In this project, I learned how web servers work and began using one. I was provided a personal server by ALX. I learned how to use scp and Fabric to transfer files to my server. Additionally, I completed a basic configuration of the server using Nginx.

The server is accessible at bdbnb.site.

• 0. Transfer a file to your server

  • 0-transfer_file: Bash script that transfers a file from Holberton's client to a server.
  • Accepts four arguments:
    • The path of the file to be transferred.
    • The IP of the server to transfer the file to.
    • The username that scp connects with.
    • The path of the SSH privtae key that scp uses.
  • scp transfers the file to the user home directory ~/.

• 1. Install nginx web server

  • 1-install_nginx_web_server: Bash script that configures a new Ubuntu machine with Nginx.
  • Nginx listens on port 80.
  • When querying Nginx at its root / with a curl GET request, it returns a page containing the string Hello World.

• 2. Setup a domain name

  • 2-setup_a_domain_name: A text file containing the domain name set up for the server through Gandi.

• 3. Redirection

  • 3-redirection: Bash script that configures a new Ubuntu machine with Nginx.
  • Setup is identical to 1-install_nginx_web_server plus:
    • The location /redirect_me returns a 301 Moved Permanently redirection to another page.

• 4. Not found page 404

  • 4-not_found_page_404: Bash script that configures a new Ubuntu machine with Nginx.
  • Setup is identical to 1-install_nginx_web_server plus:
    • Features a custom 404 page containing the string Ceci n'est pas une page.

• 5. Design a beautiful 404 page

  • A custom-designed 404 error page for my server, accessible at bdbnb.site/404.

• 6. Deploy fast, deploy well

  • fabfile.py: A Python Fabric configuration file defining the following functions:
  • pack
    • Usage: fabric pack
    • Creates a tar gzipped archive of the current directory named holbertonwebapp.tar.gz in the local directory.
  • deploy
    • Usage: fabric -H <remote server IP> deploy
    • Uploads the archive holbertonwebapp.tar.gz to the /tmp directory of the remote server.
    • Creates the directory /tmp/holbertonwebapp in the remote server.
    • Untars holbertonwebapp.tar.gz in the /tmp/holbertonwebapp directory of the remote server.
  • clean
    • Deletes the archive holbertonwebapp.tar.gz in the local directory.