MediaWiki Install 2022-01-22

• First version: https://wiki.heatsynclabs.org/wiki/MediaWiki_On_Lightsail
• See Also: MediaWiki_On_Lightsail, a copy of HSL install.
• I feel like I got really far with this, even building in automated backup to S3, but I can't find the documentation.
• MediaWikiHerdSecuritiesInstall

DeadmanDAO

Create Instance

Interserver Web Interface

1. go to interserver
2. create an instance
   1. Single Slice ($6/mo at this time)
   2. Debian 9 (Deb 9 has Mailman 2, Deb 10 has Mailman 3)
   3. KVM
3. set reverse DNS to diffie.deadmandao.com
4. Note the IP address

Update to Latest

Log in root@ip.address using password you provided

apt-get update
apt-get -y upgrade
apt-get -y dist-upgrade # if needed
reboot

Add User Account

Log in root@ip.address

apt-get -y install sudo
adduser bob
usermod -G sudo bob
exit

Log in to bob@ip.address

Set SPF

sudo apt-get install net-tools
sudo ifconfig

That'll give you the ip4 and ip6 addresses, which go into the DNS text record:

• v=spf1 ip4:66.23.226.216 ip6:fe80::216:3eff:fe24:10e1 -all

Set Other DNS

• A Record, diffie, 66.23.226.216
• A Record, @, 66.23.226.216
• CNAME Record, www, diffie.deadmandao.com
• CNAME Record, mail, diffie.deadmandao.com
• TXT Record, diffe, v=spf1 ip4:66.23.226.216 ip6:fe80::216:3eff:fe24:10e1 -all
• MX Record, deadmandao.com, mail.deadmandao.com, 10

Set Hostname

sudo apt-get install emacs-nox
sudo emacs -nw /etc/hostname
> diffie
sudo emacs -nw /etc/hosts
> 66.23.226.216	diffie.deadmandao.com diffie
sudo reboot

Log in to bob@diffie.deadmandao.com

hostname
hostname --all-fqdn
dnsdomainname

SMTP Server

sudo apt-get install postfix

• Internet Site
• deadmandao.com is the host domain
• send a test email

echo "Subject: sendmail test" | /usr/sbin/sendmail -v emailaddress

Apache Install

sudo apt install apache2

Separate directories are used to ensure that certbot has a unique path to store its verification file.

100-root.conf

Location: /etc/apache2/sites-available/100-root.conf

<VirtualHost *:443>
	# The ServerName directive sets the request scheme, hostname and port that
	# the server uses to identify itself. This is used when creating
	# redirection URLs. In the context of virtual hosts, the ServerName
	# specifies what hostname must appear in the request's Host: header to
	# match this virtual host. For the default virtual host (this file) this
	# value is not decisive as it is used as a last resort host regardless.
	# However, you must set it for any further virtual host explicitly.
	ServerName traxel.com

	ServerAdmin webmaster@localhost
	DocumentRoot /var/www/root

	# Available loglevels: trace8, ..., trace1, debug, info, notice, warn,
	# error, crit, alert, emerg.
	# It is also possible to configure the loglevel for particular
	# modules, e.g.
	#LogLevel info ssl:warn

	ErrorLog ${APACHE_LOG_DIR}/root-error.log
	CustomLog ${APACHE_LOG_DIR}/root-access.log combined
</VirtualHost>

200-www.conf

Location: /etc/apache2/sites-available/200-www.conf

<VirtualHost *:443>
	ServerName www.traxel.com

	ServerAdmin webmaster@localhost
	DocumentRoot /var/www/www

	ErrorLog ${APACHE_LOG_DIR}/www-error.log
	CustomLog ${APACHE_LOG_DIR}/www-access.log combined
</VirtualHost>

300-wiki.conf

Location: /etc/apache2/sites-available/300-wiki.conf

<VirtualHost *:80>
	ServerName wiki.traxel.com

	ServerAdmin webmaster@localhost
	DocumentRoot /var/www/mediawiki

	ErrorLog ${APACHE_LOG_DIR}/wiki-error.log
	CustomLog ${APACHE_LOG_DIR}/wiki-access.log combined
</VirtualHost>