alexmdodge / lemp-configuration

:seedling: A collection of configuration scripts for a LEMP webserver. Includes tooling for adding individual sites, securing with HTTPS, and more.

LEMP Stack Configuration and Tooling

This LEMP configuration is designed to simplify the creation of a basic web server with secure HTTPS as well as other secure features. Primarily intended for use in an AWS setting, but applicable anywhere. It also comes bundled with a couple of tools to help with configuring different aspects of the stack.

Server Setup

First spin up a server instance however you like. You will need access to the command line. Some shared services do not allow this which is why AWS and Digital Ocean are convenient. SSH into the server then ensure you have wget installed,

wget https://github.com/alexmdodge/lemp-configuration/archive/v1.1.1.tar.gz
tar -xzf lemp-configuration.tar.gz

This will download and unpack the tar file which contains all of the tooling.

If you have made edits and would like to re-pack the configuration for ease of moving between servers and workstations (without git dependency) run,

./build.sh

which simply wraps everything up in a new tar ball.

Setup

Begin by running the server installation script,

./setup.sh

This will configure,

• Nginx
• PHP-FPM
• Recommended webserver Nginx settings and restrictions
• Install letsencrypt
• Prepare server to add individual site instances

Create

Once you have successfully setup the site you should be able to visit the public ip address and see a welcome page which has a title and shows information about the php configuration.

Note that later on once another site is created with public page will be removed as it is not fit for public facing production instances.

Before you begin make sure you have the domain name setup. This can be done through any third party, or through Amazon Route 53. To begin the creation script run,

./creator.sh

This will walk you through all the necessary steps. After the site configuration is successfully in place