Bullet-proof recipe: MkDocs on a **remote Linux host**, served from Miniconda, reachable from your browser at `http://YOUR_HOST_IP:8000`.

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### 1.  SSH into your server & install Miniconda
```bash
# download latest installer
wget https://repo.anaconda.com/miniconda/Miniconda3-latest-Linux-x86_64.sh
chmod +x Miniconda3-latest-Linux-x86_64.sh
./Miniconda3-latest-Linux-x86_64.sh   # say “yes” to auto-init 
exec $SHELL                           # reload shell
```

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### 2.  Create & activate an isolated environment
```bash
conda create -n mkdocs python=3.11 -y
conda activate mkdocs
```

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### 3.  Install MkDocs + Material theme
```bash
pip install mkdocs mkdocs-material
```

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### 4.  Drop your **configuration.yml** in place
Assume you already have a file called `configuration.yml` that contains *everything* (MkDocs will accept any name as long as you point to it).

Example directory layout (adjust to taste):
```
~/notes/
├── configuration.yml        # your ready-made config
└── docs/
    ├── index.md
    └── ...
```

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### 5.  One-liner to expose the docs publicly
```bash
cd ~/notes
mkdocs serve \
  --config-file configuration.yml \
  --dev-addr 0.0.0.0:8000 \
  --no-livereload           # optional: drops websocket, lighter
```

What this does  
- `--dev-addr 0.0.0.0:8000` listens on **all interfaces**, so the service is reachable at `http://HOST_IP:8000` .  
- `--config-file` lets you keep the non-standard name `configuration.yml`.

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### 6.  Quick sanity check
From your **local machine**:
```bash
curl http://HOST_IP:8000
```
You should get the HTML of your landing page.

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### 7.  (Optional) systemd service so it restarts on reboot
Create `/etc/systemd/system/mkdocs.service`:
```ini
[Unit]
Description=MkDocs dev server
After=network.target

[Service]
Type=simple
User=YOUR_USER
WorkingDirectory=/home/YOUR_USER/notes
ExecStart=/home/YOUR_USER/miniconda3/envs/mkdocs/bin/mkdocs serve \
          --config-file /home/YOUR_USER/notes/configuration.yml \
          --dev-addr 0.0.0.0:8000 --no-livereload
Restart=always

[Install]
WantedBy=multi-user.target
```
Then:
```bash
sudo systemctl daemon-reload
sudo systemctl enable --now mkdocs
```

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### 8.  Firewall / cloud security group
Open **TCP 8000** inbound (e.g. `sudo ufw allow 8000/tcp` or your cloud panel).

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### 9.  Browse & iterate
Visit `http://HOST_IP:8000` from anywhere—every save in `docs/` triggers an auto-reload (unless `--no-livereload` was used).

That’s it—drop more Markdown files in `docs/`, edit `configuration.yml`, and you’re live.