For this installation, I'm using Ubuntu 18.04 on DigitalOcean, with my ssh key already added for easy first-time login.
Login into the new server using ssh:
ssh root@serverip
Before doing anything, update Ubuntu using the following commands:
Because we're logged in as root, there's no need to use sudo.
# apt update
# apt dist-upgrade
Both commands can take a minute.
Use the following command to create a user
# adduser username
It'll ask you to choose a password and some personal account information. Choose a super safe password!
Use the usermod command to add the user to the sudo group.
# usermod -aG sudo username
After this, you can use su - (username) to test logging in as the user.
If logging in works, you can test sudo rights for example by using sudo ls /root.
Now for the new user, you can add your SSH keys for easier and safer login. On the host computer, read your ssh keys by typing:
$ cat ~/.ssh/id_rsa.pub
The output probably starts with with ssh-rsa. Copy the contents of the file.
On the server, type
$ nano ~/.ssh/authorized_keys
(or use any other text editor) And paste the contents of the public key. Save by typing control-o (enter) and quit by typing control-x.
Open the ssh configuration file:
$ sudo nano /etc/ssh/sshd_config
And add the following line:
PermitRootLogin no
Save by typing control-o (enter) and quit by typing control-x. After that, restart the SSH servers:
$ sudo service ssh restart
Install the following packages:
- Apache2
- php7.2
- php7.2-mysql for connecting php to mysql
- php7.2-xml for html parsing (laravel needs it)
- php7.2-zip for reading zips - makes composer faster
- php7.2-mbstring Multibyte strings 😎
- mod-php php module for apache
- composer Install your laravel project
- MariaDB MySQL compatible database server
$ sudo apt install apache2 php7.2 php7.2-mysql php7.2-xml php7.2-zip php7.2-mbstring libapache2-mod-php7.2 php-curl composer mariadb-server zip unzip
First, secure the database and make database and user:
$ sudo mysql_secure_installation
Choose a super safe root password and disable remote root login!
Now, login with that new password. (replace newuser, password and dbname)
$ mysql -u root -p
mysql> CREATE USER 'newuser'@'localhost' IDENTIFIED BY 'password';
mysql> GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON * . * TO 'newuser'@'localhost';
mysql> FLUSH PRIVILEGES;
mysql> CREATE DATABASE dbname;
If your git repository needs it, create a new ssh keypair and read the public key:
$ ssh-keygen
Generating public/private rsa key pair.
Enter file in which to save the key (/home/username/.ssh/id_rsa):
Enter passphrase (empty for no passphrase):
Enter same passphrase again:
Your identification has been saved in /home/username/.ssh/id_rsa.
Your public key has been saved in /home/username/.ssh/id_rsa.pub.
The key fingerprint is: (...)
The key's randomart image is: (...)
$ cat ~/.ssh/id_rsa.pub
And set it up on the git server.
Go to the web server directory and clone the project:
$ cd /var/www
$ sudo chmod 777 .
$ git clone (git address)
$ cd (project)
$ composer install
$ cp .env.example .env
$ php artisan migrate
$ sudo nano /etc/apache2/sites-available/sitename.conf
And add something like
<VirtualHost *:80>
ServerAdmin (email)
ServerName (hostname)
DocumentRoot /var/www/(cloned git dir)/public
ErrorLog ${APACHE_LOG_DIR}/error.log
CustomLog ${APACHE_LOG_DIR}/access.log combined
</VirtualHost>
<Directory /var/www/(cloned git dir)/public>
Options Indexes FollowSymLinks MultiViews
AllowOverride All
Require all granted
</Directory>
Save and activate it using
$ sudo a2ensite sitename
Also activate mod_rewrite
$ sudo a2enmod rewrite
$ sudo systemctl reload apache2
Have a nice weekend.
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