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Installing RADIUSdesk on Ubuntu 20.04 using Nginx

Skills Required to Install

To install RADIUSdesk you need sufficient knowledge and experience on Linux to:

  • Install the Linux operating system
  • Edit text files from the terminal using a text editor like Vi or Nano.
  • Install packages from a repository.
  • Be comfortable with the working of TCP/IP networking.

Background

  • Nginx is a web server that seems to have overtaken Apache in terms of popularity and number of active sites on the Internet today.
  • It is fresh, lightweight, fast, scales well and is able to take a lot of load without overwhelming your system.
  • Nginx is the new Apache so to speak.
  • This section will cover the steps you have to go through to get RADIUSdesk working with a LEMP stack on Ubuntu 20.04
    • * A LEMP stack is one of those acronyms you can impress your friends with. It stands for Linux NginX MySQL and PHP.