A linux_server

i. IP address: 52.24.239.208; SSH port: 2200

ii. The complete URL to my web application hosted at Amazon Web Services platform: http://ec2-52-38-199-253.us-west-2.compute.amazonaws.com

iii. softwares installed and configuration changes made:

• set up a user and its password, and establish its ssh using public key/private key pair authentication
• edit 'Authorized redirect URIs' of app credentials at google API Manager tab
• register app at 'facebook for developers' and provide 'Valid OAuth redirect URIs' and 'Site URL' at the app's Settings tab
• set up and enable firewall including denying access via port 22
• in /etc/ssh/sshd_config, disable password login and root login, reset port.

--------(As the new user)--------

• upgrade packages of the Ubuntu environment:

  • sudo apt-get update
  • sudo apt-get dist-upgrade

• to establish virtual machine at the server at /var/www/FoodTherapy/FoodsTherapy[10]:

  • sudo apt-get -y install python-pip
  • sudo pip install virtualenv
  • sudo virtualenv venv
  • source venv/bin/activate

• inside the venv, install the following to serve the app:

  • sudo pip install flask
  • sudo pip install httplib2
  • sudo pip install requests
  • sudo pip install oauth2client
  • sudo pip install imgurpython
  • sudo pip install sqlalchemy
  • for psycopg2[11]: -sudo apt-get install postgresql -sudo apt-get install python-psycopg2 -sudo apt-get install libpq-dev

• to monitor the linux system install Glances per resource #7.

  • sudo apt-get install python-pip build-essential python-dev
  • sudo pip install Glances
  • sudo apt-get install lm-sensors
  • sudo pip install pysensors

• install Fail2Ban, enabling jail nginx-http-auth and jail ssh per resource #8.

• set up automatic updates, by the following per resource #9

  • sudo apt-get install unattended-upgrades
  • edit /etc/apt/apt.conf.d/50unattended-upgrades
  • edit /etc/apt/apt.conf.d/10periodic

iv. third-party resources, including:

1. https://www.digitalocean.com/community/tutorials/how-to-secure-postgresql-on-an-ubuntu-vps
2. https://github.com/carwin/markdown-styleguide
3. https://developers.facebook.com/
4. https://console.developers.google.com
5. https://api.imgur.com/
6. http://stackoverflow.com/
7. http://askubuntu.com/questions/293426/system-monitoring-tools-for-ubuntu
8. https://www.digitalocean.com/community/tutorials/how-to-protect-ssh-with-fail2ban-on-ubuntu-14-04
9. https://help.ubuntu.com/lts/serverguide/automatic-updates.html
10. https://www.digitalocean.com/community/tutorials/how-to-deploy-a-flask-application-on-an-ubuntu-vps
11. http://stackoverflow.com/questions/28253681/you-need-to-install-postgresql-server-dev-x-y-for-building-a-server-side-extensi