Startup steps for Codeenvy

Git Config and global .gitignore file

• Setup the git configuration variables

   git config --global user.name "Pritpal Singh"
   git config --global user.email "[email protected]"
   git config --global core.excludesfile "~/.gitignore"
   git config --global color.ui true
   git config --global push.default current
   sudo ln -s /bin/nano /usr/bin/nano

• Add the git aliases by running this command

   curl https://gist.githubusercontent.com/pritdeveloper/703cb04659cd37d836fadbe0f02b0df6/raw >> ~/.gitconfig

• Copy the .gitignore file by running the command

   curl https://gist.githubusercontent.com/pritdeveloper/acfd4edd5cc3f43cb6b5f3338acd9fdf/raw > ~/.gitignore

Install requirements

• Install php7.2 by running these commands

   sudo add-apt-repository ppa:ondrej/php
   sudo apt-get update
   sudo apt-get install libapache2-mod-php7.2 -y
   sudo a2dismod php7.0
   sudo a2enmod php7.2
   sudo apt-get install php7.2-dom php7.2-mbstring php7.2-zip php7.2-mysql php7.2-sqlite php7.2-curl php7.2-gd -y
   sudo service apache2 restart

• Install VIM Editor

   sudo apt-get install vim -y

Make the apache run as cloud9 ubuntu user

• Open terminal and run this command:

   sudo vi /etc/apache2/envvars

• Make the apache run user and group as ubuntu by changing these lines:

   export APACHE_RUN_USER=user
   export APACHE_RUN_GROUP=user

Make the aliases

• Edit the ~/.basrc file by running this command and make the PS1 command:

   sudo vi ~/.bashrc

• add the cd to project path

   cd /projects/project

• Create the .bash_aliases file with this command

   curl https://gist.githubusercontent.com/pritdeveloper/2c67911b93387b307af7ce05adb12a6b/raw > ~/.bash_aliases

• reload the terminal by running this command:

   . ~/.bashrc

Make the /home/ubuntu/environment as the web-root

• Make the 000-default.conf file by running command:

   curl https://gist.githubusercontent.com/pritdeveloper/9491d9cf44d433fe8bbc4eb33781cc8a/raw | sudo tee /etc/apache2/sites-enabled/000-default.conf

• Restart the apache server by running:

   sudo service apache2 restart

Install phpmyadmin and reset mysql password

• To reset the mysql root password, follow this link.
• To install phpmyadmin, simply run this command

   sudo apt install phpmyadmin -y

• There is a Warning in phpmyadmin which can be fixed by editing file by running this command

   sudo vi /usr/share/phpmyadmin/libraries/sql.lib.php

• goto line: 613
• replace the line with

   || (count($analyzed_sql_results['select_expr']) == 1

Setup Inbound Rules (allow web traffic):

• Click on the Manage EC2 Instance link in the top right of Cloud9 IDE and on the next screen click on the security group under the Description tab
• Now click on the Inbound tab and click on Edit button.
• Add new rules and set the Typeto HTTP and HTTPS and click Save

Install SSL Certificate (optional) [make the website work on https]

There is a new tutorial for this https://www.digitalocean.com/community/tutorials/how-to-secure-apache-with-let-s-encrypt-on-ubuntu-18-04

• Installing Certbot

   sudo add-apt-repository ppa:certbot/certbot
   sudo apt install python-certbot-apache -y

• Obtaining an SSL Certificate

   sudo certbot --apache -d example.com -d www.example.com

• Verifying Certbot Auto-Renewal

   sudo certbot renew --dry-run

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Other way (long way)

• Install the openssl package by running

   sudo apt-get install openssl
   sudo a2enmod ssl
   sudo service apache2 restart

• Add directory to store certificate files

   sudo mkdir /etc/apache2/ssl

Make sure you have added a domain with A record pointing to the IPv4 Public IP of the instance after associating the Elastic IP with the instance.

• Get a free ssl certificate on sslforfree.com and follow the instructions to download the sslforfree.zip file on a location on your computer.
• Upload the sslforfree.zip file from your computer in the AWS IDE on the root of the workspace.
• Copy and extract the zip file on the ssl directory by running this command:

   sudo cp /home/ubuntu/environment/sslforfree.zip /etc/apache2/ssl/sslforfree.zip
   sudo unzip /etc/apache2/ssl/sslforfree.zip
   sudo rm /home/ubuntu/environment/sslforfree.zip /etc/apache2/ssl/sslforfree.zip

• Now you can open the website on https without any issues.

Keep in mind that the sslforfree.com provides ssl certificate for 3 months and you have to update the certificate in order to use it for longer.