u/LastCivStanding

I'm a noob for configuring a linux web server, so I'm working on a checklist - procedue for my new install. I'm just running prompts through google gemini: anything i should add?

create a list of steps to create a digital ocean droplet with insights, https, nginx.

in nginx what is the difference between virtual subdirectory and subdomain?

how to configure nginx subdomain in digital ocean droplet?

how are my .jpg files cached in nginx website on a digital ocean droplet?

are there opensource tools to install in my digitalocean droplet nginx server to monitor web traffic?

how to configure Prometheus & Grafana Monitoring for for my nginx digital ocean droplet website?

I already have a website there but it needs some work. Here's the feature i need.

A single domain name with child sites that are as isolated as possible from each other that will have a variety of architectures, with and without Asp.net core on backend.

the site would have a landing page at the root of the domain, with links to the child site projects.

it needs to support https across all site.

Digital ocean does have a lot of online resources, but it doen't do a good job of recommending best practice or advantages-disadvantage comparison.

I did start using google gemini to help cut though the DO documentation to figure out exactly what i need to do.

btw, I'm mostly using sqlite for db work, but will expand to postgress when i need something more.

and uptime is pretty important for these sites.