Centos Server Setup - thiagobs-webdev/helptools GitHub Wiki

# Initial Server Setup

  1. Instructions:

https://www.digitalocean.com/community/tutorials/initial-server-setup-with-centos-8

# Git

  1. Instructions:

https://www.digitalocean.com/community/tutorials/how-to-install-git-on-centos-8

# NGINX

  1. Install packges:

    dnf -y install epel-release curl wget tree zip unzip gcc gcc-c++ make pcre pcre-devel openssl openssl-devel zlib zlib-devel perl perl-devel perl-ExtUtils-Embed gd gd-devel libxslt libxslt-devel libxml2 libxml2-devel

  2. Development Tools:

    dnf groupinstall -y 'Development Tools'

  3. Download packges:

    wget https://github.com/PCRE2Project/pcre2/releases/download/pcre2-10.45/pcre2-10.45.tar.gz \
&& tar xzvf pcre2-10.45.tar.gz

    wget https://zlib.net/zlib-1.3.1.tar.gz \
&& tar xzvf zlib-1.3.1.tar.gz

    wget https://github.com/openssl/openssl/releases/download/openssl-3.4.1/openssl-3.4.1.tar.gz \
&& tar xzvf openssl-3.4.1.tar.gz

  4. Download NGNIX:

    wget http://nginx.org/download/nginx-1.26.3.tar.gz \
&& tar xzvf nginx-1.26.3.tar.gz

  5. Remove files tar.gz:

    rm -rf *.tar.gz

  6. Setup NGINX:

    cd nginx-1.26.3 \
&& cp man/nginx.8 /usr/share/man/man8/ \
&& gzip /usr/share/man/man8/nginx.8

  7. Install NGINX:

    ./configure \
--build=CentOS \
--builddir=nginx-1.26.3 \
--prefix=/usr/local/nginx \
--sbin-path=/usr/sbin/nginx \
--conf-path=/etc/nginx/nginx.conf \
--modules-path=/usr/lib64/nginx/modules \
--error-log-path=/var/log/nginx/error.log \
--pid-path=/var/run/nginx.pid \
--lock-path=/var/run/nginx.lock \
--user=nginx \
--group=nginx \
--http-log-path=/var/log/nginx/access.log \
--http-client-body-temp-path=/var/cache/nginx/client_temp \
--http-proxy-temp-path=/var/cache/nginx/proxy_temp \
--http-fastcgi-temp-path=/var/cache/nginx/fastcgi_temp \
--http-uwsgi-temp-path=/var/cache/nginx/uwsgi_temp \
--http-scgi-temp-path=/var/cache/nginx/scgi_temp \
--with-file-aio \
--with-threads \
--with-compat \
--with-http_ssl_module \
--with-http_v2_module \
--with-http_realip_module \
--with-http_addition_module \
--with-http_xslt_module=dynamic \
--with-http_image_filter_module=dynamic \
--with-http_sub_module \
--with-http_dav_module \
--with-http_flv_module \
--with-http_mp4_module \
--with-http_gunzip_module \
--with-http_gzip_static_module \
--with-http_auth_request_module \
--with-http_random_index_module \
--with-http_secure_link_module \
--with-http_degradation_module \
--with-http_slice_module \
--with-http_stub_status_module \
--with-http_perl_module=dynamic \
--with-mail=dynamic \
--with-mail_ssl_module \
--with-openssl=../openssl-3.4.1 \
--with-openssl-opt=no-nextprotoneg \
--with-perl=/usr/bin/perl \
--with-perl_modules_path=/usr/lib64/perl5 \
--with-pcre=../pcre2-10.45 \
--with-pcre-jit \
--with-poll_module \
--with-select_module \
--with-stream=dynamic \
--with-stream_ssl_module \
--with-stream_realip_module \
--with-stream_ssl_preread_module \
--with-zlib=../zlib-1.3.1 \
--with-debug

    make

    make install

  8. Setup NGINX environmnent:

    ln -s /usr/lib64/nginx/modules /etc/nginx/modules

    useradd --system --home /var/cache/nginx --shell /sbin/nologin --comment "nginx user" --user-group nginx

    mkdir -p /var/cache/nginx/client_temp /var/cache/nginx/fastcgi_temp /var/cache/nginx/proxy_temp /var/cache/nginx/scgi_temp /var/cache/nginx/uwsgi_temp

    chmod 700 /var/cache/nginx/*

    chown nginx:root /var/cache/nginx/*

    vi /etc/systemd/system/nginx.service

    [Unit]
Description=nginx - high performance web server
Documentation=https://nginx.org/en/docs/
After=network-online.target remote-fs.target nss-lookup.target
Wants=network-online.target

