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Create a Vultr cloud compute (VC2) instance
This is a step-by-step guide to help you create a Vultr cloud compute (VC2) instance. A Vultr cloud compute (VC2) instance is the most basic server offered by Vultr.
Before you begin, make sure that you've added an SSH key in Vultr. You only need to do this once.
To begin, you want to click on Deploy a new server
(or the plus sign) in the Vultr control panel. You'll have to first pick the location where you want Vultr to create your server. Once that's done, you'll have to select your Linux distribution.
For this, you'll want to select "Ubuntu" as your Linux distribution. The recommended Ubuntu version is 18.04 x64
. That's the option that you want to pick here.
Next, you want to select the size of your server. In most cases, the smallest possible is good enough. That said, because the smallest Vultr server only supports IPv6, DebOps for WordPress can't support it. You want to pick the smallest server that supports IPv4.
You don't need to select anything under Additional Features
. That said, you need to select an SSH key under SSH Keys
. DebOps won't be able to configure your server if you don't select the one for your computer.
Replace wordpress.example.com
with the name that you want for your server. It's important that the name follows the same format as wordpress.example.com
. You're going to need to configure your DNS to point the IP address of your server to it. DebOps will also use that name to store all server specific passwords in the secret
directory.
Once you're done, press Deploy Now
and wait for your server to come online.
Once your server is online, you'll want to point its IP address to a domain. You can do this yourself, but Vultr can also do it for you. It's up to you. If you want Vultr to take care of it, you can follow this guide to help you out.
Getting Started
Adjusting performance
Cookbook
- How to configure a server for a Bedrock project
- How to configure multiple WordPress sites on a single server
- How to configure Varnish
- How to create a multisite network
- How to customize your server
- How to manage additional users
- How to manage WordPress plugins
- How to secure your WordPress site
Troubleshooting
Appendix