Mark Alan Evans

Apache Configuration Virtual Hosts(sites-available & sites-active):

• http://library.linode.com/web-servers/apache/installation/ubuntu-9.10-karmic#installingapachemodules
• http://cloudservers.rackspacecloud.com/index.php/Ubuntu-ApacheConfigurationLayout
• Steps:
  • apt-get install apache2 apache2-doc apache2-utils
  • apt-get install php5-suhosin
  • apt-get install php5-mysql
  • apt-get install libapache2-mod-php5 php5 php-pear php5-xcache

Security: (SSH Keys):

http://cloudservers.rackspacecloud.com/index.php/BasicCloudServerSecurity

IPTables :

http://cloudservers.rackspacecloud.com/index.php/Sampleiptables_ruleset

APT-GET Repositories : For some reason the ubunto distro 9.04 didn’t have these added to its apt-get sources.list. So I added them.

deb http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ hardy universe deb-src http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ hardy universe deb http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ hardy-updates universe deb-src http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ hardy-updates universe

Installing Ruby:

sudo apt-get install build-essential libssl-dev libreadline5 libreadline5-dev zlib1g zlib1g-dev mkdir ~/src && cd ~/src wget ftp://ftp.ruby-lang.org/pub/ruby/1.9/ruby-1.9.1-p0.tar.gz tar -xvf ruby-1.9.1-p0.tar.gz cd ruby-1.9.1-p0 ./configure make make test sudo make install

Install Git

• https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Git
• apt-get install git-core

Install Rails

sudo gem update –system sudo gem install rails

Install Ruby Mysql Modul

sudo gem install mysql

Install Pecl src : http://www.markfosteronline.com/2009/01/04/how-to-install-a-php-pecl-extensionmodule-on-ubuntu/

• sudo apt-get install php-pear
• sudo apt-get install php5-dev
• sudo apt-get install libcurl4-openssl-dev
• sudo pecl install pecl_http     just hit enter and use defaults

Monitor ETH Port

• Use tcpdump -i eth0   to watch the ports

Install DTach – which allows you to run a session in a console, then dtach it, then go to another pc/console and attach.

• apt-get install dtach
• ex: dtach -A sessionname program arguments
  • press ctrl+\ to detach it from the terminal
  • then (from another computer or terminal) run “dtach -a sessionname”
• ex:
  • dtach -A MyBashSession bash -l
  • [press ctrl+]
  • dtach -a MyBashSession

MySQL / Socket Not Found

• sudo /etc/init.d/service mysql start

Install Zip

• pecal install zip
• * If it fails because of some error on expected = “” sudo apt-get install libpcre3-dev

Sources: http://rudygems.com/post/99075288/ruby-191-install