After finally getting my server running, I often neglected to note the version of the server and DB I had operating. When updating, I have traced my problems back to not documenting this information (SQL updates were missed), and also the things that I did to get the server to function as I liked. So, document versions and your process while getting stuff working
Also, before updating, I now at least backup the DB and server that I have, if not clone the entire drive. It is very frustrating to try to do an update but end up screwing up a working version of your server.
Finally, learning basic skills in the languages, at least SQL, as you work on setting up your server. Google the commands you are running to see what if going on.
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