User:Saul/linode
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Linode Setup Reference:
Initial Setup
Update And Configure Timezone
apt-get update
apt-get upgrade
dpkg-reconfigure tzdata
Creating A New User
adduser saul # create the user saul
adduser saul sudo # adds saul to the sudo group
sudo usermod -a -G www-data saul # add saul to the www-data group
Setting up Authentication Keys
ssh-keygen -b 4096 # create the keyfile - do this on the client (watch you don't overwrite your existing one if you have done this before!)
ssh-copy-id saul@LINODE_IP # uploads the public key to linode
Configure SSH
sudo nano /etc/ssh/sshd_config
# Modify these lines to look like this:
PermitRootLogin no # this stops root from logging in
PasswordAuthentication no # this stops anyone from logging in without authentication keys
sudo service ssh restart # reboots ssh and applies changes
Setting Up The LAMP Stack
Install And Configure Apache
sudo apt-get install apache2
sudo cp /etc/apache2/apache2.conf /etc/apache2/apache2.backup.conf # backup the configuration file before editing
sudo nano /etc/apache2/apache2.conf
# Modify this line like so:
KeepAlive Off # keepalive allows fast connections to those who are already connected but may hold up other clients
# Append these lines to the end of the file:
<IfModule mpm_prefork_module>
StartServers 4
MinSpareServers 20
MaxSpareServers 40
MaxClients 200
MaxRequestsPerChild 4500
</IfModule>
sudo service apache2 restart # restart apache to apply changes
Configure Virtual Hosts For Apache
sudo a2dissite *default # Disable the default Apache virtual host
cd /var/www/html
sudo mkdir example.com
sudo mkdir example.com/public_html
sudo mkdir example.com/log
sudo mkdir example.com/backups
sudo nano /etc/apache2/sites-available/example.com.conf
# domain: example.com
# public: /var/www/html/example.com/public_html/
<VirtualHost *:80>
# Admin email, Server Name (domain name), and any aliases
ServerAdmin webmaster@example.com
ServerName example.com
ServerAlias www.example.com
# Index file and Document Root (where the public files are located)
DirectoryIndex index.html index.php
DocumentRoot /var/www/html/example.com/public_html
# Log file locations
LogLevel warn
ErrorLog /var/www/html/example.com/log/error.log
CustomLog /var/www/html/example.com/log/access.log combined
</VirtualHost>
sudo a2ensite example.com.conf # adds a link in the correct location to the configuration file
sudo service apache2 restart
# Rince and repeat for any other websites to host.
# Optional:
#sudo nano /etc/hosts # This is to test the virtual hosts and is done on the local computer
# Append a line like this
IP.ADRRESS.OF.THE.LINODE example.com
Install And COnfigure MySQL
sudo apt-get install mysql-server
sudo mysql_secure_installation # set a unique password, remove anonymous user accounts, disable remote root login, and remove the test database
sudo nano /etc/mysql/my.cnf # for optimising mysql
max_allowed_packet = 1M
sudo service mysql restart
Install And Configure PHP
sudo apt-get install php7.0 php-pear # PHP may update - change php7.0 to the current version number
sudo apt-get install php7.0-mysql
mkdir -p /var/log/php # create the folder for error logging
chown www-data /var/log/php # changes the group of the file we created with the group www-data
service apache2 restart
# Optional install php gd - this is an add-on allows php to manipulate image files - often used by gallery plugins in Wordpress.
sudo apt-get install php7.0-gd