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Ubuntu Server Provisioning

As Root:

Add swap​

https://www.digitalocean.com/community/tutorials/how-to-add-swap-on-ubuntu-12-04

Set hostname​

echo "plato" > /etc/hostname
hostname -F /etc/hostname

If /etc/default/dhcpcd exists, disable "#SET_HOSTNAME"

Update /etc/hosts​

For example:

127.0.0.1       localhost.localdomain   localhost
127.0.1.1       ubuntu
85.159.211.7    li717-7.members.linode.com      jira

Set timezone​

For example, UTC:

ln -sf /usr/share/zoneinfo/UTC /etc/localtime

Update and Add Users​

apt-get update
apt-get upgrade --show-upgraded

# Preliminary software
apt-get install vim git ranger multitail tmux colordiff wget rsync curl htop tree caca-utils mlocate highlight

# Clone etc_skel.git or prepare your own /etc/skel or skip

# Setup users/groups/ssh
groupadd owners
groupadd developers
useradd -m -G owners,developers bobby -s /bin/bash
useradd -m -G owners,developers dylan -s /bin/bash
useradd -m -G developers johnny -s /bin/bash

SSH Keys​

cd ~
mkdir .ssh
chmod 700 .ssh
cd .ssh
touch authorized_keys
chmod 600 authorized_keys
vim authorized_keys

# add your pubkey

SSHD​

vim /etc/ssh/sshd_config
# Change settings for security
Port 22
Protocol 2
PermitRootLogin no
PubkeyAuthentication yes
PasswordAuthentication no

service ssh restart

Sudoers​

# Edit sudoers configuration
vim /etc/sudoers

# Add this line
# This is "the easy way", will add group "owners" to list of users who can use the
# sudo command without a password! If you want more security, read more carefully
# the configuration file and manual.
 %owners        ALL=(ALL)       NOPASSWD: ALL

Software​

# Install Web stack
apt-get install apache2 php5 libapache2-mod-php5 php5-curl php5-gd php5-mcrypt php5-memcache php5-sqlite php5-tidy php5-xmlrpc php5-json sqlite3

# Install PostgreSQL
echo "deb http://apt.postgresql.org/pub/repos/apt/ precise-pgdg main" > /etc/apt/sources.list.d/pgdg.list
wget --quiet -O - https://www.postgresql.org/media/keys/ACCC4CF8.asc | apt-key add -
apt-get update
apt-get install postgresql-9.3 postgresql-contrib-9.3 php5-pgsql

# Install client-side stack
add-apt-repository ppa:chris-lea/node.js
apt-get update
apt-get install nodejs
npm install -g bower grunt-cli requirejs

curl -sS https://getcomposer.org/installer | php
mv composer.phar /usr/local/bin/composer

apt-get install ruby2.0 ruby2.0-dev
ruby -S gem install bundler
# Dev tools required for gem installations
apt-get install libsqlite3-dev make

SMTP​

apt-get install msmtp ca-certificates

vim /etc/msmtprc
  # Set defaults.
  defaults

  # Enable or disable TLS/SSL encryption.
  tls on
  tls_starttls on
  tls_trust_file /etc/ssl/certs/ca-certificates.crt

  # Set up a default account's settings.
  account default
  host smtp.sendgrid.net
  port 587
  auth on
  user <username>
  password <password>
  from bounces@your-doman-here
  logfile /var/log/msmtp/msmtp.log

vim /etc/php5/apache2/php.ini

  sendmail_path = /usr/bin/msmtp -t

mkdir /var/log/msmtp
chown www-data:adm /var/log/msmtp
vim /etc/logrotate.d/msmtp
  /var/log/msmtp/*.log {
    rotate 12
    monthly
    compress
    missingok
    notifempty
  }

PostgreSQL​

su - postgres createuser -s your-user-name
su - postgres createuser -D -P app-name-user
su - postgres createdb -O app-name-user app-db-name

# Examples from CLI with psql:
CREATE ROLE user WITH NOCREATEDB NOCREATEROLE NOCREATEUSER PASSWORD 'your-password';
ALTER ROLE user WITH NOLOGIN;
SELECT rolname FROM pg_roles;
GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON DATABASE app to user;

Apache​

a2enmod rewrite
a2enmod expires
usermod -a -G www-data bobby
mkdir /srv/http
chown -R www-data:developers /srv/http
chmod -R 775 /srv/http

service apache2 restart

Git User​

Create a user for git repositories:

useradd -r --shell /usr/bin/git-shell -c 'git version control' -m --home-dir /home/git git
usermod -a -G developers git
usermod -a -G www-data git
# Copy git-shell commands
cp -r /usr/share/doc/git/contrib/git-shell-commands /home/git/
chmod u+x /home/git/git-shell-commands/{list,help} -R
chown -R git:git git-shell-commands

Follow SSH Keys and add public keys for users with access to git repositories

Setup​

Update software related commands

updatedb

User configuration​

Login as your regular user and configure software:

# Create a ranger filescope config for your user
ranger --copy-config=scope

Project Setup

Git Repository​

Create a new detached git repo to push deploys:

sudo mkdir /srv/http/app
sudo chown git:developers /srv/http/app
sudo chmod g+w /srv/http/app

cd /home/git
sudo mkdir app.git
sudo chown git:developers app.git
sudo chmod g+w app.git
cd app.git
git init --bare
git config core.bare false
git config core.worktree /srv/http/app      ; NO TRAILING SLASH!!!
git config receive.denycurrentbranch ignore

# create a hook
cat > hooks/post-receive
#!/bin/sh
git checkout -f

# make it executable
chmod +x hooks/post-receive

sudo chown -R git:developers app.git

Apache vhost​

Create a new host for your domain app:

vim /etc/apache2/sites-available/app.conf
cd /etc/apache2/sites-enabled
sudo ln -s ../sites-available/app.conf app.conf

Post-push setup​

After pushing the first time:

cd /srv/http/app
sudo chgrp -R developers .

sudo su git
npm install
bundle install --path vendor/bundle

# Edit hooks/post-receve and add post-build actions
# Push again