Last time we ended with a completed Ubuntu 8.10 Server install at the login prompt.  Now that we have a server to work with we can start setting up all the software we are going to need.

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So, you are attempting to setup your own server and have been scouring the internet for help.  Lucky for you, you have finally arrived on the page you were looking for.  There are a billion partial guides out there that leave you hunting the internet for information and assume you know what to do in the gigantic chasms of information they leave out.  I decided that I am going to break that trend and finally lay it all down for you in one spot.  I don’t care how many pages it takes, or how many screenshots must be made.  This will be a complete guide and I will skip nothing.

In this series we will accomplish the following:

• Install Ubuntu 8.10 in a VMWare virtual machine
• Install Webmin and other necessary software
• Configure Apache for name based virtual hosts (for multiple web site hosting)
• Install WinSCP and PuTTY for SFTP and SSH console access
• Install Wordpress 2.6.3 and configure things like Permalinks
• Install the Wordpress plug-ins that you don’t even know you need yet (and tell you why)
• Secure your files and folders with chmod, chgrp, and .htaccess files

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