Linux Server Configuration Project

Project 6: Linux Server Configuration

by Mohannad M Nada

Resources used

• [DigitalOcean] (https://www.digitalocean.com/community/tutorials/how-to-deploy-a-flask-application-on-an-ubuntu-vps)
• [Access Remote Server and edit files] (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HcwK8IWc-a8)
• As explained by udacity lectures

IP Address

3.120.39.185

Port

22 (2200 TCP enabled)

URL

http://ec2-3-120-39-185.eu-central-1.compute.amazonaws.com/

Installed software

• Flask, apache2, pip, and the item catalog project dependencies.
• grader user created and added to sudoers as demanded.
• ufw enabled ports 2200, 80 and 123.

Summary of configurations made

• root access disabled
• grader can undergo sudo commands
• apache2 configured and app served as wsgi app.
• ports configured by ufw 2200 & 80 as tcp while 123 was configured as udp.
• database server is configured to serve data (postgresql db was created with username: catalog and password: catalog)
• catalog.conf file added to sites-available directory
• catalg.wsgi file in /var/www/catalog
• grader sudo password: grader