Startup steps for AWS Cloud9

These are the startup steps for AWS Cloud9. The Platform should be set to Ubuntu Server 18.04 LTS.

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 composer:

Install the composer package for running the composer command by running this command.

sudo apt install composer -y

This is optional and only needed if you want to run the composer command.

Enable rewrite mod

Enable the apache2 rewrite mod by running this command.

sudo a2enmod rewrite

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=ubuntu
   export APACHE_RUN_GROUP=ubuntu

Make the aliases

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

   sudo vi ~/.bashrc

• add this code

   if [ -f ~/.bash_aliases ]; then
   . ~/.bash_aliases
   fi

• Create the .bash_aliases file with this command

   curl https://gist.githubusercontent.com/pritdeveloper/5cd890652c2da532efac5d4558971e7a/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/6f9eb3a67f9689011db6d6c1341e1323/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
   sudo vi /usr/share/phpmyadmin/libraries/plugin_interface.lib.php

• goto line: 613, 551
• replace the line with

   || (count($analyzed_sql_results['select_expr']) == 1
   if ($options != null && count((array)$options) > 0) {

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.