Obsidian/05.02 Networks/Server Tools.md

Tag	Date	DocType	Hierarchy	Performance	Characteristics	Disk	CollapseMetaTable
Server Security Privacy App Web Tools	2021-09-19	Server	NonRoot	CPU RAM Bandwidth Speed 2Core 4GB 4TB	OS Domiciliation IPv4 Hostname Host SubDomain Ubuntu 20.04 NL 41.216.181.11 vm919620.desivps.com DesiVPS tools	Capa Type UsedSpace TimeStamp 40GB SSD 31% 2021-11-13	true

Parent:: mfxm Website Scope, Privacy & Security, @IT & Computer

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Tools server

 

title: Summary
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Higher spec server to be set up with docker to host a variety of tools using containers.

 

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Server parameters

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title: Dashboard access
[https://clients.desivps.com/clientarea.php](https://clients.desivps.com/clientarea.php)

 

title: Address
The service will be located under **[tools.mfxm.fr](https://tools.mfxm.fr)** .

 

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Services

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title: Service description
The Tools server will host a variety of tools in docker containers. Several services will aim to service all others and will be installed outside of docker containers.

 

Installed server dependencies

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Docker

title: [[Configuring Docker|docker]] for non root users
[[Configuring Docker|docker]] predominantly works for the root user. In order to let non-root users instruct Docker, users need to be added to the Docker group:

`sudo usermod -aG docker (username)`

Potentially, the Docker group needs to be defined:

`sudo groupadd docker`

Currently running Docker containers

title:  docker network
ID: 3a4d267e8155e3ff957e15c86360de1431d177b2131455707bea99038f179481
IP: 17.27.37.x

 

Caddy

#^Top Configuring Caddy is the webserver of choice. Refer to the dedicated note for config and parametrisation.

title: authentication token
LWERS4M7njDLiAJe5A6gkv9jRDabvnzBGyYk9vPr1F5dY0LMu47FSjB0v21BAE83rYTOksElzcYmioWA

 

Security

Program name	Type	Description
Configuring Fail2ban	Daemon	Blocks suspicious attempts to login
unattended-upgrades	Program	Enables automatic updates of installed programs and OS
logwatch	Daemon	Monitors activity on server and sends activity logs

 

fail2ban

#^Top Classic Configuring Fail2ban installation with a dedicated configuration:

~~~bash
sudo nano /etc/fail2ban/jail.d/sshd.local
~~~

With the following parameters:

~~~yaml
[sshd]
enabled = true
port=2227
maxretry = 10
bantime = 1m
~~~

 

Please refer to the Configuring Fail2ban for a detailed description.

 

Prometheus

Configuring Prometheus is a monitoring tool for all types of programs and is based on 'structured log files' i.e. the JSON format. Please refer to the dedicated page to understand how Configuring Prometheus works. It needs to be paired with a visualisation software like Grafana to give its full potential.

 

live since: 2022-03-17

 

Postfix

Mail Transfer Agent. Configuration is standard to allow for emails to be sent by programs / deamons / Nextcloud or others. Such a Configuring Postfix is required for every server to work correctly.

 

Certbot

#^Top Provides SSL certification from Let's Encrypt. Installation dependencies are different from Nginx and explained here

 

UFW

Firewall management, see Configuring UFW for more details.

 

Nodejs & Yarn

JavaScript & JS package manager.

 

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Dedicated Server parameters

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Service	Used value
Network: Configuring Docker dedicated	17.27.37.x
IP: pw-manager	17.27.37.3
IP: StandardNotes	172.22.0.1
IP: Git	172.21.0.3
IP: Git db	172.21.0.4
IP: Wordle	17.27.37.5
IP: FreshRSS	172.20.0.3
IP: Bookmark	172.23.0.2
IP: Link	172.21.0.4
Port: SSH	2227
Port: SN	2700
Port: Git server	8087
Port: Git SSH	2227

 

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Password manager

#^Top Bitwarden is a FOSS enabling self-hosting with a simple deployment through docker/docker-compose.

