install_clone.txt

Install From Clone:

1. Create a new linode.

2. Clone the linode from "CopyPasteServer"

	a. Go to "CopyPasteServer"
	b. Click on the "Clone" tab
	c. Select the main profile, and select the disk images below.
	d. Hit the "Select" button.
	e. Select the newly built linode to clone to.
	
3. Once the clone has finished, boot the new linode.

4. Get the IP that this server uses.
	
	a. Click the "Remote Access" tab.
	b. Under "SSH Access" (and "Public IPs"), it should provide an IP that we can use to log in.
	
5. Assign the IP to the necessary domains.
	
	a. Click on the "DNS Manager" tab.
	b. Add a new domain zone if necessary.
	c. Click on the domain to be edited.
	
6. Handle the necessary Sub-Domains
	
	a. Click on the "DNS Manager" tab.
	b. Click on the domain to be edited.
	c. Click "Add a new A record"
	
	d. In the "Hostname" field, add something like: "mysubdomain.domain.com" (or just "mysubdomain")
	e. In the "IP Address" field, add the IP address that the domain used.
	
	f. Note that these updates may take a while to propagate.
	
7. Log into the server
	
	a. Load the Putty program.
	b. Set the port to 43715
	c. Load the uni6home SSH Key
	d. Passphrase is "cJfo9FsoHmvK2Lsa"
	
8. Check for any updates that need to be made
	
	apt-get clean
	apt-get update
	apt-get upgrade
	apt-get dist-upgrade
	
9. Start important services
	
	service nginx restart
	service hhvm restart
	service mysql restart
	service postfix restart
	service memcached restart
	
	
10. Update the MySQL Password
	
		// Development: set the password to "ZFOYOpuap539qLNKdAmc37VBloj5pkYc9oiBDXdFplzeSI2AHkgim"
		
		// Production: set the password to "1mA4aR5pgkYB4mc37Vn7zAJk4OmkI2AHloj5pkgiUHtapc3ERAPN9dAgaNDhuGeaiQj"
	
	
12. Setup SSH key access
	
	// Create the SSH key in puttygen
	// Use a passphrase, such as "cJfo9FsoHmvK2Lsa"
	// Save the SSH key in a save location
	
	// Load the SSH keys into the server
	
	cd ~
	mkdir .ssh
	echo "" > .ssh/authorized_keys
	chmod 700 .ssh
	chmod 600 .ssh/authorized_keys
	
	nano .ssh/authorized_keys
	
	// Enter the appropriate ssh key into the file
	
	service ssh restart
	
	
13. Test logging into the server with SSH.
	
	// Load putty and see if the SSH key was successful.
	
	
14. Update important security settings.
	
	cd /etc/ssh
	nano sshd_config
	
	// Change the port to 43715
	// Change ChallengeResponseAuthentication to "no" (or create if it's not there)
	// Change PasswordAuthentication to "no" (or create if it's not there)
	// Change UsePAM to "no" (or create if it's not there)
	
	service ssh restart
	
	// Confirm that you can still log in
	
15. Install GIT on the server
	
	apt-get install git
	
	git config --global user.name "ServerName"
	git config --global user.email unifaction@gmail.com
	
	// Now we're going to create the server's SSH key (for external connectsion, such as git)
	
	cd ~/.ssh
	
	ssh-keygen -t rsa -C "unifaction@gmail.com"
	
	// Now, copy the contents of id_rsa.pub
	// Use the "-$" in the line so that it text-wraps.
	// Note that you'll still have a line break or two and will have to remove those.
	
	nano -$ id_rsa.pub
	
	// Log into github.com
	// Click on the gear (Settings) in the upper right corner.
	// Click on "SSH Keys"
	// Add the SSH key to your github account
	
	// Check if your SSH key was added
	ssh -T git@github.com
	
15. Create your git repository in github (if it doesn't exist yet)
	
	
	
16. Load the repository onto your localhost computer.
	
	a. Open your git program (such as Github for Windows)
	b. Clone the github repository into your localhost directory of choice.
	c. Make any necessary commits.
	
16. Load the repostory onto the server.
	
	// Go to the directory that you want to clone the repo at
	// Example: cd /var/www
	// Note: This will put it in /var/www/NAMEOFREPO
	
	
	// List of potential git repositories
		git clone git@github.com:tarsupin/system.git
		git clone git@github.com:tarsupin/auth.git
		
		
	// Run "git pull" in the appropriate directory (/var/www/NAMEOFREPO) to pull
	
		git fetch --all && git reset --hard origin/master
		
	// This will overwrite any changes, and won't interrupt any untracked files, such as user uploaded content.
	
15. Log into the server with FTP

	a. Username: root
	b. Password: tempRootUbUni1000MasterRoot
	
16. Upload the appropriate directories:
	
	a. MUST ADD: /system
	b. MUST ADD: /global-config.php
	
	
17. Set web permissions
	
	chown www-data:www-data /var/www -R
	
	
18. Run the virtual host script
	
	php /var/www/system/cli/vhost-script.php
	
	
19. Run the server installation script
	
	php /var/www/system/cli/install-script.php
	
	
20. Update "global-config.php"
	
	a. Set the environment to "development" or "production" (depending on your server used)
	
	
	
	
// Things to do
Check if user exists
if user doesn't exist, create it
update ssh settings
set virtual host for each site uploaded
upload a bunch of sites for this server