Ubuntu 22.04 is out in the wild and most of the cloud providers has it listed in their OS selection. This is an LTS release and is supported until April 2027. Read on how to install WordPress on Ubuntu 22.04 LTS.
Ubuntu 22.04 server comes with newer LTS kernel(5.15), libraries and apps. If you are going to install and setup an Ubuntu 22.04 server on a virtual box on your machine, read on how to install Ubuntu 22.04 server on a virtual box[screenshots].
UFW(uncomplicated firewall) is a default firewall comes pre-installed on all Ubuntu servers. UFW is a simple firewall to use and you can easily manage it. We will talk about how to configure UFW firewall on Ubuntu for a web server.
The default behavior if you spin up a new server is to login with username and password. Some cloud based providers also provides key based authentication now. If you have just password based login, read on how to authenticate via private key to your Linux server.