 

Service parameters (pw-manager)

title: service parameters
**IP**: 17.27.37.3:80
**DockerID**: 970b6f4b6150fa03be24287ae29a065c06ff7ed91a3402f8184c8a9aafa5e94d
**DockerName**: bitwarden_bitwarden_1
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**Address**: https://pw-manager.mfxm.fr

 

User management (pw-manager)

title: Link
[Admin panel](https://pw-manager.mfxm.fr/admin/)

The admin panel needs to be set up with an authentication token and is accessed with the token. User & key management is done from within this panel.

 

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Personal notes

#^Top StandardNotes is a program enabling self-hosting with a server-side encryption.

 

Service parameters (notes)

title: service parameters
**IP**: 172.22.0.1:2700
**DockerNames**: api-gateway, auth-worker, syncing-server-js-worker, auth, syncing-server-js, db, cache
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**Address**: https://st-notes.mfxm.fr

 

Configuration (notes)

2 files are used to configure the service:

~/standalone/.env

~/standalone/docker/auth.env

Docs can be found here.

 

Pro Subscription

By selfhosting, access to a Pro subscription is granted. Just make sure each user is flagged as pro in the database:

~~~bash
docker-compose exec db sh -c 'MYSQL_PWD=$MYSQL_ROOT_PASSWORD mysql $MYSQL_DATABASE'
~~~

 

Once in the SQL dialogue daemon, rin:

~~~bash
INSERT INTO user_roles (role_uuid , user_uuid) VALUES ( ( select uuid from roles where name="PRO_USER" order by version desc limit 1 ) ,( select uuid from users where email="<EMAIL@ADDR>" )  ) ON DUPLICATE KEY UPDATE role_uuid = VALUES(`role_uuid`);
~~~

 

And finally:

~~~bash
insert into user_subscriptions set uuid = UUID() , plan_name="PRO_PLAN" , ends_at = 8640000000000000, created_at = 0 , updated_at = 0,user_uuid= (select uuid from users where email="<EMAIL@ADDR>") , subscription_id=1;
~~~

 

User management (notes)

No user management per se. .env file allows (or not) to restrict new registration.

 

dBeaver

dBeaver installed to view the database entries.

title: Tutorial for setting up conmection
[Tutorial](https://devimalplanet.com/how-to-dbeaver-remote-database-ssh)

Once in the tool, select the data to see and the 'data' pane to visualise the tables.

 

StandardNotes extensions

title: service parameters
**Location**: ~/standardnotes-extensions
**reverse-proxy**: ~/standardnotes-extensions/public

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**Address**: https://tools.mfxm.fr/extensions/index.json

 

StandardNotes has developped extensions to customise both the skin and editor of the app. It is a paying feature normally but can be self-hosted and free. One GitHub user is offering a repo for extensions that can be cloned and linked to the application.

• Configuration file

~~~bash
~/standardnotes-extensions/.env
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• Repository update

