Hands-on Linux: Self-Hosted WordPress for Linux Beginners (Udemy.com)

A practical, project-based crash course that prepares you for real-life Linux and Cloud work

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Created by: David Cohen

Produced in 2021

What you will learn

Learn basic Linux system administration by setting up a WordPress hosting platform
Configure a production-grade WordPress install on Linux
Configure your hosting platform on Amazon Web Services (AWS)
Set up and configure the popular MySQL database
Tune webserver performance and set up caching for lightning-fast page loads
Be comfortable working with an nginx web server
Configure monitoring for your web hosting server
Create and manage Linux system users
Manage Linux file permissions
Understand the basics of how HTTP, the Web protocol, works
Understand basic and more advanced Bash shell concepts and skills
Schedule commands to run periodically on Linux with Cron
Manage remote servers using SSH
Automate repetitive tasks with Ansible, a powerful automation and configuration management tool
Create and Restore website backups, both on the filesystem and in the MySQL datab

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Course Description

Learn Linux and System Administration basics in a practical, project-based course designed to get you *using* new skills as soon asyou learn them.
By the time you finish, you'll be extremely comfortable on the Linux command-line, and you'll have a self-hosted production-grade WordPress hosting platform that you can use to host any number of WordPress sites for friends, family, and clients. It also happens to cost less and be more secure than most WordPress hosting plans :-).
Other courses focus on slow memorization of theory and commands, which doesn't produce real-life skills. This course throws you into real-life Linux tasks from the very beginning.
Even if you've never worked with Linux before, give me a few hours and you'llbe installing and configuring software from the command line, managing system services, working with a remote server, hardening security,scheduling backups and testing yourdisaster recovery plan,performing basic scripting andautomation, and setting up monitoring for your infrastructure.
While you're doing this, you'll get a slow drip of theory, giving you just enough background to hang your new practical knowledge on and ensuring that you know what's going on underneath the covers. I've worked in the industry for a long time and this is the only way I've seen theory really 'stick' with people.
Over the course of a few afternoons, you'll have completed a serious (and actually useful)project, understand the basics of Linux and system administration, and be comfortable on the Linux terminal; ready to take on larger and more complicated projects or build on the foundation of your WordPress hosting platform.
What we build together during this course is also a great resume project to bring up during interviews. Countless students who have taken this course are now Linux, DevOps, and Software engineers in the real world.
Who this course is for:
This course assumes little to no knowledge of Linux, and will teach the basics of Linux and Infrastructure Engineering.
The course is designed for people who learn technical material best when it's presented in a practical, project-based way.
Aspiring Linux, Cloud Infrastructure, or Devops EngineersThe course is designed for people who want to set up a professional-grade WordPress hosting platform (running a WordPress blog or e-commerce site), NOT for people who just want to get a simple WordPress site set up for blogging.

Time: 9h

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David Cohen

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I've been a system administrator, devops engineer, and software developer in everything from small businesses, growing companies(100+ employees), large tech/engineeringfirms (10,000+ employees). Currently an SRE at a tech unicorn.
Most of my work has centered around Linux, Cloud Infrastructure, DevOps, Python, Ruby, Javascript,and Go software development, and web security. I've also done strangerthings like helping to design two Tier-4 datacenters and being an Infantryman (not at the same time).
On my tutorialinuxYouTube channel, I've helped tens of thousands of people learn the basics (and not-so-basics)of system administration and software engineering.
Now it's time to create larger, more focused courses on Udemy, blending together *practical* projects with the theory you need to succeed as quickly as possible.