--- title: How to Set Up a Web Server | daily.dev description: How to set up a server so that it is secure and safe to use. How to map your domain to your server so it is accessible to the public. canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/how-to-set-up-a-web-server-fnsq47uqo twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: How to Set Up a Web Server | daily.dev og:description: How to set up a server so that it is secure and safe to use. How to map your domain to your server so it is accessible to the public. og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/how-to-set-up-a-web-server-fnsq47uqo og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/FNsQ47uqO.png og:image:alt: How to Set Up a Web Server og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # How to Set Up a Web Server **[DEV](https://daily.dev/sources/devto)** · [@huericnan](https://daily.dev/huericnan) · 9 min read · 12 upvotes · 1 comments ## Summary How to set up a server so that it is secure and safe to use. How to map your domain to your server so it is accessible to the public. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: ## Community discussion Top comments from developers on daily.dev. **@sommite** · 0 upvotes > Excellent and comprehensive article, covers all the basics! --- Tags: [#ssh](https://daily.dev/tags/ssh), [#dns](https://daily.dev/tags/dns) [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/how-to-set-up-a-web-server-fnsq47uqo) ```json {"@context":"https://schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180},"sameAs":["https://twitter.com/dailydotdev","https://github.com/dailydotdev","https://www.linkedin.com/company/daily-dev-ltd"]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https://daily.dev/#website","url":"https://daily.dev","name":"daily.dev","publisher":{"@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization"},"potentialAction":{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https://daily.dev/search?q={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"TechArticle","headline":"How to Set Up a Web Server","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/how-to-set-up-a-web-server-fnsq47uqo","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/posts/how-to-set-up-a-web-server-fnsq47uqo"},"datePublished":"2022-10-03T17:54:23.959Z","dateModified":"2022-10-03T17:54:23.878Z","description":"How to set up a server so that it is secure and safe to use. How to map your domain to your server so it is accessible to the public.","image":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/f_auto,q_auto/v1/posts/4e78eb3d812afdb2dd1588c77a0ae8e3","thumbnailUrl":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/f_auto,q_auto/v1/posts/4e78eb3d812afdb2dd1588c77a0ae8e3","isAccessibleForFree":true,"articleSection":"DEV","inLanguage":"en","publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180}},"author":{"@type":"Person","name":"Eric Hu","url":"https://daily.dev/huericnan","image":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/s--FMtaLwhI--/f_auto/v1704879192/avatars/avatar_IAAz1DTlaxIxEyfUVHhCU","interactionStatistic":{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"EndorseAction"},"userInteractionCount":120}},"commentCount":1,"discussionUrl":"https://daily.dev/posts/how-to-set-up-a-web-server-fnsq47uqo","interactionStatistic":[{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"LikeAction"},"userInteractionCount":12},{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"CommentAction"},"userInteractionCount":1}],"keywords":"ssh,dns","timeRequired":"PT9M"} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https://daily.dev"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"DEV","item":"https://daily.dev/sources/devto"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"How to Set Up a Web Server"}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/posts/how-to-set-up-a-web-server-fnsq47uqo","comment":[{"@type":"Comment","text":"Excellent and comprehensive article, covers all the basics!","datePublished":"2022-10-04T10:00:10.422Z","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/FNsQ47uqO#c-9rUaF-nFd","author":{"@type":"Person","name":"Dinand Veldman","url":"https://daily.dev/sommite","image":"https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/20665162?v=4"}}]} ```