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Revision as of 12:12, 27 July 2011
This page chronicles the administrative changes to charity.progclub.org. If you make an administrative change you should document the change here. Changes are logged he in reverse chronological order with a time-stamp in the form YYYY-MM-DD hh:mm. You can use the time from whatever timezone you are in, or UTC if you're cool, but use 24 hour time. Don't worry if the changes you make have a time-stamp that is less than a time-stamp later in the page, put the latest changes at the top. Put a link to your wiki user account before the time-stamp so we know who's doing what. See the Administrative Reference for other information.
John 2011-07-27 12:01
Public read-only svn access via HTTPS and HTTP
See this article for the general idea.
# cd /etc/apache2/ # vim dav_svn.ro.authz
[/] * = r
# vim dav_svn.rw.authz
[/] jj5 = rw
# vim sites-available/default-ssl
<Location /svn> DAV svn SVNParentPath /var/svn AuthType Basic AuthName "Subversion Repository" AuthUserFile /etc/apache2/dav_svn.passwd AuthzSVNAccessFile /etc/apache2/dav_svn.rw.authz Require valid-user </Location>
<Location /svnro> DAV svn SVNParentPath /var/svn AuthzSVNAccessFile /etc/apache2/dav_svn.ro.authz </Location>
# vim sites-available/default
<Location /svnro> DAV svn SVNParentPath /var/svn AuthzSVNAccessFile /etc/apache2/dav_svn.ro.authz </Location>
# apache2ctl graceful # etckeeper commit "Public read-only svn access" Committing to: /etc/ added apache2/dav_svn.ro.authz added apache2/dav_svn.rw.authz modified apache2/sites-available/default modified apache2/sites-available/default-ssl Committed revision 12.
John 2011-07-27 06:12
Installing Subversion with HTTPS support
See this article for a primer.
# apt-get install subversion libapache2-svn Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree Reading state information... Done The following extra packages will be installed: libneon27-gnutls libsvn1 Suggested packages: db4.8-util subversion-tools The following NEW packages will be installed: libapache2-svn libneon27-gnutls libsvn1 subversion 0 upgraded, 4 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded. Need to get 1,595kB of archives. After this operation, 7,250kB of additional disk space will be used. Do you want to continue [Y/n]? Get:1 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ lucid/main libneon27-gnutls 0.29.0-1 [136kB] Get:2 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ lucid-updates/main libsvn1 1.6.6dfsg-2ubuntu1.3 [906kB] Get:3 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ lucid-updates/universe libapache2-svn 1.6.6dfsg-2ubuntu1.3 [168kB] Get:4 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ lucid-updates/main subversion 1.6.6dfsg-2ubuntu1.3 [385kB] Fetched 1,595kB in 1s (866kB/s) Selecting previously deselected package libneon27-gnutls. (Reading database ... 17613 files and directories currently installed.) Unpacking libneon27-gnutls (from .../libneon27-gnutls_0.29.0-1_amd64.deb) ... Selecting previously deselected package libsvn1. Unpacking libsvn1 (from .../libsvn1_1.6.6dfsg-2ubuntu1.3_amd64.deb) ... Selecting previously deselected package libapache2-svn. Unpacking libapache2-svn (from .../libapache2-svn_1.6.6dfsg-2ubuntu1.3_amd64.deb) ... Selecting previously deselected package subversion. Unpacking subversion (from .../subversion_1.6.6dfsg-2ubuntu1.3_amd64.deb) ... Processing triggers for man-db ... Setting up libneon27-gnutls (0.29.0-1) ...
Setting up libsvn1 (1.6.6dfsg-2ubuntu1.3) ...
Setting up libapache2-svn (1.6.6dfsg-2ubuntu1.3) ... Considering dependency dav for dav_svn: Enabling module dav. Enabling module dav_svn. Run '/etc/init.d/apache2 restart' to activate new configuration!
Setting up subversion (1.6.6dfsg-2ubuntu1.3) ... Processing triggers for libc-bin ... ldconfig deferred processing now taking place Committing to: /etc/ added emacs added subversion added apache2/mods-available/dav_svn.conf added apache2/mods-available/dav_svn.load added apache2/mods-enabled/dav.load added apache2/mods-enabled/dav_svn.conf added apache2/mods-enabled/dav_svn.load added bash_completion.d/subversion added emacs/site-start.d added emacs/site-start.d/50psvn.el added subversion/config added subversion/servers Committed revision 9.
# apache2ctl graceful # cd /var # ls backups cache crash lib local lock log mail opt run spool tmp www # mkdir svn # cd svn # svnadmin create pcrepo # ls pcrepo # chown -R www-data:www-data pcrepo/ # chmod -R g+ws pcrepo/ # htpasswd -c /etc/apache2/dav_svn.passwd jj5 New password: Re-type new password: Adding password for user jj5 # vim /etc/apache2/sites-enabled/000-default-ssl
Add the following,
<Location /svn> DAV svn SVNParentPath /var/svn AuthType Basic AuthName "Subversion Repository" AuthUserFile /etc/apache2/dav_svn.passwd Require valid-user </Location>
# apache2ctl graceful
$ pwd /home/jj5 $ mkdir test $ cd test $ svn co https://www.progclub.org/svn/pcrepo . Authentication realm: <https://www.progclub.org:443> Subversion Repository Password for 'jj5': Checked out revision 0.
