How to Install Statamic on Linode
A full walk-through for installing, configuring, and running Statamic on a Linode Ubuntu virtual private server.
Prerequisites#
There is only one prerequisite for this guide. You must have:
- A Linode account (this signup link will give you $100 in free credit)
Server Setup#
Follow the official “Getting Started with Linode” guide to setup your server. Be sure to choose the Ubuntu image when creating your server — preferably the latest LTS release (24.04 at the time of writing).
We recommend at least 1GB of memory on your VPS.
Secure Your Server#
Follow the official “How to Secure Your Server” Linode guide to secure your server. This guide covers web users, SSH hardening, trimming down network-facing services, configuring a firewall, and a lot of other stuff.
Install Statamic on Ubuntu#
Now that you have a secure server with Ubuntu, follow our Ubuntu instructions to install Statamic.
