Proper web server setup
- by DMin
I just got myself a slicehost basic slice to play around with so I can learn how to setup web-servers.
I have Ubuntu 10.04.2 installed on the server.
I was able to successfully get the server up and running from scratch, these were the things I did - following this tutorial. I know this is probably just a starters tutorial, so, I was wondering if you guys can tell me what you like to do while setting up production servers.
These are the steps that were followed :
Update and Upgrade Ubuntu
sudo apt-get install apache2 php5-mysql libapache2-mod-php5 mysql-server
Backup a copy of and edit apache2.conf Set : 'ServerTokens Full' to 'ServerTokens Prod''ServerSignature On' to 'ServerSignature Off'
Backup php.ini and then Change “expose_php = On” to “expose_php = Off”
Restart Apache
Install Shorewall firewall
Configure Shorewall to only accept HTTP and SSH connections(in the rules file) Enable shorewall on startup
Add the website to the server :
sudo usermod -g www-data root
sudo chown -R www-data:www-data /var/www
sudo chmod -R 775 /var/www
I want make this CommunityWiki but can't seem to find the option to do it. Please feel free to add any feedback on the processes and things I am doing right/wrong. Much appriciated, thanks! :)
