This is part 2 of a 3 part series. Part 1 and Part 3

Install and Configure VSFTP

sudo apt-get install vsftpd

Open configuration file for editing sudo vi /etc/vsftpd.conf and amend the following lines

• Change anonymous_enabled=NO
• Uncomment local_enable=YES
• Uncomment write_enable=YES
• Uncomment local_umask=022
• Uncomment and change tftpd_banner=Secure FTP server. Access strictly forbidden

Restart service sudo /etc/init.d/vsftpd restart

Test and check basic FTP is working from another PC.

Install and Configure Apache

Install Apache sudo apt-get install apache2

Test and check basic Web Site is working (from remote machine http://ip_address_of_raspberry_pi)

Install Mod Rewrite sudo a2enmod rewrite

Add index.php to /etc/apache2/mods-enabled/dir.conf (add index.php to beginning of list) sudo vi /etc/apache2/mods-enabled/dir.conf

Begin Optional Configure Virtual Host(s)

cd /etc/apache2/sites-available

Copy default configuration file to one of your choice sudo cp default hostname.of.your.site

Edit the file you just created sudo vi hostname.of.your.site and amend as below (extract)

<VirtualHost *:80>
	ServerAdmin webmaster@hostname.of.your.site
	ServerName hostname.of.your.site
	ServerAlias *. hostname.of.your.site

	DocumentRoot /home/your_name/public_html
	<Directory />
		Options FollowSymLinks
		AllowOverride All
	</Directory>
	<Directory /home/your_name/public_html/>
		Options Indexes FollowSymLinks MultiViews
		AllowOverride All
		Order allow,deny
		allow from all
	</Directory>
</VirtualHost>

ErrorLog ${APACHE_LOG_DIR}/main_error.log

...

CustomLog ${APACHE_LOG_DIR}/main_access.log common

Also change the entry in the default site to show access.log common

Make the file you just amended the default sudo a2ensite hostname.of.your.site (the opposite is a2dissite hostname.of.your.site to disable it)

End Optional Configure Virtual Host(s)

Navigate to your home folder and create a new folder for your web documents mkdir public_html

Restart apache sudo service apache2 restart

Install & Configure PHP5

Install PHP sudo apt-get install php5 php-pear php5-suhosin

Install PHP libraries sudo apt-get install php5-mysql

Test and check basic PHP file is working by creating a file with the following content

<?php phpinfo(); ?>

Save the file in the root directory of you web server which you created earlier (public_html) with the .php extension OR type php -v at the command prompt.

Edit the configuration file sudo vi /etc/php5/apache2/php.ini and change the following lines to match those below

• error_reporting = **E_ALL

  E_STRICT**

• error_log = /var/log/php_errors.log

Manually create the log file sudo touch /var/log/php_errors.log

Change ownership (www-data is the account APACHE runs under so I believe) sudo chown www-data: /var/log/php_errors.log

Change permissions sudo chmod +rw /var/log/php_errors.log

Restart apache sudo service apache2 restart

#####Install & Configure MySQL Server

Install MySQL sudo apt-get install mysql-server

Edit the MySQL configuration file sudo vi /etc/mysql/my.cnf and change to suite the static IP you configured earlier

• bind-address = 192.168.x.y (substitute your own IP here)

Restart MySQL sudo service mysql restart

Log into MySQL (enter your password) mysql -u root –p

Use the mysql database (which holds the user table) use mysql

Create the user(s) you require (type these on the command line)

• create user ‘your_username’@’localhost’ identified by ‘your_password’;
• grant all privileges on *.* to ‘your_username’@’localhost’ with grant option;
• create user ‘your_username’@’%’ identified by ‘your_password’;
• grant all privileges on *.* to ‘your_username’@’%’ with grant option;
• flush privileges;

Harden the installation mysql_secure_installation

This is part 2 of a 3 part series. Part 1 and Part 3