howto:aredn:linuxserver:home
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Linux Server
Prerequisites
Running a home Linux Server on AREDN is pretty simple.
- Install LinuxMint Xfce on a cheap laptop.
- Update it and reboot if necessary.
- Change the Linux hostname, which will identify the computer in various place on AREDN. I renamed mine
VA7FI-Linux
:sudo hostnamectl set-hostname VA7FI-Linux
- Install Apache:
sudo aptitude install curl apache2
Website
The website folder is located here: /var/www/html/
Anything you put in there (with the right permissions) will be visible to others on the AREDN network. Let's get a few things out of the way first.
- Create a link to your home folder for ease of access:
ln -s /var/www/html ~/
- Let's change the ownership of everything in that folder so we (the user) and the web process can access them easily. My username is
aredn
, which you should replace with your own username.sudo chown aredn:www-data -R /var/www/html/
- Let's change the permissions:
sudo chmod 770 -R /var/www/html/
In general, those permissions are ok, but depending on what you're running as a web service, they could be too permissive. That being said, since we're not exposing our site to the open internet, we're probably ok with those.
AREDN Node Configuration
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