Begin your journey with Bookstack by learning how to install it using terminal commands on a cloud hosting account like Scala Hosting. You'll explore the key features of Bookstack, including its intuitive interface and wiki-style structure, then dive into critical server prep: enabling SSH, setting the correct PHP version, creating databases, and configuring environment variables. This lesson covers Composer dependencies, SMTP setup, file permissions, and Laravel migration commands—everything you need to launch Bookstack in a professional web environment.