Well now that you have installed a basic server install of CentOS we are going to setup the environment we need in order to use our server. What you haven’t installed CentOS 5 yet? You might want to check out part one of this then. For those of you who have already installed it lets move on.
This section covers the configuration of the firewall, ssh, and creating user accounts. The final part will cover the install of MySQL, PHP, and Pure-ftp.
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Setting up the ssh client for using public key authentication is pretty easy. But I remember before I knew how to do it I had to look it up all the time whenever I wanted to setup a machine. Now it’s become second nature so I am going to show you how it’s done.
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Here is my configuration file for OpenSSH server. I have configured it to use public key authentication, and have only left the password authentication on so that people can test it before they turn it off.
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I mostly work with Ubuntu because I like it. You might say that I’m not a real Linux guy because of this fact and I’m okay with that, you don’t know me. But because of some work requirements I am having to build up CentOS environments. So I figured I would document the build for my own sanity. This way when I have to build a similar one I have some instructions on what I did.
This is good news for me, and good news for you if you want to be like me and build servers. This server is going to be a Pure-ftp server install. So I’m going to have it setup for everything I need to have a working FTP server
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Building up a server for Ruby on Rails can be a big pain, especially if you don’t know what you are doing. Here is my build of an Ubuntu server using 8.04 Hardy Heron. You can use this as a guide to build either a server using the server or desktop edition of Ubuntu. It is all command line so it will work either way.
I am not going to cover the actual install of Ubuntu because this is going to be long enough without that. Ubuntu makes their installer very easy but if I get some requests to document the install process I might post it up later.
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I am not a Linux guru by any means but I know enough to get around. I am going to share with you my scripts for rotating the backups for a website that I manage. Anyone who knows a better way is welcome to share with me, but for now this is what I have and it works well enough for me.
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If you are a proud owner of an Apple computer and you have never heard of Quicksilver, go download it… I’m serious! Stop reading and go download it right now!!! You can get it here.
Now that you have it I will explain what this application does. Quicksilver is, in the most simple explanation possible, an application launcher. It will allow you to quickly access all of the applications and files in your computer. It will save you tons of time, and you will soon become addicted to it. It does do more than just launching applications of course but the other functions are more of an advanced use. Luckily for you I am providing links to videos that will explain everything from the begining to the advanced.
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I have been thinking about joining the blogging community for a long time. I have always felt that I have something to offer the rest of the world but unfortunately it wasn’t always apparent to me what that was. Recently my little sister graduated from college with a degree in graphic design. But the program she was in didn’t offer much help in building websites. I had the opportunity to go in and share my knowledge with some of her classmates, a little less than a year ago, only to find out that they didn’t want to learn how to make websites, they wanted to learn Dreamweaver.
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