Setup taskwarrior taskserver on ec2 amazon linux

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#A sequence for installing a taskwarrior server on an ec2 amazon linux instance

#FIRST go to the ec2 instance management panel, 
#edit the security group for the instance and add an inbound rule, custom tcp, port 53589, source anywhere (0.0.0.0/0)

#THEN ssh to the box as ec2-user and run the following

#BUILD TASKSERVER

# install needed things
sudo yum install git gcc-c++ gnutls-devel gnutls-utils libuuid-devel

# cmake installs the wrong version if yum installed, so do it like this instead:
wget https://cmake.org/files/v3.10/cmake-3.10.0.tar.gz
tar -xvzf cmake-3.10.0.tar.gz
cd cmake-3.10.0
sudo ./bootstrap
sudo make
sudo make install

# download TaskServer unzip it, cd into it
curl -LO https://taskwarrior.org/download/taskd-1.1.0.tar.gz # check for latest version here https://taskwarrior.org/download/
tar xzf taskd-1.1.0.tar.gz
cd taskd-1.1.0/

# build it
cmake -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=release .
make
make install

# check installation
taskd

#SETUP

export TASKDDATA=/var/taskd
sudo mkdir -p $TASKDDATA
sudo chmod 7777 $TASKDDATA

#NOTE replace ec2-3-84-141-197.compute-1.amazonaws.com in the below with your own ec2 instance public dns

taskd init
taskd config server ec2-3-84-141-197.compute-1.amazonaws.com:53589

cd ~/taskd-1.1.0/pki/
vi vars (edit CN and others as necessary)
./generate

cp *.pem $TASKDDATA

taskd config --force client.cert $TASKDDATA/client.cert.pem
taskd config --force client.key $TASKDDATA/client.key.pem
taskd config --force server.cert $TASKDDATA/server.cert.pem
taskd config --force server.key $TASKDDATA/server.key.pem
taskd config --force server.crl $TASKDDATA/server.crl.pem
taskd config --force ca.cert $TASKDDATA/ca.cert.pem

cd $TASKDDATA/..
taskd config --force log $PWD/taskd.log
taskd config --force pid.file $PWD/taskd.pid
taskd config --force server ec2-3-84-141-197.compute-1.amazonaws.com:53589

taskdctl start

#In below replace PowerOrg with your organisation name & replace Bianca with your user name

taskd add org PowerOrg

taskd add user 'PowerOrg' 'Bianca'

#Note new user key

cd ~/taskd-1.1.0/pki
./generate.client bianca

# ON LOCAL CLIENT (taskwarrior, NOT server)

#copy the ca.cert & the generated user cert & key files to your taskwarrior client box/device
scp -i ~/[LOCATION OF KEY NAME] ec2-user@ec2-3-84-141-197.compute-1.amazonaws.com:taskd-1.1.0/pki/\*.pem ~/.task/

#on your local client box/device run
task config taskd.certificate -- ~/.task/bianca.cert.pem
task config taskd.key         -- ~/.task/bianca.key.pem
task config taskd.ca          -- ~/.task/ca.cert.pem
task config taskd.server      -- ec2-3-84-141-197.compute-1.amazonaws.com:53589
task config taskd.credentials -- PowerOrg/Bianca/<new-user-key-from-earlier>

#To run on startup you can edit rc.local and add the following line
su ec2-user -c "/usr/local/bin/taskd server --data /var/taskd --daemon"

# MOBILE APP
#https://bitbucket.org/kvorobyev/taskwarriorandroid/wiki/Configuration

#Copy the certs to <External Storage>/Android/data/kvj.taskw/files/<profile uuid>, then place the following in the .taskrc.android file

taskd.certificate=bianca.cert.pem
taskd.key=bianca.key.pem
taskd.ca=ca.cert.pem
taskd.server=ec2-3-84-141-197.compute-1.amazonaws.com:53589
taskd.credentials=PowerOrg/Bianca/<new-user-key-from-earlier>
android.sync.periodical=60
android.sync.onchange=3
android.sync.onerror=10