[Service]
Type=forking
PIDFile=/var/run/nginx.pid
ExecStartPre=/usr/sbin/nginx -t -c /etc/nginx/nginx.conf
ExecStart=/usr/sbin/nginx -c /etc/nginx/nginx.conf
ExecReload=/bin/kill -s HUP $MAINPID
ExecStop=/bin/kill -s TERM $MAINPID

[Install]
WantedBy=multi-user.target

    systemctl enable nginx.service

    systemctl start nginx.service

    systemctl status nginx.service

    mkdir /etc/nginx/{conf.d,snippets,sites-available,sites-enabled}

    chmod 640 /var/log/nginx/*

    chown nginx:adm /var/log/nginx/access.log /var/log/nginx/error.log

    vi /etc/logrotate.d/nginx

    /var/log/nginx/*.log {
    daily
    missingok
    rotate 52
    compress
    delaycompress
    notifempty
    create 640 nginx adm
    sharedscripts
    postrotate
    if [ -f /var/run/nginx.pid ]; then
        kill -USR1 `cat /var/run/nginx.pid`
    fi
    endscript
}

    rm -rf nginx-1.26.3/ openssl-3.4.1/ pcre2-10.45/ zlib-1.3.1/

# Install PHP

  1. Enable Remi’s and EPEL repositories

    dnf -y install http://rpms.remirepo.net/enterprise/remi-release-9.rpm \
&& dnf -y install https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/epel/epel-release-latest-9.noarch.rpm

  2. Update dnf cache

    dnf makecache -y

  3. List configured repositories on the system.

    dnf repolist

  4. Reset default PHP module on the system.

    dnf module reset php -y

  5. Install PHP 8.4

    dnf module -y install php:remi-8.4

  6. Install modules:

    dnf install -y php-{opcache,common,pear,cgi,curl,mbstring,gd,mysqlnd,gettext,bcmath,json,xml,fpm,intl,zip,imap,mcrypt,cli,mysql,ldap,fileinfo,pdo}

  7. Setup php-fpm: vi /etc/php-fpm.d/www.conf

    user = nginx
group = nginx
;listen = 127.0.0.1:9000
;listen = /var/run/php-fpm.sock
listen = /run/php-fpm.sock
listen.owner = nginx
listen.group = nginx
listen.mode = 0660

    systemctl start php-fpm

    systemctl enable php-fpm

    systemctl status php-fpm

  8. Restart the Nginx and PHP-FPM:

    systemctl restart nginx php-fpm

  9. Install composer

# Secure Nginx with Let's Encrypt (SSL)

  1. Add EPEL repository:

    dnf install epel-release -y

  2. Install all of the required packages:

    dnf install certbot python3-certbot-nginx

  3. Updating the Firewall Rules:

    3.1 check which services are already enabled:

     sudo firewall-cmd --permanent --list-all

    3.2 Enable http:

     sudo firewall-cmd --permanent --add-service=http

    3.3 Enable https:

     sudo firewall-cmd --permanent --add-service=https

    3.4 Reload:

     sudo firewall-cmd --reload

  4. Obtaining a Certificate:

    sudo certbot --nginx -d your_domain -d www.your_domain

  5. Domain informations:

    sudo certbot --nginx

  6. Setting Up Auto-Renewal:

    6.1 Edit the crontab to create a new job that will run the renewal twice per day:

     sudo crontab -e

    6.2 Add script:

     0 0,12 * * * python -c 'import random; import time; time.sleep(random.random() * 3600)' && certbot renew --quiet

# Create Let's Encrypt Wildcard Certificates

  1. Install host command:

    dnf install bind-utils

  2. Test that wildcard DNS is working as intended:

    host one.example.com