The Ultimate Server Setup

My server setup is based on the following stack please set up the server in the same order they are listed if you would want the same stack.
However each article is independent and could be in a completely different stack, this is just one way to combine it for a complete serverstack.

1. SECURITY
   1. Create a new superuser and block root from ssh access
   2. Set up firewall (iptables config through UFW)
   3. Brute force protection with fail2ban
2. SERVER SETUP
   • Installation of NGINX
   • Connect your VPS (digital ocean droplet) to your domain
   • Install MARIADB
   • Install PHP7
   • NGINX Configuration
3. WORDPRESS AND SSL
   • WORDPRESS SETUP
   • CREATE SSL CERT and CONFIGURE NGINX FOR SSL
4.  OPTMIZATION
   1. NGINX optimization
   2. Automatic Ubuntu security updates