/linux-server-configuration

Linux Server Configuration

Project for the Udacity Full Stack Web Developer Nanodegree Program.

Submission

1. The IP address and SSH port so your server can be accessed by the reviewer.

IP: 52.59.4.116 PORT: 2200

2. The complete URL to your hosted web application.

http://52.59.4.116

3. A summary of software you installed and configuration changes made.

Installed packages: apache2, postgresql, finger, libapache2-mod-wsgi.

sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install apache2 postgresql finger libapache2-mod-wsgi

4. A list of any third-party resources you made use of to complete this project.

  1. mod_wsgi (Apache)
  2. How to create user for a db in postgresql?

5. Update all currently installed packages

sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get upgrade
sudo apt-get dist-upgrade

6. Change the SSH port from 22 to 2200

  1. Use sudo vim /etc/ssh/sshd_config and then change Port 22 to Port 2200 , save & quit.
  2. Reload SSH using sudo service ssh restart

7. Configure the Uncomplicated Firewall (UFW)

ufw status
ufw allow 2200/tcp
ufw allow www
ufw allow ntp
ufw enable
ufw status