Task 01. Linux administration. Install packages, start services, troubleshoot if something not working. VM on Virtualbox.
Here the story begins. You are working on video games magazine that wants to go digital (yes, only now in 2021) as a first SRE/DevOps guy, who helps right now with infrastructure. Paul, your manager asked you to prepare server to host new site.
Task
- Setup Ubuntu on Virtual Machive (Virtual Box)
- install and setup web server (nginx)
- create file
/var/www/html/index.htmlwith following content:
<head>
<title>CyberGamer - best online magazine in the world</title>
</head>
<body>
<h1>CyberGamer - best online magazine in the world</h1>
</body>
- make sure that this page rendered correctly when you access your virtual machine ip address in browser.
Additional tasks if you feel that it was too easy.
- Make sure that you opened only needed ports
- Know your software - make sure that you have installed stable and secure nginx version (no CVE found for this version)
- Create self-signed certificate and setup HTTPS connection to your VM(Virtual Machine)
Recommended soft:
Useful links:
FAQ
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