[buckbova]

I tried to install wordpress from apt-get and it wasn't trivial. File permissions were out of whack, plugins and upgrades weren't working.

I eventually scrapped it and installed from source. Took a little longer to configure but worked out.

I also added some extra firewall and server monitoring tools.

[steeples]

Yeah the list goes on. Even for the pros, there are an insane amount of steps to get the install perfect. And it has to be perfect, as one overlooked thing can mean the box can be taken offline by net-hooligans. Things like Commando are handy for this and I frequently use recipes when I spin up a new server: https://commando.io/