# Handholding tutorial on setting up a Solid Server

**URL:** <https://forum.solidproject.org/t/handholding-tutorial-on-setting-up-a-solid-server/227>\
**Category:** Instructions\
**Created:** [October 28, 2018, 4:35am UTC](https://forum.solidproject.org/t/handholding-tutorial-on-setting-up-a-solid-server/227 "2018-10-28T04:35:44Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![robdrake](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex017/user_avatar/forum.solidproject.org/robdrake/32/189_2.png) [@robdrake](https://forum.solidproject.org/u/robdrake)\
**Post date:** [October 28, 2018, 4:35am UTC](https://forum.solidproject.org/t/handholding-tutorial-on-setting-up-a-solid-server/227/1 "2018-10-28T04:35:44Z")

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I just need a tutorial with a bit of handholding, easy to follow tutorial on setting up a Solid Server on a debian based linux distribution.

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**Author:** ![phraingck](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex017/user_avatar/forum.solidproject.org/phraingck/32/130_2.png) [@phraingck](https://forum.solidproject.org/u/phraingck)\
**Post date:** [October 28, 2018, 3:30pm UTC](https://forum.solidproject.org/t/handholding-tutorial-on-setting-up-a-solid-server/227/2 "2018-10-28T15:30:36Z")

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Something like this?

[https://solid.inrupt.com/docs/installing-running-nss](https://solid.inrupt.com/docs/installing-running-nss)

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**Author:** ![Metahari](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex017/user_avatar/forum.solidproject.org/metahari/32/19_2.png) [@Metahari](https://forum.solidproject.org/u/Metahari)\
**Post date:** [November 1, 2018, 4:06pm UTC](https://forum.solidproject.org/t/handholding-tutorial-on-setting-up-a-solid-server/227/3 "2018-11-01T16:06:35Z")

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I’ve been working on a more step by step version of setting up the solid server in a docker container, but haven’t completed it yet.

Is there a spot you are stuck on?

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**Author:** ![robdrake](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex017/user_avatar/forum.solidproject.org/robdrake/32/189_2.png) [@robdrake](https://forum.solidproject.org/u/robdrake)\
**Post date:** [November 1, 2018, 9:42pm UTC](https://forum.solidproject.org/t/handholding-tutorial-on-setting-up-a-solid-server/227/4 "2018-11-01T21:42:16Z")

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Not sure, I’m not a system administrator, just the guy with the $8 to spare for a cheap VPS. I think it’s the nginx forwarding, do I need Apache w/ Nginx or can Nginx handle all the duties to serve a web page and the Solid server?

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**Author:** ![richard](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex017/user_avatar/forum.solidproject.org/richard/32/650_2.png) [@richard](https://forum.solidproject.org/u/richard)\
**Post date:** [November 27, 2018, 8:47pm UTC](https://forum.solidproject.org/t/handholding-tutorial-on-setting-up-a-solid-server/227/5 "2018-11-27T20:47:29Z")

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I set up a Solid POD server on my home computer that has Linux Mint on it. There is a handholding step-by-step tutorial at [https://solidpodit.com/solid-pod-server-creation/](https://solidpodit.com/solid-pod-server-creation/)