rjcossa / linux-server-configuration

Linux Server Configuration Project Udacity

Linux Server Deployment Project

This is the last project in the Udacity Nanodegree that entails the deployment of a Linux Web Server to a cloud provider

Host Details

• IP ADDRESS: 18.195.55.88
• SSH Port: 2200
• URL: http://18.195.55.88/

Software Installed

• Python2
• Apache2
• Apache Mod WSGI Module
• Pip
• PostgreSQL

Configuration Made:

• Configure SSH to use Port 2200
• Configure UFW to accept only SSH (Port 2022), HTTP (Port 80) and NTP (Port 123) Traffic
• Configure PostgreSQL with a catalog user that has permissions on the catalog_schema
• Create a catalog local user for ident database authentication
• Ensure that the PostgreSQL database is bound to 127.0.0.1 so that remote connections are not allowed
• Configure the Flask app to work with WSGI
• Download the Google Client Secret to use with the Flask Application
• Create the grader User
• Add a grader suders.d file
• Configure the Python application to use the PostgreSQL database (Previously SQLite)
• Test the Python Application through port 80

Additional Python Modules Installed:

• Google API Client
• Requests
• Flask
• SqlAlchemy
• PsycoPg2