Works!
Migrating mediawiki-1.17.0 to pcwiki, and checking into svn
$ cd .. $ mv test pcrepo $ ls bin pcrepo $ cd pcrepo/ $ mkdir pcwiki $ cd pcwiki/ $ mkdir trunk $ mkdir branches $ mkdir tags $ cp -R /var/www/www.progclub.org/mediawiki-1.17.0/* trunk/ $ ls branches tags trunk $ cd trunk/ $ ls api.php images maintenance RELEASE-NOTES api.php5 img_auth.php math resources bin img_auth.php5 mw-config serialized cache includes opensearch_desc.php skins config index.php opensearch_desc.php5 StartProfiler.sample COPYING index.php5 php5.php5 thumb.php CREDITS INSTALL profileinfo.php thumb.php5 docs languages README trackback.php extensions load.php redirect.php trackback.php5 FAQ load.php5 redirect.php5 UPGRADE HISTORY LocalSettings.php redirect.phtml wiki.phtml $ rm LocalSettings.php $ cd ../.. $ svn add pcwiki/ $ svn ci -m "Checking in original mediawiki files" $ sudo etckeeper commit "Subversion HTTPS" [sudo] password for jj5: Committing to: /etc/ added apache2/dav_svn.passwd modified apache2/sites-available/default-ssl Committed revision 10.
Then using TortoiseSVN on my workstation I checked out,
https://www.progclub.org/svn/pcrepo/pcwiki/trunk
into
C:\Inetpub\wwwroot\pcwiki
Copied in LocalSettings.php, added it to the ignore list, and checked in.
# cd /var/www/www.progclub.org/ # svn co https://www.progclub.org/svn/pcrepo/pcwiki/trunk pcwiki # cp mediawiki-1.17.0/LocalSettings.php pcwiki/ # cd /etc/apache2/sites-enabled/ # vim 000-default
Changed alias on line 17,
Alias /pc /var/www/www.progclub.org/pcwiki/index.php
# vim 000-default-ssl
Changed alias on line 17,
Alias /pc /var/www/www.progclub.org/pcwiki/index.php
# apache2ctl graceful # etckeeper commit "pcwiki web" Committing to: /etc/ modified apache2/sites-available/default modified apache2/sites-available/default-ssl Committed revision 11.
Reloaded a page from the web-site, and everything seems to be working well.
Copied in changes for mediawiki skin oldskool on my workstation and checked in to svn. There seems to be a new-line thing going on whereby every file got updated with different line-feed sequence (I'm guessing \r\n rather than just \n) -- it changed nearly every file, but I just checked it in anyway.
# cd /var/www/www.progclub.org/pcwiki # svn update
Reloaded a page from the web-site, and everything seems to be in order.
# cd /var/www/www.progclub.org/ # svn co https://www.progclub.org/svn/pcrepo/pcwiki/trunk pcwiki-dev # cp pcwiki/LocalSettings.php pcwiki-dev/ # cd pcwiki-dev/ # vim LocalSettings.php (reconfigured style and script path) # svn update
John 2011-07-27 04:44
Configuring MySQL for (not too) public access
# cd /etc/mysql # vim my.cnf
Changed from line 52,
#bind-address = 127.0.0.1 bind-address = 67.207.128.184
# service mysql restart mysql start/running, process 2598
# etckeeper commit "Bound MySQL to public IP address" Committing to: /etc/ modified mysql/my.cnf Committed revision 7.
# vim /etc/iptables.up.rules
# Allows MySQL connections from John's house -A INPUT -s <John's IP>/32 -p tcp -m tcp --dport 3306 -j ACCEPT # Allows MySQL connections from localhost -A INPUT -s 127.0.0.1/32 -p tcp -m tcp --dport 3306 -j ACCEPT
# iptables -F # iptables-restore < /etc/iptables.up.rules # etckeeper commit "Updated firewall rules -- MySQL from John's house" Committing to: /etc/ modified iptables.up.rules Committed revision 8.
# mysql -uroot -p mysql> use mysql; mysql> select host, user from user mysql> create user 'pcwiki'@'<John's house>' identified by '<password>'; mysql> grant all privileges on pcwiki.* to 'pcwiki'@'<John's house>' with grant option; mysql> flush privileges;
My development version of MediaWiki can now connect to the production database!
John 2011-07-27 04:09
Installing fail2ban
See Fail2ban for information about installing and configuring the program.
# apt-get install fail2ban Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree Reading state information... Done The following extra packages will be installed: whois Suggested packages: python-gamin mailx The following NEW packages will be installed: fail2ban whois 0 upgraded, 2 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded. Need to get 129kB of archives. After this operation, 1032kB of additional disk space will be used. Do you want to continue [Y/n]? Get:1 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ lucid/universe fail2ban 0.8.4-1ubuntu1 [96.0kB] Get:2 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ lucid/main whois 5.0.0ubuntu3 [32.6kB] Fetched 129kB in 1s (123kB/s) Selecting previously deselected package fail2ban. (Reading database ... 17493 files and directories currently installed.) Unpacking fail2ban (from .../fail2ban_0.8.4-1ubuntu1_all.deb) ... Selecting previously deselected package whois. Unpacking whois (from .../whois_5.0.0ubuntu3_amd64.deb) ... Processing triggers for man-db ... Processing triggers for ureadahead ... Setting up fail2ban (0.8.4-1ubuntu1) ...
