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=Recommended Installs for your Unmanaged Cloud Server=
 
=Recommended Installs for your Unmanaged Cloud Server=
  
==Fail2Ban==
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=='''FTP (vsftpd)'''==
Fail2Ban is a phython written access prevention tool designed to stop connections to your server after a specified amount of connection attempts. Using iptables, it stops unauthorized SSH, FTP, etc.. attempts from brute-forcing your server.
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A very important tool for your server will be FTP (File Transfer Protocol). FTP will allow you and your users to upload and download files to and from your server using FTP programs such as Filezilla (see [https://wiki.xmission.com/XMission_Control_Panel/How_to_FTP_to_your_server How to FTP to your server]
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===Install===
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'''Ubuntu:'''
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sudo apt-get update
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sudo apt-get install vsftpd
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'''CentOS'''
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sudo yum update
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sudo yum install vsftpd
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===Configure===
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vim /etc/vsftpd.conf
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=='''Fail2Ban'''==
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Fail2Ban is a python written access prevention tool designed to stop connections to your server after a specified amount of connection attempts. Using iptables, it stops unauthorized SSH, FTP, etc.. attempts from brute-forcing your server.
  
 
===Installation===
 
===Installation===
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'''Ubuntu:'''
 
  sudo apt-get update
 
  sudo apt-get update
 
  sudo apt-get install fail2ban
 
  sudo apt-get install fail2ban
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'''CentOS'''
 
  sudo yum update
 
  sudo yum update
 
  sudo yum install fail2ban
 
  sudo yum install fail2ban
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* [https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Fail2ban help.ubuntu.com is a great resource on how to configure your fail2ban conf file.
 
* [https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Fail2ban help.ubuntu.com is a great resource on how to configure your fail2ban conf file.
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=='''Plesk'''==
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Download the autoinstaller from their website:
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wget http://autoinstall.plesk.com/plesk-installer
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Add execute permissions to the autoinstaller:
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    chmod +x plesk-installer
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Launch the autoinstaller:
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    ./plesk-installer
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For more information, please refer to [http://download1.parallels.com/Plesk/PP12/12.0/Doc/en-US/online/plesk-installation-upgrade-migration-guide/ Plesk Installation guide].
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[[Category: Control Panel]]

Latest revision as of 15:35, 25 September 2018

Recommended Installs for your Unmanaged Cloud Server

FTP (vsftpd)

A very important tool for your server will be FTP (File Transfer Protocol). FTP will allow you and your users to upload and download files to and from your server using FTP programs such as Filezilla (see How to FTP to your server

Install

Ubuntu:

sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install vsftpd

CentOS

sudo yum update
sudo yum install vsftpd

Configure

vim /etc/vsftpd.conf

Fail2Ban

Fail2Ban is a python written access prevention tool designed to stop connections to your server after a specified amount of connection attempts. Using iptables, it stops unauthorized SSH, FTP, etc.. attempts from brute-forcing your server.

Installation

Ubuntu:

sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install fail2ban

CentOS

sudo yum update
sudo yum install fail2ban

Configuration

cd /etc/fail2ban
sudo vim jail.conf

Plesk

Download the autoinstaller from their website:

wget http://autoinstall.plesk.com/plesk-installer

Add execute permissions to the autoinstaller:

   chmod +x plesk-installer

Launch the autoinstaller:

   ./plesk-installer


For more information, please refer to Plesk Installation guide.