Connecting my server to a web host.

[TommyBabic]

Dear VPS Link team ,

I am currently in the process of creating my own website & having some problems connecting my vps link server to my web host.

I'ii be using PHPBB Web-design but still havnt figured out how to upload the program to a directory on my host?

Heres the first step according to phpbb :

"Installation of phpBB3 will vary according to your server and database. If you have shell access to your account (via telnet or ssh for example) you may want to upload the entire phpBB3 archive (in binary mode!) to a directory on your host and unarchive it there."

Second step :

"Once all the files have been uploaded to your site you should point your browser at this location with the addition of install/. When you have done this you should see the phpBB3 Installation screen appear."

Again im unsure how to do this ?



Thank-you for youre time.
Regards
Tommy.

[The Universes]

Your asking how to get FTP or FTP like access to your VPS?
First of all, I highly highly suggest you read up on Linux Systems Administration, because that is a necessity, as this is an unmanaged system. Do you know how to use SSH?

To answer your question, you can use WinSCP or Fugu on a Mac to upload files to the VPS.

[kurtk]

via telnet or ssh for example) you may want to upload the entire phpBB3 archive (in binary mode!) to a directory on your host and unarchive

Putty is a good ssh client: http://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~sgtatham/putty/
You can upload/download using ssh file transfer protocol (sftp). A good Windows sftp client is WinSCP: WinSCP :: Free SFTP and FTP client for Windows

[kelvinn]

+1 WinSCP ...

[GuyPatterson]

1) Download Putty
2) Configure a 'Profile' with the information VPSLink sent to you via email
3) Login using the new profile. Depending on your web-server's root-doc location, change to that directory. (for ex: cd /var/www/my-forum.com/)
4) wget http://www.phpbb-domain.com/downloads/phpbb3.tar.gz -- please replace that with the ACTUAL path to the tar.gz archive.
5) tar -zxvf phpbb3.tar.gz -- please replace that with the ACTUAL name of the archive
6) Follow phpBB instructions to complete the installation from there..

irc.freenode.net:#vpslink if you require additional assistance.