Setting up whois (5.0.0ubuntu3) ... Processing triggers for python-central ... Committing to: /etc/ added fail2ban added default/fail2ban added fail2ban/action.d added fail2ban/fail2ban.conf added fail2ban/filter.d added fail2ban/jail.conf added fail2ban/action.d/complain.conf added fail2ban/action.d/dshield.conf added fail2ban/action.d/hostsdeny.conf added fail2ban/action.d/ipfilter.conf added fail2ban/action.d/ipfw.conf added fail2ban/action.d/iptables-allports.conf added fail2ban/action.d/iptables-multiport-log.conf added fail2ban/action.d/iptables-multiport.conf added fail2ban/action.d/iptables-new.conf added fail2ban/action.d/iptables.conf added fail2ban/action.d/mail-buffered.conf added fail2ban/action.d/mail-whois-lines.conf added fail2ban/action.d/mail-whois.conf added fail2ban/action.d/mail.conf added fail2ban/action.d/mynetwatchman.conf added fail2ban/action.d/sendmail-buffered.conf added fail2ban/action.d/sendmail-whois-lines.conf added fail2ban/action.d/sendmail-whois.conf added fail2ban/action.d/sendmail.conf added fail2ban/action.d/shorewall.conf added fail2ban/filter.d/apache-auth.conf added fail2ban/filter.d/apache-badbots.conf added fail2ban/filter.d/apache-nohome.conf added fail2ban/filter.d/apache-noscript.conf added fail2ban/filter.d/apache-overflows.conf added fail2ban/filter.d/common.conf added fail2ban/filter.d/courierlogin.conf added fail2ban/filter.d/couriersmtp.conf added fail2ban/filter.d/cyrus-imap.conf added fail2ban/filter.d/exim.conf added fail2ban/filter.d/gssftpd.conf added fail2ban/filter.d/lighttpd-fastcgi.conf added fail2ban/filter.d/named-refused.conf added fail2ban/filter.d/pam-generic.conf added fail2ban/filter.d/php-url-fopen.conf added fail2ban/filter.d/postfix.conf added fail2ban/filter.d/proftpd.conf added fail2ban/filter.d/pure-ftpd.conf added fail2ban/filter.d/qmail.conf added fail2ban/filter.d/sasl.conf added fail2ban/filter.d/sieve.conf added fail2ban/filter.d/sshd-ddos.conf added fail2ban/filter.d/sshd.conf added fail2ban/filter.d/vsftpd.conf added fail2ban/filter.d/webmin-auth.conf added fail2ban/filter.d/wuftpd.conf added fail2ban/filter.d/xinetd-fail.conf added init.d/fail2ban added logrotate.d/fail2ban added rc0.d/K99fail2ban added rc1.d/K99fail2ban added rc2.d/S99fail2ban added rc3.d/S99fail2ban added rc4.d/S99fail2ban added rc5.d/S99fail2ban added rc6.d/K99fail2ban Committed revision 6.
# iptables -L ... Chain fail2ban-ssh (1 references) target prot opt source destination RETURN all -- anywhere anywhere
Then I tried dud logins from loki.progsoc.uts.edu.au, and
# iptables -L ... Chain fail2ban-ssh (1 references) target prot opt source destination DROP all -- loki.progsoc.uts.edu.au anywhere RETURN all -- anywhere anywhere
Which is what we wanted to see.
John 2011-07-27 03:41
Configuring IPTables
See this article for information on configuring IPTables.
# vim /etc/iptables.up.rules
*filter # Allows all loopback (lo0) traffic and drop all traffic to 127/8 that doesn't use lo0 -A INPUT -i lo -j ACCEPT -A INPUT ! -i lo -d 127.0.0.0/8 -j REJECT # Accepts all established inbound connections -A INPUT -m state --state ESTABLISHED,RELATED -j ACCEPT # Allows all outbound traffic # You can modify this to only allow certain traffic -A OUTPUT -j ACCEPT # Allows HTTP and HTTPS connections from anywhere (the normal ports for websites) -A INPUT -p tcp --dport 80 -j ACCEPT -A INPUT -p tcp --dport 443 -j ACCEPT # Allows SSH connections -A INPUT -p tcp -m state --state NEW --dport 22 -j ACCEPT # Allow ping -A INPUT -p icmp -m icmp --icmp-type 8 -j ACCEPT # log iptables denied calls -A INPUT -m limit --limit 5/min -j LOG --log-prefix "iptables denied: " --log-level 7 # Reject all other inbound - default deny unless explicitly allowed policy -A INPUT -j REJECT -A FORWARD -j REJECT COMMIT
# iptables-restore < /etc/iptables.up.rules # iptables -L Chain INPUT (policy ACCEPT) target prot opt source destination ACCEPT all -- anywhere anywhere REJECT all -- anywhere 127.0.0.0/8 reject-with icmp-port-unreachable ACCEPT all -- anywhere anywhere state RELATED,ESTABLISHED ACCEPT tcp -- anywhere anywhere tcp dpt:www ACCEPT tcp -- anywhere anywhere tcp dpt:https ACCEPT tcp -- anywhere anywhere state NEW tcp dpt:30000 ACCEPT icmp -- anywhere anywhere icmp echo-request LOG all -- anywhere anywhere limit: avg 5/min burst 5 LOG level debug prefix `iptables denied: ' REJECT all -- anywhere anywhere reject-with icmp-port-unreachable
Chain FORWARD (policy ACCEPT) target prot opt source destination REJECT all -- anywhere anywhere reject-with icmp-port-unreachable
Chain OUTPUT (policy ACCEPT) target prot opt source destination ACCEPT all -- anywhere anywhere
# vim /etc/network/if-pre-up.d/iptables
#!/bin/sh /sbin/iptables-restore < /etc/iptables.up.rules
# chmod +x /etc/network/if-pre-up.d/iptables # etckeeper commit "Configured IPTables" Committing to: /etc/ added iptables.up.rules added network/if-pre-up.d/iptables Committed revision 4.
