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Ubuntu Server

Virtual Server

• Create a virtual server on stbch11.stb.sun.ac.za, using Ubuntu 12.04 LTS 64 bit.
• Use 15GB disk storage, 512MB memory and the 20 segment network.
• During installation, when "tasksel" pops-up, select to install the OpenSSH server.
• Use 5GB for the root and 10GB for var. Swap is about 1GB.

MAC Address Network Registration

• Register the MAC address on RTAD, then setup server network.
• Wait at least 10 mins, then restart the server and continue with installation.

After Installation and Network Setup

• After installation, login remotely using SSH and setup local repositories and perform a software upgrade.

sudo -i

cd /etc/apt

wget http://web.lib.sun.ac.za/files/sources.list-12.04

cp sources.list-12.04 sources.list

apt-get update

apt-get dist-upgrade

reboot

Extra Software

• Run the following and install the LAMP Stack

 tasksel

• For OJS and OCS

apt-get install php5-cli php5-curl php5-xmlrpc ttf-freefont catdoc antiword pstotext libxalan2-java libsaxon-java postfix lynx-cur poppler-utils

• For System Admin

apt-get install phpmyadmin apticron mc cron-apt ntp git-core

• Edit ntp conf file.

nano /etc/ntp.conf

• For VMWARE guest (If applicable)

http://ubuntu.sun.ac.za/wiki/index.php/VMWare-Tools

Setup Postfix Email

• Setup mail gateway through the local campus email server mail.sun.ac.za.

dpkg-reconfigure postfix

• Deliver root email to scholar@sun.ac.za.

nano /etc/aliases

newaliases

Apache

• Enable mod_rewrite

 a2enmod rewrite

• Setup Apache permissions. AllowOverride All in config file.

nano /etc/apache2/sites-enabled/000-default

• Setup PHP file limits

nano /etc/php5/apache2/php.ini

Change the following

• upload_max_filesize to 1000M.
• post_max_size to 1000M.
• max_execution_time to 300

Remove the mcrypt error.

nano /etc/php5/conf.d/mcrypt.ini

Remove the commented line.

• Restart Apache web server

/etc/init.d/apache2 restart

Campus Firewall

1. Take note of the IP address and create a change control request on RTAD to open ports 80 and 443 on the campus firewall for the virtual server.
2. Check status of open hosts on: https://maties2.sun.ac.za/rtad4/useradm