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@Friendica Developers and @Friendica Admins.

#howTo change a single #friendica domain #debian #ubuntu 2022.04lts VPS #hosting setup into a single IP multi domain VPS server.

This tutorial builds on the install and/or move friendica to ubuntu 22.04 LTS VPS server howTo with the intention to change the main setup into a domain name-based virtual hosting.

The folder name in the VPS folder structure in /var/www/for the domains can be choosen as you like, for example:

• /var/www/domaincom/
  All apache tutorials found in a quick search do choose the domain or subdomain name including the respective dot's like this:
  
• /var/www/domain.com/

Both options are possible for a correct working environment.
@Ⓜ3️⃣3️⃣ 🌌 pointed out that for automatization scripts it's usefull to keep that consistent and there for to use FQDN (Fully Qualified Domain Name) as part of the path.
Never the less, to keep the concepts of domain URL's and folder names seperate and to prevent the notion that the domain name syntax is mandatory we will stick with simple folder names in this #tutorial.

The naming of the .conf files in /etc/apache2/sites-available/ refer to the actual domain names and their settings. Even tho these .conf file names also could be chosen probably at will, as the definitions about the actual domains refereed are given inside those files, we'll stick to the real sub/domain names in this case as it's quite reasonable and logical to do so.

We will address the details for a step by step change from a single VPS single IP domain hosting to a multiple name-based single IP virtual hosting in answers to this topic:

• Inicial VPS domain hosting served at:
  /var/www/html/
  
• Name-based virtual hosting domain VPS where several domains are served by one IP, leaving /html in place if a client request doesn’t match any other sites, like proposed in this digitalOcean tutorial:
  /var/www/html/ as fall back option
  /var/www/domaincom/index.html
/var/www/subdomaincom/index.html
/var/www/domainorg/ original friendica installation
  /var/www/subdomainorg/index.html

Any comments hints and observations are really appreciated!
#admin #fediAdmin

EDIT - information

This tutorial is supposed to be published by the tutorial profile of this server.
It is designed to have several chapters, each being distinctively seperated by an own titel. In total as of now there are like besides this introduction like 6 chapters.
posting and edition time of and by this EDIT profileof ver05 as of now 1hs
mastodon review contact: @mʕ•ﻌ•ʔm bitPickup

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SPOILER - click to open/close || Introduction

This tutorial is an adaption of the tutorial "creating a friendica server - ubuntu" by @Hank G ☑️ based on the experience of the installation report by @…ᘛ⁐̤ᕐᐷ jesuisatire bitPickup:
https://squeet.me/display/962c3e10-5765-2e86-4a15-589579746174
and specific help by @Raroun.

Server specs and friendica version used:
VPS server | Ubuntu 22.04 LTS
PHP Version 8.1.2-1ubuntu2.14
4 Core CPU, 8 GB Ram with 300GB NVME Disk
Friendica [STABLE] | 'Giant Rhubarb' 2023.05 - 1518

SPOILER - click to open/close || Installation environment and HowTo

The only reasonable way to work with a VPSserver on the web is using the console.
If you are not familiar with that don't worry, it is easy and the only thing you have to do is being able to copy/paste the commands displayed:
¡Copy/paste only the codeBoxes like this one, located outside of the spoilers of this tutorial one after another without altering the sequence!
Of course it is necessary to change the specific file names and passwords for you indiviual site, but that's all. promise!
On the console you wont be able to copy/paste with the keyboard ctrl-C/ctrl-V technique, you'll have to use the mouse "right click, chose option" technique.
This tutorial was created on a #debian #linux desktop environment.
There shouldn't be differences if you want to do this from a #windows machine.
The method used for communication between your local computer and the VPS server is called #SSH:
Wikipedia - Secure Shell:
"Cryptographic network protocol for secure data communication, remote shell services or command execution and other secure network services between two networked computers."

#linux #debian #ubuntu #friendica #fediVerse #fediTutorial #tutorial #fediHelp #fediTips #activityPub #HowTo #DIY #VPS #server #selfHosting
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