The commands for modifying IPTables firewall rules are now:
# vim /etc/iptables.up.rules # /sbin/iptables -F # /sbin/iptables-restore < /etc/iptables.up.rules # etckeeper commit "Updated firewall rules"
John 2011-07-27 03:33
Disabling root SSH login
Per the instructions Disabling Direct Root Login (SSH),
$ sudo -s # cd /etc/ssh # vim sshd_config
Changed line 26 to,
PermitRootLogin no
Then,
$ sudo service ssh restart $ sudo etckeeper commit "Disabled root logins"
John 2011-07-27 03:27
Configuring the system locale
Per the instructions,
$ sudo /usr/sbin/locale-gen en_AU.UTF-8 Generating locales... en_AU.UTF-8... done Generation complete. $ sudo /usr/sbin/update-locale LANG=en_AU.UTF-8 $ sudo etckeeper commit "Set system locale"
John 2011-07-27 03:20
Configuring jj5's environment
Per the instructions about configuring the Environment, I added,
# JE 2011-07-27 03:16 export EDITOR=/usr/bin/vim
to end of /home/jj5/.profile
and ran,
$ sudo update-alternatives --config editor There are 3 choices for the alternative editor (providing /usr/bin/editor).
Selection Path Priority Status ------------------------------------------------------------ * 0 /bin/nano 40 auto mode 1 /bin/nano 40 manual mode 2 /usr/bin/vim.basic 30 manual mode 3 /usr/bin/vim.tiny 10 manual mode
Press enter to keep the current choice[*], or type selection number: 2 update-alternatives: using /usr/bin/vim.basic to provide /usr/bin/editor (editor) in manual mode.
to configure the visudo editor. (Forgot to commit with etckeeper!)
John 2011-07-27 01:20
Creating a favicon.ico
MediaWiki is configured to use one, and web-browsers are requesting it, and it's 404ing, so best if I put a file there. Used iconj to generate a favicon.ico file, and used WinSCP to copy it to /var/www/www.progclub.org/favicon.ico on Charity.
Was having a problem with the favicon.ico loading in firefox, so I generated a new one with favicon.cc. I don't actually think the favicon.ico file was the problem though. But the change has been made now, and there's no point reverting it, because it's all working.
John 2011-07-27 01:01
Configuring robots.txt
Having some trouble with search engine looking for URLs from the previous domain owners. Going to setup a robots.txt file to try and fix up what I can there. Found 6 methods to control what and how your content appears in search engines to help guide me.
# cd /var/www/www.progclub.org/ # vim robots.txt
User-agent: * Disallow: /stories/ Disallow: /story/ Disallow: /members/ Disallow: /vehicles/
Will expand on this as other URLs that need addressing become apparent in the logs.
Watching the Apache web-logs
Created /home/jj5/bin/spy to setup a window to watch the web-logs.
#!/bin/bash sudo tail -f /var/log/apache2/access.log /var/log/apache2/ssl_access.log
John 2011-07-26 22:25
Adding user key720
# adduser key720 Adding user `key720' ... Adding new group `key720' (1003) ... Adding new user `key720' (1003) with group `key720' ... Creating home directory `/home/key720' ... Copying files from `/etc/skel' ... Enter new UNIX password: Retype new UNIX password: passwd: password updated successfully Changing the user information for key720 Enter the new value, or press ENTER for the default Full Name []: <name> Room Number []: Work Phone []: Home Phone []: Other []: Is the information correct? [Y/n]
Also added Key to the wiki.
Tasaio 2011-07-26 21:39
Setting up Etckeeper
$ sudo apt-get install etckeeper
That's really all there is to it. There's an auto commit every day, an autocommit whenever you apt-get install something and you can manually commit your changes using:
$ sudo etckeeper commit "Changed foo to achieve bar"
See the commit log for a file with:
$ sudo bzr log /etc/passwd
This means we should be able to see with reasonable accuracy what changed when, and as long as people commit their changes (and use sudo rather than abusing sudo su or the like), we'll even know who did it. Useful for quickly rolling back silly changes and catching those changes people forget to log on the wiki.
John 2011-07-26 09:55
Adding user sanguinev
# adduser sanguinev Adding user `sanguinev' ... Adding new group `sanguinev' (1002) ... Adding new user `sanguinev' (1002) with group `sanguinev' ... Creating home directory `/home/sanguinev' ... Copying files from `/etc/skel' ... Enter new UNIX password: Retype new UNIX password: passwd: password updated successfully Changing the user information for sanguinev Enter the new value, or press ENTER for the default Full Name []: Thomas Room Number []: Work Phone []: Home Phone []: Other []: Is the information correct? [Y/n]
# gpasswd -a sanguinev sudo Adding user sanguinev to group sudo
Added a wiki user too.
