AWS Instance Setup Guide

AWS Instance Setup Guide

# Setup apache2 mysql php

$ sudo apt-get install tasksel

$ sudo tasksel install lamp-server

# python setup tools

$ sudo apt-get install python-setuptools
$ sudo apt-get install python-pip

# generate ssh key
$ ssh-keygen -t rsa -C "your.email@domain.com"

# git
$ sudo apt-get install git
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# add user
$ sudo add user username

# change user passwd
# you will need to do this to allow/unlock user
# to ssh using public key
$ passwd <username>

# edit sudoers
$ sudo visudo

# i set up on /var/www
# always remember to change owner (chown)
# /var/www/ on ec2 when running git clone

# sites available
<VirtualHost *:80>
    ServerName yourdomain.no

    DocumentRoot /var/www/your_project
    WSGIScriptAlias / /var/www/your_project/wsgi.py
    Alias /static/ /var/www/your_project/your_project/assets/
    Alias /media/ /var/www/your_project/your_project/media/
    
    <Directory /var/www/your_project/your_project/>
        Require all granted
    </Directory>
    
</VirtualHost>

# install python mysql
$ sudo apt-get install python-mysqldb
$ sudo apt-get install build-essential python-dev libmysqlclient-dev

# postgres
$ sudo apt-get build-dep python-psycopg2
$ pip install psycopg2

# mongodb
# http://docs.mongodb.org/manual/tutorial/install-mongodb-on-ubuntu/

# install django-mongodb-engine (as of the moment 1.7.1 is not supported)
# https://django-mongodb-engine.readthedocs.org/en/latest/topics/setup.html
$ pip install git+https://github.com/django-nonrel/django@nonrel-1.5
$ pip install git+https://github.com/django-nonrel/djangotoolbox
$ pip install git+https://github.com/django-nonrel/mongodb-engine

# install requirements.txt
$ pip install -r requirements.txt

# create database
$ CREATE DATABASE dbname CHARACTER SET utf8 COLLATE utf8_general_ci;

# ImportError: Could not find the GEOS library (tried "geos_c", "GEOS"). Try setting GEOS_LIBRARY_PATH in your settings.
sudo apt-get install binutils libproj-dev gdal-bin

# install mod_wsgi
$ sudo aptitude install libapache2-mod-wsgi


# install node.js
$ sudo apt-get install nodejs
$ sudo apt-get install npm
# https://www.npmjs.org/package/forever
# $ sudo npm install forever -g

# redis
$ wget http://download.redis.io/redis-stable.tar.gz
$ tar xvzf redis-stable.tar.gz
$ cd redis-stable
$ make
$ make test
# if you get error "You need tcl 8.5 or newer in order to run the Redis test"
$ apt-get install tcl
# It is a good idea to copy both the Redis server and the command line interface in proper places, either manually using the following # commands:
$ sudo cp src/redis-server /usr/local/bin/
$ sudo cp src/redis-cli /usr/local/bin/
# Or just using make install.


# postgresql
# sudo apt-get install postgresql postgresql-contrib
# https://www.digitalocean.com/community/tutorials/how-to-install-and-use-postgresql-on-ubuntu-16-04