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# Linux 201: Web Server Setup
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## Introduction
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- Goals
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- Setup a basic web server to serve static files
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- Non-goals - links to useful tutorials will be provided at the end of this lab sheet
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- Setting up HTTPS - This requires a domain name
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## Things to mention in the slide deck
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- Apache vs Nginx
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- Thread-based vs event-based servers
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## Basic Security
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- Creating a non-root account
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- `sudo` permissions
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- SSH
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- Disable root login
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- SSH Keys
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- Firewall
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- `ufw`
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- https://starbeamrainbowlabs.com/blog/article.php?article=posts/047-Linux-Security-Part-1.html
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## Installing a Web Server
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- systemd services
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- Nginx is a service
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- Installing Nginx
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- `sudo apt install nginx`
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## Configuration
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- `/etc/nginx/nginx.conf`
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## References and Further Reading
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- [Nginx](https://www.nginx.com/)
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- [How to Secure a Linux Server](https://github.com/imthenachoman/How-To-Secure-A-Linux-Server/)
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- [SSL Certificates](https://letsencrypt.org)
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- [Freeside Discord Invite](http://discord.freeside.co.uk)
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