A few days ago my post on the song "This Old Heart" brought down my hosting plan. Dead in the water. Server not responding. I had no choice, I must upgrade my hosting plan! Shared hosting sucks ... it's great for budget setups and low traffic sites. But, when the traffic hits hard, the shared hosting plan sinks deep below the water. So I decided it was time to get a dedicated server.

I prefer FreeBSD because I've got most of my experience with that OS, plus it generally comes locked down in the security world. You only open up what you need to have open. I decided to write a quick basic beginners guide on getting a FreeBSD machine up and running so you can run a WordPress installation.

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