John 2011-07-26 09:13
Adding user jj5
root@charity:~# adduser jj5 Adding user `jj5' ... Adding new group `jj5' (1000) ... Adding new user `jj5' (1000) with group `jj5' ... Creating home directory `/home/jj5' ... Copying files from `/etc/skel' ... Enter new UNIX password: Retype new UNIX password: passwd: password updated successfully Changing the user information for jj5 Enter the new value, or press ENTER for the default Full Name []: John Elliot Room Number []: Work Phone []: Home Phone []: Other []: Is the information correct? [Y/n]
root@charity:~# gpasswd -a jj5 sudo Adding user jj5 to group sudo
That was easy. PuTTY says it works!
Adding user tasaio
root@charity:~# adduser tasaio Adding user `tasaio' ... Adding new group `tasaio' (1001) ... Adding new user `tasaio' (1001) with group `tasaio' ... Creating home directory `/home/tasaio' ... Copying files from `/etc/skel' ... Enter new UNIX password: Retype new UNIX password: passwd: password updated successfully Changing the user information for tasaio Enter the new value, or press ENTER for the default Full Name []: Justin Room Number []: Work Phone []: Home Phone []: Other []: Is the information correct? [Y/n] root@charity:~# gpasswd -a tasaio sudo Adding user tasaio to group sudo
That was easy too! Will create a wiki user for him too.
John 2011-07-26 08:47
I could be accused of ignorance. When I created my key file for the CSR request I nominated a pass-phrase. This phrase is required to be entered every time you restart Apache. Gah! Until I can figure out a way to fix it I've created a script in /sbin called restart-apache which enters the key's pass-phrase automatically.
# cd /sbin # vim restart-apache
#!/bin/bash echo <the pass phrase> | apache2ctl graceful
# chmod u+x restart-apache # restart-apache
Works swimmingly. Will reboot to see what happens when apache tries to load from a boot.
Apache chokes on boot. Found this article, which suggests,
# cd ~ # cp progclub.key progclub.key.pass-phrase # openssl rsa -in progclub.key.pass-phrase -out progclub.key # chmod 400 progclub.* # reboot
Hopefully Apache comes back up this time... yep!
Will keep the restart-apache script in sbin, but will remove the part that specified the key pass-phrase.
John 2011-07-26 06:20
Getting an HTTPS certificate
Searched for certificate sni cheap, found Go Daddy SSL Certificate. Decided on the Multiple Domains UCC - A$82.93/yr setup, which looks like it will suit us. Picked up to 5 domains for 3 years. It offered me free .mobi registration, so I added progclub.mobi. I then also added progclub.biz and progclub.co, I'm a sucker. Registration information recorded in Blackbrick Account Manager. Setup the nameservers for the new domains to point to ns*.slicehost.net via My Account.
Had to generated a Certificate Signing Request (CSR) per these instructions (for Apache 2.x).
# cd ~ # openssl genrsa -des3 -out progclub.key 2048 # openssl req -new -key progclub.key -out progclub.csr
See Blackbrick Account Manager for full details.
Certificate Type
- Hosting: Third Party Hosting
- Domain Name: www.progclub.org
- Certificate Issuing Organization: Go Daddy
- Subject Alt Names: www.progclub.net www.progclub.mobi www.progclub.info www.progclub.co
You're through!
Your certificate will be issued shortly.
You can monitor the progress of your certificate application by going to the Pending Requests folder and clicking your Common Name. When we are through verifying your application, you will receive an email with further instructions.
Downloaded the progclub.org.zip that was eventually generated, and used WinSCP to copy it to root's home directory on charity. Found info about Installing an SSL Certificate in Apache.
# cd /etc/apache2/sites-available/ # vim default-ssl
Set,
ServerAdmin jj5@jj5.net DocumentRoot /var/www/www.progclub.org
# cd ~ # ls progclub.csr progclub.key progclub.org.zip # unzip progclub.org.zip -bash: unzip: command not found # apt-get install unzip Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree Reading state information... Done Suggested packages: zip The following NEW packages will be installed: unzip 0 upgraded, 1 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded. Need to get 189kB of archives. After this operation, 406kB of additional disk space will be used. Get:1 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ lucid/main unzip 6.0-1build1 [189kB] Fetched 189kB in 0s (195kB/s) Selecting previously deselected package unzip. (Reading database ... 15343 files and directories currently installed.) Unpacking unzip (from .../unzip_6.0-1build1_amd64.deb) ... Processing triggers for man-db ... Setting up unzip (6.0-1build1) ... # unzip progclub.org.zip Archive: progclub.org.zip inflating: gd_bundle.crt inflating: progclub.org.crt # ls gd_bundle.crt progclub.csr progclub.key progclub.org.crt progclub.org.zip # cd /etc/apache2/sites-available/ # vim default-ssl
#SSLCertificateFile /etc/ssl/certs/ssl-cert-snakeoil.pem SSLCertificateFile /root/progclub.org.crt #SSLCertificateKeyFile /etc/ssl/private/ssl-cert-snakeoil.key SSLCertificateKeyFile /root/progclub.key
#SSLCertificateChainFile /etc/apache2/ssl.crt/server-ca.crt SSLCertificateChainFile /root/gd_bundle.crt
Saved changes.
