StevenOliver Posted June 17, 2020 Share Posted June 17, 2020 I just installed Ubuntu 20.04. Via command line, what's the best way to install/activate PHP 7.4: This way? simply type "apt install php" Or this way? type these commands: apt -y install software-properties-common add-apt-repository ppa:ondrej/php apt-get update apt install php7.4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
requinix Posted June 17, 2020 Share Posted June 17, 2020 Given that Ubuntu Focal (20.04) uses PHP 7.4, installing it through apt will be easiest. That's the sort of thing you could probably have figured out yourself. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StevenOliver Posted July 1, 2020 Author Share Posted July 1, 2020 Ya, I did :-) I am loving Ubuntu, on my first-ever VPS. Even though I don't know what I'm doing, having total administrative control on a VPS is fun! However, being able to view server access logs is scary! I didn't realize that every single minute (especially at night) there are dozens of probes and attempted logins happening all the time.... is this normal? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
requinix Posted July 1, 2020 Share Posted July 1, 2020 3 hours ago, StevenOliver said: However, being able to view server access logs is scary! I didn't realize that every single minute (especially at night) there are dozens of probes and attempted logins happening all the time.... is this normal? Yeah. Firewall off everything you can as strictly as you can, and use non-standard ports for private services like SSH. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StevenOliver Posted July 1, 2020 Author Share Posted July 1, 2020 Okay, I just now changed the default SSH port in sshd_config on both my identically configured Ubuntu 20.04 servers. ssh -p 1234 user@example.com works perfect on Server #1. Server #2 won't allow me to connect (ssh times out). why why why WHY! On one hand, this is fun -- it gives me something to work on for the next 100 hours... On the other hand, it's frustrating, I have other fun things I want to do (like monkey with installing an email server and avoid getting blacklisted). Both servers have firewall (UFW) disabled while I'm trying to figure out why one server works and the other doesnt.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StevenOliver Posted July 1, 2020 Author Share Posted July 1, 2020 Nevermind, I figured it out. (And it only took me 40 minutes to figure it out, not 100 hours). I had a secondary firewall running which I had forgotten about. 😀 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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