~~~bash
sudo python3 build_repo.py
~~~

In the main folder.

 

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Git repository

#^Top Gitea is a FOSS enabling self-hosting a Git instance similar to GitHub.

 

Service parameters (git server)

title: service parameters
**IP**: 172.21.0.3
**Docker ID**: b6ec6f3843c3c9afe13215f73e0f8002475a145e33b0f0b555970b7f6f1ae38b
**Docker Name**: gitea
**Dedicated user**: git
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**Address**: https://git.mfxm.fr

 

Service parameters (git db)

title: service parameters
**IP**: 172.21.0.2
**Docker ID**: a06fac3650f8f7dca29b022401a10f63d825283d762306501690e52ab9073d33
**Docker Name**: gitea_db_1

 

User management (git)

#^Top User management has not been parametered to exclude new users but an admin panel exists to control and remove users under the admin login.

 

Doc library (git)

Link

 

Utilities

title: Config file
~/gitea/gitea/gitea/conf/app.ini

 

title: email setup
Gitea can work on internal mail points through:
~~~bash
ENABLED = true
FROM = (user addresss)
USE_SENDMAIL = false
HOST = (hostname):25
~~~

 

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News Aggregator

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FreshRSS is a News aggregator enabling to read and manage RSS feeds. It is open-source and self-hostable.

 

Service parameters (News)

title: service parameters
**IP**: 172.20.0.3:80
**DockerNames**: freshrss-app
**live since**: [[2022-03-18]]

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**Address**: https://news.mfxm.fr

 

Configuration (News)

Docker compose set-up.

~/freshrss

Docs can be found here. In addition, FreshRSS offers the ability to install extensions relatively easily from within the Settings menu.

 

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Wordle

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Wordle is a word game that has been bought by the New York Times.

 

Service parameters (Wordle)

title: service parameters
**IP**: 17.27.37.5:80
**DockerNames**: Wordle
**live since**: [[2022-02-11]]

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**Address**: https://wordle.mfxm.fr

 

Configuration (Wordle)

Docker compose set-up.

~/wordle

Docs can be found here.

 

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Web Bookmarks

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Bookmark is a service to save and organise URLs.

 

Service parameters (Bookmark)

title: service parameters
**IP**: 172.23.0.2:9090
**DockerNames**: server & client
**live since**: [[2022-05-07]]

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**Address**: https://bookmark.mfxm.fr

 

Configuration (Bookmark)

Docker compose set-up.

~/Linkding

Docs can be found here.

 

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Link Shortener

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A self-hosted link shortener.

 

Service parameters (Link Shortener)

title: service parameters
**IP**: 172.21.0.4:80
**DockerNames**: pckd_frontend, pckd_server & pckd_db
**live since**: [[2022-05-06]]

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**Address**: https://link.mfxm.fr

 

Configuration (Link Shortener)

Docker compose set-up.

~/Pckd

Docs can be found here.

 

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Server-side Monitoring

#^Top Refer to the Configuring Monit for further information on installation and configuration.

List of monitored services:

• System
• SSH
• Configuring Fail2ban
• cron
• Configuring Postfix
• docker
  • Bitwarden
  • Mininote
  • Git
  • Git db

 

Configuring Telegram bots are also being implemented to receive logs from logwatch & Configuring Monit.

 

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Utilities

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Cert storage

/var/lib/caddy/.local/share/caddy/certificates/acme-v02.api.letsencrypt.org-directory/

 

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Pricing

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Tools Server	One-off cost	Recurring subscription p.a.

**Server hosting**

|   | *$60* ^ToolsServerCost

 

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Tasks & Further steps

 

• 🛠️ Server Tools: Backup server %%done_del%% 🔁 every 6 months on the 1st Tuesday ⏳ 2022-10-04 📅 2022-10-04

• Server Tools: Backup server 🔁 every 6 months on the 1st Tuesday ⏳ 2022-04-12 📅 2022-04-12 ✅ 2022-04-11

• Server Tools: Backup server 🔁 every 6 months on the 1st Tuesday 📅 2021-10-14 ✅ 2022-01-08

• Server Tools: Backup server 🔁 every 6 months on the 1st Tuesday ✅ 2021-10-13

• Set-up landing page

• 🖥️ Selfhosting, Server Tools: Upgrader Gitea & Health checks %%done_del%% 🔁 every 4 months 📅 2022-10-18

• 🖥️ Selfhosting, Server Tools: Upgrader Gitea & Health checks 🔁 every 4 months 📅 2022-06-18 ✅ 2022-06-20

• 🔐 Selfhosting, Server Tools: Upgrader Bitwarden & Health checks %%done_del%% 🔁 every 4 months 📅 2022-12-18

• 🔐 Selfhosting, Server Tools: Upgrader Bitwarden & Health checks %%done_del%% 🔁 every 4 months 📅 2022-08-18 ✅ 2022-08-17

• Selfhosting, Server Tools: Upgrader Bitwarden & Health checks 🔁 every 4 months 📅 2022-04-18 ✅ 2022-04-16

• 🛠️ Selfhosting, Server Tools: Upgrader Standard Notes & Health checks %%done_del%% 🔁 every 4 months 📅 2023-01-18

• 🛠️ Selfhosting, Server Tools: Upgrader Standard Notes & Health checks %%done_del%% 🔁 every 4 months 📅 2022-09-18 ✅ 2022-09-16

• Selfhosting, Server Tools: Upgrader Standard Notes & Health checks 🔁 every 4 months 📅 2022-05-18 ✅ 2022-05-15

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