# a2ensite default-ssl # /etc/init.d/apache2 reload * Reloading web server config apache2 [ OK ] # a2enmod ssl Enabling module ssl. See /usr/share/doc/apache2.2-common/README.Debian.gz on how to configure SSL and create self-signed certificates. Run '/etc/init.d/apache2 restart' to activate new configuration! # /etc/init.d/apache2 restart
Navigated to https://www.progclub.org/, and it worked!
# cd /etc/apache2/sites-enabled/ # vim 000-default-ssl
Alias /pc /var/www/www.progclub.org/mediawiki-1.17.0/index.php
The secure wiki is now working!
John 2011-07-25 17:53
Installing MediaWiki
Found the MediaWiki download page, which references mediawiki-1.17.0.tar.gz.
# cd /var/www/www.progclub.org/ # wget http://download.wikimedia.org/mediawiki/1.17/mediawiki-1.17.0.tar.gz # ls index.html mediawiki-1.17.0.tar.gz test.php # tar xzf mediawiki-1.17.0.tar.gz # ls index.html mediawiki-1.17.0 mediawiki-1.17.0.tar.gz test.php # rm mediawiki-1.17.0.tar.gz # cd mediawiki-1.17.0/ # ls COPYING bin languages redirect.php5 CREDITS cache load.php redirect.phtml FAQ config load.php5 resources HISTORY docs maintenance serialized INSTALL extensions math skins README images mw-config thumb.php RELEASE-NOTES img_auth.php opensearch_desc.php thumb.php5 StartProfiler.sample img_auth.php5 opensearch_desc.php5 trackback.php UPGRADE includes php5.php5 trackback.php5 api.php index.php profileinfo.php wiki.phtml api.php5 index.php5 redirect.php
Didn't find a LocalSettings.php, which is what I was expecting, so reading INSTALL.
# less INSTALL
It told me to navigate to the setup page. The setup page complained about a missing LocalSettings.php, so they haven't changed that after all. Clicked on setup the wiki.
Specified,
* Your language: en - English * Wiki language: en - English
Clicked continue, and amoung it's checks was a complaint:
Could not find a suitable database driver! You need to install a database driver for PHP. The following database types are supported: MySQL, PostgreSQL, Oracle, SQLite.
If you are on shared hosting, ask your hosting provider to install a suitable database driver. If you compiled PHP yourself, reconfigure it with a database client enabled, for example using ./configure --with-mysql. If you installed PHP from a Debian or Ubuntu package, then you also need install the php5-mysql module.
So,
# apt-get install php5-mysql # apache2ctl graceful
Then reloaded the config page,
The environment has been checked. You can install MediaWiki.
Clicked continue, and got the Connect to database page. Looks like I'm going to need a database user for the wiki, so
# mysql -h localhost -u root --password=<password> Welcome to the MySQL monitor. Commands end with ; or \g. Your MySQL connection id is 36 Server version: 5.1.41-3ubuntu12.10 (Ubuntu)
Type 'help;' or '\h' for help. Type '\c' to clear the current input statement.
mysql> create user 'pcwiki'@'localhost' identified by '<password>'; Query OK, 0 rows affected (0.00 sec)
mysql> exit Bye
Back on the config page:
* Database type: MySQL * Database host: localhost * Database name: pcwiki * Database table prefix: pcwiki__ * Database username: pcwiki * Database password: <password>
Clicked continue, and got the Database settings page. Specified,
* Database account for web access: Use the same account as for installation * Storage engine: InnoDB (the default, other choice was MyISAM) * Database character set: UTF-8 (not the default, the default choice was Binary)
Clicked continue, and got the Name page. Specified,
* Name of wiki: ProgClub * Project namespace: Same as the wiki name: ProgClub
Configuration for the Administrator account,
* Your name: John * Password: <password> * Password again: <password> * E-mail address: jj5@jj5.net
You are almost done! You can now skip the remaining configuration and install the wiki right now.
Chose Ask me more questions, and got the Options page. Specified,
* User rights profile: Traditional wiki * Copyright and license: No license footer
* Enable outbound e-mail: true * Return e-mail address: wiki@progclub.org * Enable user-to-user e-mail: true * Enable user talk page notification: true * Enable watchlist notification: true * Enable e-mail authentication: true
* Enable file uploads: true * Directory for deleted files: /var/www/www.progclub.org/mediawiki-1.17.0/images/deleted * Logo URL: /res/img/logo.png
* Settings for object caching: No caching
Clicked Continue, and got the confirmation page. Clicked Continue again. Got an error because the database user couldn't create the database. Created the database manually,
# mysql -h localhost -u root --password=<password> Welcome to the MySQL monitor. Commands end with ; or \g. Your MySQL connection id is 43 Server version: 5.1.41-3ubuntu12.10 (Ubuntu)
Type 'help;' or '\h' for help. Type '\c' to clear the current input statement.
mysql> create database `pcwiki`; Query OK, 1 row affected (0.00 sec)
mysql> exit Bye
Decided it would be easier to let MediaWiki create the database, so went back and specified the database config details to use the root user. I will change this to be the pcwiki user manually after the database has been created.
