Linux Server Configuration

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Descriptions

Configurate a Linux server and host my web applications. Flask + Apache2 + mod_wsgi + sqlalchemy + postgreSQL

Login with ssh

$ ssh [email protected] -p 2200 -i location_of_privatekey

Web application URL

http://119.29.111.231/

Software Installed

Some software installed with apt: finger, apache2, postgresql, python-pip, libapache2-mod-wsgi Some packages install with pip: click, Flask, httplib2, itsdangerous, Jinja2, MarkupSafe, pip, psycopg2, setuptools, six, SQLAlchemy, SQLAlchemy-Utils, Werkzeug, wheel,

Configuration

• All packages are updated. PS: check with command$ sudo apt-get update
• Uncomplicated Firewall (UFW) is configured. (Only allow incoming connections for SSH (port 2200), HTTP (port 80), and NTP (port 123)) PS: check with command$ sudo ufw status
• A new user account named 'grader' with the permission to sudo is created. PS: check with command$ finger grader
• PasswordAuthentication is forbidden and remote login of the root user disabled PS: check with command$ sudo vim /etc/ssh/sshd_config
• Local timezone is set to UTC PS: check with command$ date
• wsgi and Apache config file are created PS: wsgi config file ： /home/grader/Udacity-FSND-catalog/catalog.wsgi Apache config file : /etc/apache2/sites-enabled/000-default.conf
• A new database user named 'catalog' is created. PS: check with command

$ sudo su - postgres
$ psql
$ \du

• PostgreSQL configuration. $ vim /etc/postgresql/9.5/main/postgresql.conf

Location of the public SSH key

/home/grader/.ssh/authorized_keys