Service Deployment Documentation

Overview

This document tracks the setup and configuration of web and database services on our Ubuntu Server VM.

Web Server Setup

1. Apache Installation and Basic Configuration ✅

# Update package list
sudo apt update

# Install Apache
sudo apt install apache2

# Check service status
sudo systemctl status apache2

# Allow HTTP through firewall
sudo ufw allow 'Apache Full'

Installation Status

Apache installed and running
Default page accessible
Firewall configured for HTTP/HTTPS

Configuration Plan

Basic Setup
- Install Apache
- Configure firewall
- Test default page
- Set up virtual hosts
Security Hardening
- Configure SSL/TLS
- Set up mod_security
- Configure proper permissions
- Implement best practices
Performance Tuning
- Optimize Apache configuration
- Enable caching
- Configure logging

2. Virtual Hosts Configuration

# Create directory structure
sudo mkdir -p /var/www/your-domain
sudo chown -R $USER:$USER /var/www/your-domain
sudo chmod -R 755 /var/www/your-domain

# Create sample page
sudo nano /var/www/your-domain/index.html

Sample index.html content:

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
    <title>Welcome to Your Domain</title>
</head>
<body>
    <h1>Success! Your virtual host is working!</h1>
</body>
</html>

Create virtual host configuration:

# Create new virtual host file
sudo nano /etc/apache2/sites-available/your-domain.conf

Virtual host configuration:

<VirtualHost *:80>
    ServerAdmin webmaster@localhost
    ServerName your-domain
    ServerAlias www.your-domain
    DocumentRoot /var/www/your-domain
    ErrorLog ${APACHE_LOG_DIR}/your-domain_error.log
    CustomLog ${APACHE_LOG_DIR}/your-domain_access.log combined
</VirtualHost>

Enable the site:

# Enable virtual host
sudo a2ensite your-domain.conf

# Disable default site (optional)
sudo a2dissite 000-default.conf

# Test configuration
sudo apache2ctl configtest

# Reload Apache
sudo systemctl reload apache2

3. Apache Basic Security ✅

# Basic security configurations
sudo cp /etc/apache2/apache2.conf /etc/apache2/apache2.conf.bak

# Secure directory permissions
sudo chown -R root:root /etc/apache2
sudo chmod -R 644 /etc/apache2
sudo find /etc/apache2 -type d -exec chmod 755 {} \;

Database Server Setup

1. MySQL Installation and Initial Setup ✅

# Install MySQL
sudo apt install mysql-server

# Check service status
sudo systemctl status mysql

# Run security script
sudo mysql_secure_installation

2. Database and User Setup

# Access MySQL as root
sudo mysql

# Inside MySQL prompt:

# Create new database
CREATE DATABASE homelab;

# Create new user
CREATE USER 'admin'@'localhost' IDENTIFIED BY 'Password123!';

# Grant privileges
GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON homelab.* TO 'admin'@'localhost';
FLUSH PRIVILEGES;

# Verify setup

SHOW DATABASES;
SELECT user,host FROM mysql.user;

Implementation Status

Web Server
- Basic Installation
- Security Configuration
- Performance Optimization
Database Server
- Basic Installation
- Security Setup
- User Management

Service Configuration Status

Apache
- Installation
- Basic Security
MySQL
- Installation
- Root Password
- Database Users

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