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====== Server Basic Setup ======

===== RAID =====
  * high-reliability servers (firewall, DHCP, web, etc)
    * 4 drives: RAID 1 (* 2), hot spare * 1, cold spare * 1
  * computational servers
    * RAID 10, hot spare * 1 or 2

===== Operating System =====
  * [[http://www.ubuntu.com/|Ubuntu]] 20.04 LTS 64-bit Server Edition.

===== Packages =====
<code bash>
# update the package index
$ sudo apt update
# upgrade packages
$ sudo apt upgrade

# install specific new packages
# Zero Configuration Networking (Zeroconf)
$ sudo apt install avahi-daemon
# in case the avahi-daemon does not work after reboot, log-in using ip address and restart
$ sudo service avahi-daemon restart


# remove all unused packages
$ sudo apt autoremove

# remove specific packages; for example, those in /boot
$ sudo apt remove linux-image-2.6.32-23-server
$ sudo apt remove linux-image-3.2.0-32-generic
</code>

===== Network =====
  * edit ''/etc/netplan/50-cloud-init.yaml'' to configure the network
    * use space for indentation, NOT tab.
    * or delete the original *.yaml file generated by the installer, then create a new xxx.yaml in ''/etc/netplan''
  * example: eno1 uses DHCP; eno2 uses a static IP
<file>
network:
  version: 2
  renderer: networkd
  ethernets:
    eno1:
      addresses: []
      dhcp4: true
    eno2:
      addresses: [140.109.56.170/24]
      gateway4: 140.109.56.254
      nameservers:
        addresses: [140.109.1.10,8.8.8.8,8.8.4.4]
      dhcp4: no
</file>
  * more examples: [[https://netplan.io/examples/]]
  * after updating the config file, execute ''sudo netplan try'' to validate, then ''sudo netplan apply'' to apply
  * to check the network info: ''ip a''


  * note: for Ubuntu 16.04 and earlier versions; edit ''/etc/network/interfaces''


===== Time Synchronization =====

<code bash>
# check setting
$ timedatectl
# list available timezones
$ timedatectl list-timezones
# set time zone (select from the list above)
$ sudo timedatectl set-timezone Asia/Taipei
# verify
$ date
</code>


===== SSH =====
  * see [[computers:ssh_security|SSH security]]
  * minimal requirement: ''sudo apt install fail2ban''
  * ''/etc/ssh/sshd_config''
    * ''PermitRootLogin no''.
    * Limit ssh connection to ipv4 and disable ipv6
      * Uncomment ''ListenAddress 0.0.0.0''
      * Comment ''#ListenAddress ::''
      * This setting allows the server to listen to ipv4 only, so normal connections not denied because clients use ipv6 and are rejected based on the rules in ''/etc/hosts.allow'' and ''/etc/hosts.deny''.


===== Message Of The Day (motd) =====
<code bash>
# disable unnecessary messages
$ sudo chmod a-x /etc/update-motd.d/10-help-text 
$ sudo chmod a-x /etc/update-motd.d/50-motd-news 
</code>

===== User Management =====

==== Permissions ====
  * The default setting in Ubuntu allows world read/execute permissions to the user home directory. To protect data privacy, edit the file ''/etc/adduser.conf'' and modify the ''DIR_MODE'' variable to:
<file>
DIR_MODE=0750
</file>

==== Add Users ====
To add new users:
<code bash>
$ sudo adduser username
</code>
The default profile is based on the contents in ''/etc/skel/''

==== Add Group ====
<code bash>
$ sudo addgroup groupname
</code>

==== Add User to Group ====
<code bash>
$ sudo adduser username groupname
</code>

==== Remove User from Group ====
<code bash>
$ sudo deluser username groupname
</code>

==== Change username and home directory====
<code bash>
$ sudo usermod -l new_username old_username
$ sudo usermod -d /home/new_username -m new_username
</code>


==== Administrator Privileges ====
To provide an user with administrator privileges (e.g., use ''sudo''):
  * add the user to the ''adm'' and ''sudo'' group

==== Reset password ====
<code bash>
$ sudo passwd username
</code>


==== Delete User ====
<code bash>
$ sudo deluser username
$ sudo delgroup groupname
</code>


==== Create scratch directory and storage====
Run the shell script make_work_dir, which had written by Dr. Kuo.
<code bash>
$ sudo /home/chkuo/bin/make_work_dir username
</code>


===== Limit =====
  * ''/etc/security/limits.conf''
<file>
# example of setting default priority
@users      -       priority        5
username    -       priority        10
</file>


===== Test =====
==== Hard Drive Speed ====
Use ''hdparm'' (need to use ''sudo''), for example:

<code bash>
$ sudo hdparm -tT /dev/sda

/dev/sda:
 Timing cached reads:   14352 MB in  2.00 seconds = 7182.41 MB/sec
 Timing buffered disk reads:  1660 MB in  3.00 seconds = 553.13 MB/sec
</code>