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This tutorial is for users of Debian GNU/Linux using the LAMP stack, wanting TLS encryption, multiple self-hosted websites, feature rich content management, etc., without sacrificing ownership or security. This tutorial will cover:
There is probably a bit more … but this will get us started. With the exception of Cacti, these are skills I learned on BSD / macOS and then migrated to Debian GNU/Linux which runs them better, has better implementations of the LAMP stack, more feature control, and most importantly is #freesoftware.
Installing apache, setting up two ore more websites.
sudo apache2ctl configtest sudo apt install apache2 sudo mkdir -p /var/www/site1.com/public_html sudo mkdir -p /var/www/site2.com/public_html sudo chown -R $USER:$USER /var/www/site1.com/public_html sudo chown -R $USER:$USER /var/www/site2.com/public_html sudo chmod -R 755 /var/www nano /var/www/site1.com/public_html/index.html <html> <head> <title>site1</title> </head> <body> <h1>site1</h1> </body> </html> nano /var/www/site2.com/public_html/index.html <html> <head> <title>site2</title> </head> <body> <h1>site2</h1> </body> </html> sudo cp /etc/apache2/sites-available/000-default.conf /etc/apache2/sites-available/site1.com.conf sudo cp /etc/apache2/sites-available/000-default.conf /etc/apache2/sites-available/site2.com.conf sudo nano /etc/apache2/sites-available/site1.com.conf <VirtualHost *:80> ServerAdmin netcmnd@site1.com ServerName site1.com ServerAlias www.site1.com DocumentRoot /var/www/site1.com/public_html ErrorLog ${APACHE_LOG_DIR}/error.log CustomLog ${APACHE_LOG_DIR}/access.log combined </VirtualHost> sudo nano /etc/apache2/sites-available/site2.com.conf <VirtualHost *:80> ServerAdmin netcmnd@site2.com ServerName site2.com ServerAlias www.site2.com DocumentRoot /var/www/site2.com/public_html ErrorLog ${APACHE_LOG_DIR}/error.log CustomLog ${APACHE_LOG_DIR}/access.log combined </VirtualHost> sudo a2ensite site1.com.conf sudo a2ensite site2.com.conf sudo cp -r /var/www/html /root/ sudo rm -r /var/www/html sudo a2dissite 000-default.conf sudo nano /etc/hosts 127.0.0.1 localhost 127.0.1.1 host.domain.com hostname # The following lines are desirable for IPv6 capable hosts ::1 localhost ip6-localhost ip6-loopback ff02::1 ip6-allnodes ff02::2 ip6-allrouters
#Virtual Hosts - NOT Optional - replace xxx etc., with external IP
xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx site1.com xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx www.site1.com xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx site2.com xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx www.site2.com
sudo systemctl restart apache2.service
Visit site1.com and site2.com - debug, set up TLS - repeat this for additional sites, set up firewall w/ common exceptions.
sudo ufw install sudo ufw allow ssh sudo ufw allow 22 sudo ufw allow 222 sudo ufw allow http sudo ufw allow 80 sudo ufw allow https sudo ufw allow 443 sudo ufw allow 'WWW Secure' sudo ufw allow 'WWW Full' sudo ufw allow 'WWW' sudo ufw allow 1194/udp sudo ufw allow 1194 sudo ufw allow git sudo ufw allow openvpn sudo ufw allow samba sudo ufw allow nfs sudo ufw allow vnc sudo ufw allow 21 sudo ufw allow ftp sudo ufw enable