Virtual Private Server – part 1
I've just received my Virtual Private Server (VPS) details from my provider, RapidXen. I bought a cheap $5/month VPS plan for experimental usage. The setup takes about 24 hours to finish as they have to install the OS, assigning dedicated IP's, etcetera. I chose Ubuntu as the Operating System as I'm familiar with the OS' desktop and server version. In this post and other coming posts, I will be writing about the stuffs that I've done with my new box. This serves as my personal log and reference.
As soon as I received my box's details, the first thing that I do with it is installing web server. The web server will be used to host some of my in-development web applications. The whole installation process takes less than 5 minutes to complete, thanks to Advanced Packaging Tool in Ubuntu.
To install the complete web server package in Ubuntu or any Debian based distro, run the following command:
sudo apt-get install apache2 phpmyadmin mysql-server
The installation process will begin automatically after all the required component has been successfully downloaded. The installation process even provides a GUI-ish looks. 
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