Secure Nginx and WordPress with Fail2ban

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A few days after this self-hosted Nginx server and WordPress up and running, I started to see massive login attempts trying to gain access on SSH and WordPress login. After evaluating various solutions and plugins, I settled on using Fail2ban to block such attacks, and here are the steps on how I did it. Continue reading "Secure Nginx and WordPress with Fail2ban"

Hosting WordPress on Raspberry Pi Part 2 – Install Nginx, PHP and MariaDB

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Before installing WordPress, we will need to setup a web server for our Raspberry Pi. We will use Nginx as the web server itself, MariaDB as a database management system, and PHP for dynamic script processing. We choose Nginx, PHP-FPM and MariaDB for its performance and lightweight that are both important factors for Raspberry Pi. Continue reading "Hosting WordPress on Raspberry Pi Part 2 – Install Nginx, PHP and MariaDB"