Linux Server configuration for Catalog

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Summary:

This is a project of Udacity Full Stack Web Developer Nanodegree. It is the last puzzle part for the whole picture of my catalog website so that you can experience what I actually created.

• ​ IP Address : 52.25.48.0

• SSH Port : 2200

• Complete URL : http://ec2-52-25-48-0.us-west-2.compute.amazonaws.com

• SSH Key : ~/grader.pub

• Programs Installed : git, sqlalchemy, postgresql, mod_wsgi, apache2, etc.

Configurations:

1. Change the SSH port to 2200.

2. Add a new user grader.

3. Give sudo access to grader.

4. Configure the local timezone to UTC.

5. Install and configure Apache to serve a Python mod_wsgi application.

6. Add the Apache2 configuration file alan.conf.

    <VirtualHost *:80>
    	ServerName 52.25.48.0
    	WSGIScriptAlias / /var/www/fullstack/myApp.wsgi
    	RewriteEngine On
    	RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ^52\.25\.48\.0$
    	RewriteRule ^/(.*)$ http://ec2-52-25-48-0.us-west-2.compute.amazonaws.com/$$
    	<Directory /var/www/fullstack/Alan/>
    		Order allow, deny
    		Allow from all
    	</Directory>
    	Alias /static /var/www/fullstack/Alan/static
    	<Directory /var/www/fullstack/Alan/static/>
    		Order allow, deny
    		Allow from all
    	</Directory>
    	ErrorLog ${APACHE_LOG_DIR}/error.log
    	LogLevel warn
    	CustomLog ${APACHE_LOG_DIR}/accessFGL.log combined
    </VirtualHost>
    WSGISocketPrefix /var/run/wsgi
   

7. Add the wsgi configuration file /var/www/fullstack/myApp.wsgi.

	#!/usr/bin/python
	import sys
	sys.path.insert(0,"/var/www/fullstack/")
	from Alan.application import app as application

8. Install and configure PostgreSQL: Not allowing remote connections by adding a password
9. Create a new user named alan that has limited access to catalog application database.
10. Modify the database address for connection in application.py and database_setup.py .
11. Modify the SQLAlchemy database session management in application.py.