code.antopie.org/miraty/libreqr/ LibreQR]. You may have to figure out how to use [[PHP-FPM]] and proxy requests to it.

			=== Deploy a more complicated PHP application ===
			Deploy a slightly more complicated PHP application that requires database. Maybe [https://wordpress.org/ WordPress], or [https://www.mediawiki.org/ MediaWiki]. You might have to figure out which database to use, how to create a database & user and connect the application to it.

			=== Deploy a Python/NodeJS/Ruby application ===
			Deploy a web application written in Python/NodeJS/Ruby. You might have to figure out how to reverse proxy to the application.

			=== Deploy an Docker based application ===
			You could choose an application that you've already installed without docker (like [https://hub.docker.com/_/wordpress WordPress]) but this time deploy it using docker. You might have to learn about docker compose too.

Akshay at 11:22, 29 October 2025

2025-10-29T11:22:25Z

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	=== Host a static website generated with a static site generator ===		=== Host a static website generated with a static site generator ===
	Deploy a website generated with a static site generator like Hugo. Try to automate the deployments using a CI/CD provider.		Deploy a website generated with a static site generator like Hugo. Try to automate the deployments using a CI/CD provider.

			=== Host a website on your computer at your home ===
			Install and configure packages on your computer so that you're able to visit a site on your computer.

			=== Make your home-hosted website accessible from the internet ===
			You might need to use port forwarding, dynamic DNS, etc. You might sometimes have to contact your ISP to get a static IP or take you out of NAT. As a last resort you might have to piggyback on a cloud server.

			=== Host a website on a VPS ===
			Get a VPS, and host your own website on it.

Akshay: stub

2025-10-29T10:54:51Z

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If you would like to be a system administrator, or someone who [[Self-hosting|self-hosts]] a lot of software, you need to build sysadmin skills. Here is a suggested learning roadmap for your growth.

== Hosting ==

=== Host an HTML website ===
Deploy a website made with pure HTML. You could use [https://docs.codeberg.org/codeberg-pages/ Codeberg Pages].

=== Host a static website generated with a static site generator ===
Deploy a website generated with a static site generator like Hugo. Try to automate the deployments using a CI/CD provider.