Cloud Server Settings
First of all, there must be a cloud server, you can see which preferential intensity is larger, and then choose which. I bought Tencent cloud here and installed Centos system. So the Settings behind is also to Tencent cloud as an example, other home are similar.
We changed the server password for security and convenience. Go to the Server instance screen, then choose More -> Password/Key -> Reset password, as shown in the following figure.
Then we configure the security group, click security group on the console, then click new, select template for port 22,80,443,3389 and ICMP, and then confirm to create a security group.
On our new security group, click Modify Rule and add rule with source 0.0.0.0/0 and protocol port 8888, which is open for the pagoda panel we will use later.
On the Server instance page, choose More > Security Groups > Configure Security Groups and select the newly created security group.
So much for the basic configuration of the server.
Install the SSH remote tool
We need a tool to connect to the cloud server. There are many tools to choose from, such as SecureCRT, XShell, Putty, FinalShell, etc. If you are using a Mac, you can use iTerm2 directly.
I select Xshell here, and then we click “New” and give a random name. The host is the external IP address of your cloud server, and then enter the account password of your server to successfully connect to the server.
Pagoda panel installation and configuration
Let’s go to the pagoda panel official website, click Install now, and then find your corresponding system installation command below. After copying, paste the installation into your SSH tool. When prompted to input Y/N, enter Y, and the installation can be completed in about two minutes.
Modify some default configurations, enter bt in the terminal, open the pagoda panel command line, and then enter the corresponding label, you can perform the corresponding operations, for example, we change the user name and password, execute 6 and 5 commands respectively.
Then we enter 14, view the default information of the panel, find the address of the extranet panel, copy it and open it in the browser. After logging in and installing the recommended suite, we can directly select the recommended one-click installation. Wait until the installation is complete.
Then we select the Database TAB in the Pagoda panel and click Add Database. Then create a database name, username, and password.
Then we select the website TAB, click Add Site, if you already have a domain name, fill in your domain name, if not, you can use your server’s external IP address, the other options default. Click the root directory to go to the site root directory.
Typecho installation and configuration
Go to the Typecho website, click Download Now, and download the latest official stable version of Typecho. Then click upload in the pagoda panel, upload the downloaded TypEcho to the website directory, decompress the uploaded file, and then cut all files under the decompressed build file to the root directory. Then enter your website domain name in the browser, and you can see the TypEcho installation interface, and then install according to the prompts. Data fill in the pagoda panel to create a database and password. Then complete the installation. Your website is ready to open.
We can use the TypEcho background control panel to modify some of our configuration, write articles, manage comments, modify blog themes, and much more on our own.
Let’s take a look at how to quickly change a theme. Let’s go to the Typecho theme template site and select a theme that we like. You can also see many plugins and so on. Then download the theme. Then use the pagoda panel to upload to your site’s /usr/themes/ directory and unzip it.
Then go to the Typecho Admin Panel console -> Appearance, select your theme and click Enable to change the theme. Then go to your blog and see if it’s changed to something you like.
There are also many plugins that can be customized to personalize your blog.