Basic Technical Skills Required for Hosting ReadingRecord

The following is a list of basic technical skills necessary for hosting a ReadingRecord server. Depending on your installation, some of these skills may be optional.

Familiarity with the Linux command line interface (CLI) or graphical tools, to perform the following tasks:

• Installing & updating software from a variety of sources (RPM packages, PEAR repositories, tarball).
• Starting & stopping services, checking for running services.
• Editing configuration files.
• Examining logfiles.
• Configuring IP aliases.
• File & directory manipulation: creating files & directories, setting ownership / permissions.
• Editing firewall rules & access controls.
• Maintaining a backup routine.

• Configuring virtual hosts (websites).
• Generating, installing & configuring SSL certificates.

• Using the MySQL command line interface for loading & dumping databases.
• Using phpMyAdmin or other graphical tool for database administration.

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