Behind CyberCumbria • Chapter 01

It Started With a Domain

CyberCumbria started as a personal project. I wanted to build something useful while learning more about cybersecurity.

What I did

Registered cybercumbria.co.uk through 123 Reg.
Rented an Ubuntu VPS from OVH.
Set up Nginx, Docker and HTTPS.
Started building the website and its learning resources.

What I learned

A domain name and web hosting are two different things.
Running your own VPS gives you control, but also responsibility.
Getting a website online is only the beginning.

The takeaway

Building the website gave me a practical way to learn how internet services actually work.

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