Setup VPS Linux Server Ubuntu 20.04 LTS

setup-linux-server-ubuntu-focal.md

operating system

Ubuntu 20.04 LTS

server preparation

1. install acl
2. install nginx
3. install php
4. install composer
5. install mysql server
6. install git
7. install redis server

install acl

apt install acl

install nginx

apt install nginx

install php

1. apt install software-properties-common
2. add-apt-repository ppa:ondrej/php
3. apt install php8.0 php8.0-fpm php8.0-mysql php8.0-common php8.0-cli php8.0-cgi php8.0-curl php8.0-gd php8.0-mbstring php8.0-intl php8.0-sqlite3 php8.0-xsl php8.0-xml php8.0-zip php8.0-memcached php8.0-opcache

install composer

1. create shell file install-composer.sh

#!/bin/sh

EXPECTED_CHECKSUM="$(php -r 'copy("https://composer.github.io/installer.sig", "php://stdout");')"
php -r "copy('https://getcomposer.org/installer', 'composer-setup.php');"
ACTUAL_CHECKSUM="$(php -r "echo hash_file('sha384', 'composer-setup.php');")"

if [ "$EXPECTED_CHECKSUM" != "$ACTUAL_CHECKSUM" ]
then
    >&2 echo 'ERROR: Invalid installer checksum'
    rm composer-setup.php
    exit 1
fi

php composer-setup.php --quiet
RESULT=$?
rm composer-setup.php
exit $RESULT

2. chmod +x install-composer.sh
3. run ./install-composer.sh
4. mv composer.phar /usr/bin/composer

install mysql server

1. apt install mysql-server
2. mysql -uroot -p if password is asked just enter
3. run this script to create new user and create new database

create user 'ubuntu';
grant all privileges on *.* to 'ubuntu' with grant option;
flush privileges;
alter user ubuntu identified with mysql_native_password by 'secret';
create database envoy;

install git

apt install git

install redis server

apt install redis server

nginx configuration

1. backup /etc/nginx/sites-available/default
2. adjust default config

  root /var/www/app2/current/public;
  index index.html index.htm index.nginddx-debian.html index.php;
  location / {
		try_files $uri $uri/ /index.php?$query_string;
	}
  location ~ \.php$ {
		include snippets/fastcgi-php.conf;
		fastcgi_pass unix:/var/run/php/php8.0-fpm.sock;
	}
  location ~ /\.ht {
		deny all;
	}