How To Set Up rblab.net VPS

server-install.md

Initial server set-up

(also see here and here)

1. create a user (should be logged in a root)
   • adduser btm
   • usermod -aG sudo btm
2. add an SSH key for btm
   • su - btm
   • mkdir ~/.ssh
   • chmod 700 ~/.ssh
   • vim ~/.ssh/authorized_keys
   • paste your cat cat .ssh/id_rsa.pub there (one key for one line)
3. disable passwort auth and root login

• sudo vim /etc/ssh/sshd_config
• set PasswordAuthentication no
• set PubkeyAuthentication yes
• set ChallengeResponseAuthentication no
• set PermitRootLogin no
• sudo service ssh restart

Install & configure ZSH

See also here and here

1. sudo apt-get install zsh
2. sh -c "$(curl -fsSL https://raw.github.com/ohmyzsh/ohmyzsh/master/tools/install.sh)"

Sync content from old server (or backup folder)

rsync -a /home/btm/ host:/home/btm

Git Aliases

git config --global alias.co checkout
git config --global alias.ci commit
git config --global alias.st status
git config --global alias.hist "log --pretty=format:'%h %ad | %s%d [%an]' --graph --date=short"

# -------- user ------
git config --global user.email "btm@rblab.net"  
git config --global user.name "Roman Bekkiev"
git config --global user.signingkey=??? # PGP key to use in signing commits 
# @see https://docs.github.com/en/authentication/managing-commit-signature-verification/signing-commits

# -------- other configs ---- 
git config --global push.default current # To set push to new branch --set-upstream origin.. by default

Set vim defaul editor

1. sudo update-alternatives --config editor (choose vim.basic)

Install & configure Nginx

1. sudo apt-get install nginx
2. (from local machine) scp -r ~/Documents/backup/btm/nginx/ <$VM_IP_ADDRESS>:/home/btm
3. sudo chown -R root:root nginx
4. sudo rm -r /etc/nginx
5. sudo mv nginx /etc Note that you propbably have to remove all sutff about sss (it is managed by letsencrypt bot)

Install & configure Node.js

TODO: use nvm installer

Adding keys for GitHub

see also here

1. ssh-keygen -t rsa -b 4096 -C "btm@rblab.net"
2. eval "$(ssh-agent -s)"
3. ssh-add ~/.ssh/id_rsa

Install docker

see here: https://www.digitalocean.com/community/tutorials/how-to-install-and-use-docker-on-ubuntu-20-04

Adding HTTPS with LetsEncrypt

see here: https://www.digitalocean.com/community/tutorials/how-to-create-let-s-encrypt-wildcard-certificates-with-certbot

Install OpenVPN server

https://github.com/Nyr/openvpn-install