Setting up database... done Creating tables... done Creating database user... done Populating default interwiki table... done Initializing statistics... done Generating secret keys... done Creating administrator user account... done Creating main page with default content... done
Clicked continue,
Congratulations! You have successfully installed MediaWiki.
The installer has generated a LocalSettings.php file. It contains all your configuration.
You will need to download it and put it in the base of your wiki installation (the same directory as index.php). The download should have started automatically.
If the download was not offered, or if you cancelled it, you can restart the download by clicking the link below: Download LocalSettings.php
Note: If you do not do this now, this generated configuration file will not be available to you later if you exit the installation without downloading it.
When that has been done, you can enter your wiki.
Downloaded the LocalSettings.php file and copied it to /var/www/www.progclub.org/mediawiki.1.17.0
Edited LocalSettings.php and changed the database user:
$wgDBuser = "pcwiki"; $wgDBpassword = "<password>";
Also added an article path:
$wgArticlePath = "/pc/$1";
Also need to grant access for pcwiki user:
# mysql -h localhost -u root --password=<password> Welcome to the MySQL monitor. Commands end with ; or \g. Your MySQL connection id is 54 Server version: 5.1.41-3ubuntu12.10 (Ubuntu)
Type 'help;' or '\h' for help. Type '\c' to clear the current input statement.
mysql> grant all privileges on pcwiki.* to pcwiki@localhost; Query OK, 0 rows affected (0.11 sec)
mysql> exit Bye
Then need to edit apache conf file to include the pc alias:
# cd /etc/apache2/sites-enabled/ # vim 000-default
added,
Alias /pc /var/www/www.progclub.org/mediawiki-1.17.0/index.php
then,
# apache2ctl graceful
Also,
# cd /var/www/www.progclub.org/ # mkdir res # mkdir res/img
Then uploaded a logo.png to there with WinSCP. The logo settings hadn't been properly specified in the generated LocalSettings.php file, so,
# cd /var/www/www.progclub.org/mediawiki-1.17.0/ # vim LocalSettings.php
and changed the logo setting,
$wgLogo = "/res/img/logo.png";
Checked the wiki, and it's all working nicely.
John 2011-07-25 17:12
Preparing WWW hosting
# cd /var/www # mkdir www.progclub.org # mv index.html test.php www.progclub.org/ # ls # cd www.progclub.org/ # ls index.html test.php
Everything is in order.
# cd /etc/apache2/sites-enabled/ # ls 000-default # vim 000-default
Specified ServerAdmin,
ServerAdmin jj5@progclub.org
Changed document root,
DocumentRoot /var/www/www.progclub.org/
Changed the <Directory /var/www/> section to,
<Directory /var/www/www.progclub.org/>
Saved changes and quit vim. Restarted apache,
# apache2ctl graceful
Apache complained,
apache2: Could not reliably determine the server's fully qualified domain name, using charity.progclub.org for ServerName
Searched for "apache2: Could not reliably determine the server's fully qualified domain name, using " and found an answer.
Ran,
# hostname charity.progclub.org
which I guess is a better way to set the hostname than editing /etc/hostname like I did. :P
Ran,
# apache2ctl graceful
again, and got the same error,
apache2: Could not reliably determine the server's fully qualified domain name, using charity.progclub.org for ServerName
Tried a reboot to see if the hostname is updated after that,
# reboot
Still having problems with,
# apache2ctl graceful
So read more of the answer, and then,
# hostname charity # vim /etc/hosts
Specified the file contents as
127.0.0.1 localhost localhost.localdomain 67.207.128.184 charity charity.progclub.org
Then rebooted,
# reboot
Ran hostname and got,
# hostname charity.progclub.org
So edited /etc/hostname and specified
charity
Rebooted,
# reboot
Searched for "/etc/hostname", and found an answer. Short name goes in /etc/hostname, so we should be configured correctly now. Apache is still complaining though,
# apache2ctl graceful apache2: Could not reliably determine the server's fully qualified domain name, using 67.207.128.184 for ServerName
and it's using the IP address rather than charity.progclub.org now. Will manually specify ServerName in /etc/apache2/sites-enabled/000-default
# cd /etc/apache2/sites-enabled/ # vim 000-default
Added,
ServerName charity.progclub.org
Ran,
# apache2ctl graceful
again, and got the same friggin' error! More web-searching... found a different answer, tried editing /etc/hosts to put the names the other way around,
# vim /etc/hosts
127.0.0.1 localhost.localdomain localhost 67.207.128.184 charity.progclub.org charity
Rebooted,
# reboot
Tried apache2ctl again,
# apache2ctl graceful
And got no error! Yay!
Checked
* www.progclub.org
and found everything to be working. Web hosting is now configured.
John 2011-07-25 17:11
PHP software installation
I created a test.php file at /var/www/test.php to see if PHP was working out-of-the-box. I navigated to test.php to check, and it tried to download the PHP file, so I guess PHP isn't installed.
The test.php file I used was,
<? phpinfo(); ?>
Searched for PHP installation candidate,
# apt-cache search php5 | less
Found php5, which looks promising.
# apt-get install php5
The following extra packages will be installed: apache2-mpm-prefork libapache2-mod-php5 php5-common Suggested packages: php-pear php5-suhosin The following packages will be REMOVED: apache2-mpm-worker The following NEW packages will be installed: apache2-mpm-prefork libapache2-mod-php5 php5 php5-common 0 upgraded, 4 newly installed, 1 to remove and 0 not upgraded. Need to get 3544kB of archives. After this operation, 9568kB of additional disk space will be used. Do you want to continue [Y/n]?
