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Hosting a website on a FlashRDP Linux VPS instead of a shared host gives you incredibly fast load times and complete control over your environment. The industry standard for serving web traffic is Nginx. It’s lightweight, incredibly fast, and very easy to set up. Here’s how to host a basic website on Ubuntu.

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Step 1: Install Nginx

Log into your FlashRDP Linux VPS via SSH and run the following commands to update your package list and install Nginx: 
sudo apt update
sudo apt install nginx -y
Once installed, Nginx starts automatically. If you type your FlashRDP server’s IP address into your web browser, you should see the default “Welcome to nginx!” page.

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Step 2: Upload Your Website Files

By default, Nginx looks for website files in /var/www/html. You can upload your index.html, CSS, and JS files there using an SFTP client (like FileZilla or Cyberduck) using the exact same IP, username (root), and password you use for SSH. If you have a domain name (like yourwebsite.com), you should set up a “Server Block” so Nginx knows how to route traffic.
  1. Create a new folder for your domain: 
    sudo mkdir -p /var/www/yourwebsite.com
  2. Create a new configuration file for Nginx: 
    sudo nano /etc/nginx/sites-available/yourwebsite.com
  3. Paste the following configuration, changing yourwebsite.com to your actual domain: 
    server {
    listen 80;
    server_name yourwebsite.com www.yourwebsite.com;
    root /var/www/yourwebsite.com;
    index index.html;
}
    Save and exit nano by pressing Ctrl+X, then Y, then Enter.
  4. Enable the site and restart Nginx: 
    sudo ln -s /etc/nginx/sites-available/yourwebsite.com /etc/nginx/sites-enabled/
sudo systemctl restart nginx
That’s it! If you pointed your domain’s DNS A-Record to your FlashRDP server’s IP address, your website is now live!

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Last modified on June 6, 2026