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How to host a website free of charge
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Prerequisites
Step 1 - Oracle Free Tier
Sign up a free tier account on Oracle Cloud
Step 2 - Instances
Once on the Oracle Cloud Dashboard you are going to click on “instances“.
Step 3 - Create instance
Click on “Create instance“
Step 4 - Choose image & shape
Under the Image and shape section click “Edit“
Step 5 - Change image
Click on “Change image“
Step 6 - Select Ubuntu
Choose “Canonical Ubuntu“
Step 7 - Ubuntu 20.04
change the OS version to 20.04
Step 8 - Confirm OS
Click on “Select image“
it should now look like this
Step 9 - Choose hardware
Click on “Change Shape“
Step 10 - Processor
Select “Ampere“
Step 11 - CPU
Click the check box under Shape Name and move the number of OCPU’s to 4
Step 12 - Confirm hardware
Click “Select shape“
It should now look like this
Step 13 - Add SSH Keys
Click “Paste Public Keys“
Step 14 - PuTTYgen
Open “PuTTYgen“
Step 15 - Generate Key
Click “Generate Public Key” by moving your mouse randomly in the open block
Step 16 - Copy Key Text
Right click or cntrl C to “Copy text“
Step 17 - Save Private Key
Click “Save Private Key” and “Yes“. Save the file to a folder you remember as you will need to open the file later
Step 18 - Paste the text
Right click “paste” or cntrl v to “Paste the text” that you copied in “Step 16“
Step 19 - Create
Click “Create” at the bottom of the screen
Step 20 - Copy Public IP
Click “Copy” next to “Public IP address“
Step 21 - Open PuTTY
Open “PuTTY“
Step 22 - Paste IP address
Paste the “Public IP address” that you copied in step “20“
Step 23 - Open Auth
Click “Auth” and then “Credentials” and then browse for the Private key that you saved from “step 17“
Step 24 - Open
Click “Open“
Step 25 - Accept
Click ” Accept“
Step 26 - Type Ubuntu
Login as: “Ubuntu“
Step 27 - Sign in to root
Type “sudo su” and hit enter
Step 28 - Update
Type “apt update” and hit enter
Step 29 - Upgrade
Type “apt upgrade” and hit enter
Step 30 - Install Virtualmin
Copy and paste “wget http://software.virtualmin.com/gpl/scripts/install.sh” and hit enter
Step 31 - Make the script executable
Copy and paste “chmod a+x install.sh” and hit enter
Step 32 - install Virtualmin
Copy and paste “sudo ./install.sh” and hit enter
Virtualmin will take 5- 15 minutes to install depending on your pc’s performance
Virtualmin will take 5- 15 minutes to install depending on your pc’s performance
Step 34 - sign up a free account
“Visit” https://www.noip.com/ and hit sign up if you don’t already have a account with them. Once created you will be shown the main dashboard. Click ” Create Hostname“
Step 35 - Confirm hardware
Type the hostname that you chose in “step 33” and click “Create Hostname“
Step 36 - hostname Success
You will now see the hostname you have created
Step 12 - Confirm hardware
Click “Select shape“
Step 12 - Confirm hardware
Click “Select shape“
