{"id":7,"date":"2026-04-28T12:15:49","date_gmt":"2026-04-28T12:15:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/melvin.myddns.me\/?p=7"},"modified":"2026-04-28T12:15:49","modified_gmt":"2026-04-28T12:15:49","slug":"building-my-digital-home-the-rhel-9-journey","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/melvin.myddns.me\/?p=7","title":{"rendered":"Building My Digital Home: The RHEL 9 Journey"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Introduction<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Welcome to my personal corner of the internet! Setting up this blog wasn&#8217;t just about clicking &#8220;install&#8221;\u2014it was a deep dive into the world of Linux servers, Nginx configurations, and the iron-clad security of RHEL 9.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">About Me<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>I\u2019m a tech enthusiast who believes in doing things the right way\u2014even if it means fighting through a few 404 errors and SELinux permissions to get there. I value:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Independence:<\/strong>\u00a0Hosting my own data on my own terms.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Problem Solving:<\/strong>\u00a0There is no better feeling than seeing a &#8220;404 Not Found&#8221; turn into a live website.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Continuous Learning:<\/strong>\u00a0Today it was WordPress; tomorrow, who knows?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">The Project<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>This site is hosted on a&nbsp;<strong>Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9<\/strong>&nbsp;server. I chose this setup because I wanted a professional-grade environment that challenged me to understand exactly how the web works, from SSL certificates to database management via phpMyAdmin.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">What\u2019s Next?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Now that the foundation is laid, I\u2019ll be using this space to document my projects, share my thoughts on technology, and perhaps help others who are navigating their own server setups.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Thanks for stopping by!<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Introduction Welcome to my personal corner of the internet! Setting up this blog wasn&#8217;t just about clicking &#8220;install&#8221;\u2014it was a deep dive into the world of Linux servers, Nginx configurations, and the iron-clad security of RHEL 9. About Me I\u2019m a tech enthusiast who believes in doing things the right way\u2014even if it means fighting [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/melvin.myddns.me\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/melvin.myddns.me\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/melvin.myddns.me\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/melvin.myddns.me\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/melvin.myddns.me\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=7"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/melvin.myddns.me\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9,"href":"https:\/\/melvin.myddns.me\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7\/revisions\/9"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/melvin.myddns.me\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=7"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/melvin.myddns.me\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=7"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/melvin.myddns.me\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=7"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}