Finally replaced centos with windows and did it with a fancy UI. Just a moment after I noticed that I needed like 5 more lines of codes in litespeed conf file to get it work on centos... Feels sad.

eew... Windows server? Gross

Ya it's super slow

Why would you do a Windows Server? ?:-\

Shoulda stayed with CentOS

Had to do this to understand the concepts of DNS management

wan't getting anywhere on unix

Seriously, IMO... For easy street, and learning at your own pace, I would recommend a CentOS + cPanel server.

cuz that way, you can use WHM to configure your server initially

and over time, you can explore with SSH

wanted to do it manually though, only via ssh

but you have the peace of mind that WHM has your back incase you get stuck.

cPanel / WHM have TONS of scripts you can interact with via SSH

Just cuz you have a control panel installed doesn't mean you cant still do stuff with command line....

Yes i will try them after I figure it how to set everything by a notepad

If you want to learn, I would recommend installing Hyper-V on your local Windows machine. You can practice virtualization, and install as many different Operating Systems and configurations as you want.

That way its 100% free.

and it's all local

and it's all legit

Ya on the list

Once you feel comfortable, then you can go purchase a remote machine

I'm in the process of migrating from a LAMP stack to GCS

HUGE change

was too hasty, my host was expiring and I wasn't planning or renewing it

talk about learning curve

Do you have several active sites on the internet?

a few

and a few to come

Just get a reseller or shared hosting account to keep those websites active and in good standing. Make copies of those sites to experiment with your local VPS's

Does windows server allow to boot only the core? just like unix to enable the networking and vps

I know nothing about Windows Servers.... Always used Linux.

The only thing good with ws is ease of use, literally it does everything.

I went from local xampp -> Ubuntu -> CentOS -> GCS

I think you need to spend some money on a crash course ... checkout Linux Academy

Try them out. After you're done there... You'll be a modern GURU

tnx. btw does it help (in case of exploit) if i several multiple mysql account for sites? one user for each

Personally, if you have several stand alone installations of WordPress, I would definitely recommend individual Users and Databases.

Same goes for server access of any kind

spooky

I use Multisite ... So that means, one shell user, one mysql user, one database. I don't grant server access of any kind to my clients. They get access to WordPress backend and that's that.

I also don't allow Theme or Plugin editors in WordPress.

So I'm the only one with access to the server.

If they can't do what they need to do with their website from the WordPress backend, then their website's infrastructure needs improvement.

no I don't provide these to clients. personal sites

only 1 admin which is myself

any website granted to clients is hosted on company's server

So I make "networks" for my websites. I have a "Business Network" (my company), "Personal Network" (just my stuff), and "Personal Business Network" (personal revenue generation)

Which means, 3 installations of Multisite. 3 shell accounts, 3 mysql users, 3 databases.

Each new website just gets added to the appropriate network

Makes it a hell of a lot easier to manage.

I also make my own plugins and themes. So I trust the code completely, because I wrote it personally.

3rd party plugins are allowed, but only I can install/activate them.

and with cloud services, you can utilize network storage services, meaning less file replication.