> I have no idea for instance on how to create a db, username, pw,
> permissions
> etc in a db without cpanel.
>

You will have a lot to learn if you want to do this manually. The good
thing is most of this is well documented on the Internet, but will take you
time to learn.

You might want to look for a system admin group or support forum as this
list is focused just on Nginx and not the other server software.

You can read the doc on Nginx here:
http://nginx.org/en/docs/

There are some install guides on this site that may also be helpful to you:
http://library.linode.com/web-servers/nginx/installation

Jamie
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