Server Installation

• Introduction
• Installation Requirements
• Install Apache
• Install PHP
• Install mysql
• Install phpmyadmin
• Install composer
• Install Jenkins
• Setup Laravel Supervisor

Introduction

We are strongly prefer any Server with ubuntu OS. Because it is quite easy to setup and maintain.

• Minimum Server Requirements
  • Any server with UBUNTU Preferred
  • 4 GB Ram
  • 30 GB Storage
  • vCPU 2 cores

Installation Requirements

1. Apache
2. PHP7.2
3. mysql
4. phpmyadmin
5. composer
6. Jenkins/FTP
7. Laravel Supervisor

3. Install Apache

• Open the ssh terminal using pemfile of your aws instance

• Run "sudo apt install apache2" to install an apache2

• Run "sudo apt update"

• Run "sudo nano /etc/apache2/sites-available/000-default.conf" to edit the config follow next step.

• <Directory /var/www/html>

          Options -Indexes
          AllowOverride All
          Require all granted
          ErrorDocument 403 "You Don't have a permission to access this URL"
          ErrorDocument 404 "Requesting Page not Found. Contact admin for further details"
    </Directory>

• Run "sudo service apache2 restart" to restart the apache2.

• Reference Link : https://www.digitalocean.com/community/tutorials/how-to-install-the-apache-web-server-on-ubuntu-20-04

4.Install PHP7.2

Please follow the instrctions from the reference link below. And Install the php extensions below. bcmath,bz2,intl,gd,mbstring,mysql,zip,fpm,curl,xml

Reference Link : https://computingforgeeks.com/how-to-install-php-on-ubuntu/

5.Install mysql

Run the below commands one by one

• sudo apt-get update
• sudo apt-get install mysql-server
• mysql_secure_installation
• sudo service mysql restart

To create a new user for mysql

• sudo mysql -u root
• use mysql;
• GRANT ALL ON . TO 'taxi_user'@'%' IDENTIFIED BY 'TaxiUser@123' WITH GRANT OPTION;
• FLUSH PRIVILEGES;

Reference Link : https://www.digitalocean.com/community/tutorials/how-to-install-mysql-on-ubuntu-20-04

6. Install phpmyadmin

Open the path "var/www/html". and dowonload the phpmyadmin package using below command.

"sudo wget https://files.phpmyadmin.net/phpMyAdmin/5.0.1/phpMyAdmin-5.0.1-all-languages.zip"

Unzip the downloaded package and rename it to "pma".

7. Install composer

Please follow the instructions from the reference link below.

Reference Link: https://www.digitalocean.com/community/tutorials/how-to-install-and-use-composer-on-ubuntu-20-04

8.Install Jenkins (Optional if you want to use ftp)

• jenkins is used to upload the backend app code to the server via git repo.

• To install jenkins you need to install JAVA. to install java run this command "sudo apt install openjdk-8-jdk ".

Follow the instructions from the reference link below. and skip the firewal setup.

Reference Link: https://www.digitalocean.com/community/tutorials/how-to-install-jenkins-on-ubuntu-16-04

8.1 Install FTP

• Follow the below instructions to install ftp on ubntu server

1. install vsftpd - sudo apt install vsftpd

2. take backup of config file by following command sudo cp /etc/vsftpd.conf /etc/vsftpd.conf.bak

3. edit vsftpd.conf by following command sudo nano /etc/vsftpd.conf and add the below lines at bottom of the file and save the file.

listen=NO
listen_ipv6=YES
anonymous_enable=NO
local_enable=YES
dirmessage_enable=YES
write_enable=YES
chroot_local_user=YES
pasv_min_port=12000
pasv_max_port=12100
ssl_enable=NO
port_enable=YES
allow_writeable_chroot=YES

[program:laravel-worker]
process_name=%(program_name)s_%(process_num)02d
command=php /var/www/html/project-name/artisan queue:work --sleep=3 --tries=3
autostart=true
autorestart=true
user=ubuntu
numprocs=8
redirect_stderr=true
stdout_logfile=/var/www/html/project-name/worker.log
stopwaitsecs=3600