Udacity-Linux-Server

Details for viewing my Project 5 of Udacity's Fullstack Web Developer Nanodegree

Connection Instructions

Server Details

• IP Address: 52.37.195.167
• SSH Port: 2200
• URL: http://ec2-52-37-195-167.us-west-2.compute.amazonaws.com

Installed Software

• apache2
• python
• postgresql
• psycopg2
• python-sqlalchemy
• python-pip
• werkzeug==0.8.3
• flask==0.9
• Flask-Login==0.1.3
• oauth2client
• requests
• httplib2
• git

Configuration Changes

• Created sudo user grader.
• Configured key based login.
• Disabled password login.
• Disabled remote login for root.
• Updated all currently installed packages.
• Changed the SSH port from 22 to 2200.
• Configured the Uncomplicated Firewall (UFW) to only allow incoming connections for SSH, HTTP, and NTP.
• Configured the local timezone to UTC.
• Created Linux user 'catalog' and postgresql user 'catalog' with same password.
• Created postgresql database 'catalog'.
• Configured Apache to run catalog app as a Python mod_wsgi application.
• Converted app from sqlite to postgresql.
• Converted app to use absolute file paths.
• Moved app.SECRET_KEY from main method into the body of the app.

References

• Udacity Course, "Configuring Linux Web Servers."
• https://www.digitalocean.com/community/tutorials/how-to-configure-the-apache-web-server-on-an-ubuntu-or-debian-vps
• https://www.digitalocean.com/community/tutorials/how-to-deploy-a-flask-application-on-an-ubuntu-vps
• https://discussions.udacity.com/t/running-apache-problem/35719/6
• https://discussions.udacity.com/t/operationalerror-unable-to-open-dat-abase-file-none-none/36401/4
• https://developers.facebook.com - Added server IP to whitelist and URL to Valid OAuth redirect URIs.
• https://console.cloud.google.com - Added JavaScript origins and OAuth redirect URIs.