Get:1 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ lucid-updates/main apache2-mpm-prefork 2.2.14-5ubuntu8.4 [2420B] Get:2 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ lucid-updates/main php5-common 5.3.2-1ubuntu4.9 [551kB] Get:3 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ lucid-updates/main libapache2-mod-php5 5.3.2-1ubuntu4.9 [2990kB] Get:4 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ lucid-updates/main php5 5.3.2-1ubuntu4.9 [1112B] Fetched 3544kB in 1s (1913kB/s) dpkg: apache2-mpm-worker: dependency problems, but removing anyway as you requested: apache2 depends on apache2-mpm-worker (= 2.2.14-5ubuntu8.4) | apache2-mpm-prefork (= 2.2.14-5ubuntu8.4) | apache2-mpm-event (= 2.2.14-5ubuntu8.4) | apache2-mpm-itk (= 2.2.14-5ubuntu8.4); however: Package apache2-mpm-worker is to be removed. Package apache2-mpm-prefork is not installed. Package apache2-mpm-event is not installed. Package apache2-mpm-itk is not installed. (Reading database ... 15291 files and directories currently installed.) Removing apache2-mpm-worker ... * Stopping web server apache2 apache2: Could not reliably determine the server's fully qualified domain name, using 67.207.128.184 for ServerName ... waiting . [ OK ] Selecting previously deselected package apache2-mpm-prefork. (Reading database ... 15283 files and directories currently installed.) Unpacking apache2-mpm-prefork (from .../apache2-mpm-prefork_2.2.14-5ubuntu8.4_amd64.deb) ... Selecting previously deselected package php5-common. Unpacking php5-common (from .../php5-common_5.3.2-1ubuntu4.9_amd64.deb) ... Selecting previously deselected package libapache2-mod-php5. Unpacking libapache2-mod-php5 (from .../libapache2-mod-php5_5.3.2-1ubuntu4.9_amd64.deb) ... Selecting previously deselected package php5. Unpacking php5 (from .../php5_5.3.2-1ubuntu4.9_all.deb) ... Setting up apache2-mpm-prefork (2.2.14-5ubuntu8.4) ... * Starting web server apache2 apache2: Could not reliably determine the server's fully qualified domain name, using 67.207.128.184 for ServerName [ OK ] Setting up php5-common (5.3.2-1ubuntu4.9) ... Setting up libapache2-mod-php5 (5.3.2-1ubuntu4.9) ... Creating config file /etc/php5/apache2/php.ini with new version * Reloading web server config apache2 apache2: Could not reliably determine the server's fully qualified domain name, using 67.207.128.184 for ServerName [ OK ] Setting up php5 (5.3.2-1ubuntu4.9) ...
Noticed the complaining about the server's fully qualified domain name, so
# vim /etc/hostname
and changed from
charity
to
charity.progclub.org
Then I rebooted,
# reboot
Logged in again and checked the hostname,
# hostname
which was correctly reported as,
charity.progclub.org
Then I navigated to the test.php page, and got back the phpinfo().
John 2011-07-25 16:40
Apache and MySQL software installation
Searched for MySQL software,
# apt-cache search mysql | less
Found mysql-server, which looks like a good candidate.
Searched for Apache software,
# apt-cache search apache2 | less
Found apache2, which looks like a good candidate.
# apt-get install apache2 mysql-server
The following extra packages will be installed: apache2-mpm-worker apache2-utils apache2.2-bin apache2.2-common libapr1 libaprutil1 libaprutil1-dbd-sqlite3 libaprutil1-ldap libdbd-mysql-perl libdbi-perl libexpat1 libhtml-template-perl libmysqlclient16 libnet-daemon-perl libplrpc-perl mysql-client-5.1 mysql-client-core-5.1 mysql-common mysql-server-5.1 mysql-server-core-5.1 psmisc ssl-cert Suggested packages: www-browser apache2-doc apache2-suexec apache2-suexec-custom ufw dbishell libipc-sharedcache-perl tinyca mailx The following NEW packages will be installed: apache2 apache2-mpm-worker apache2-utils apache2.2-bin apache2.2-common libapr1 libaprutil1 libaprutil1-dbd-sqlite3 libaprutil1-ldap libdbd-mysql-perl libdbi-perl libexpat1 libhtml-template-perl libmysqlclient16 libnet-daemon-perl libplrpc-perl mysql-client-5.1 mysql-client-core-5.1 mysql-common mysql-server mysql-server-5.1 mysql-server-core-5.1 psmisc ssl-cert
Configuring mysql-server-5.1
Dpkg showed a configuration screen for configuring the root password. I set one.
Apache and MySQL software installation, continued
I rebooted after installing the above software,
# reboot
I checked the Apache installation by navigating to www.progclub.org and It Works!
John 2011-07-25 16:34
SSH'ed in as root and ran:
# apt-get update # apt-get dist-upgrade # reboot
John 2011-07-25 16:00
Had to stuff around with resetting the root password on charity, but remote logins via SSH are working now for root.
John 2011-07-25 15:52
Configured the name server with progclub.org, progclub.net and progclub.info DNS zones on slicehost. The SliceManager should be used to maintain the DNS records for progclub.