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Debian Server Configuration Guide

This guide provides detailed steps to configure various services on a Debian server including SSH,

Apache, WordPress, Postfix, Dovecot, and Roundcube.

Below are the commands and configurations discussed in the conversation.

1. SSH Configuration

1. Install OpenSSH server:

sudo apt-get update

sudo apt-get install openssh-server

2. Check SSH server status:

sudo systemctl status ssh

3. Enable SSH service:

sudo systemctl enable ssh

2. Apache Web Server Configuration

1. Install Apache server:

sudo apt-get install apache2

2. Enable necessary modules:

sudo a2enmod ssl

sudo a2enmod rewrite


3. Create configuration file for www and wordpress subdomains:

sudo nano /etc/apache2/sites-available/000-default.conf

Add the following configuration:

<VirtualHost *:80>

ServerName www.yourdomain.com

DocumentRoot /var/www/html

Redirect permanent / https://www.yourdomain.com/

</VirtualHost>

<VirtualHost *:443>

ServerName www.yourdomain.com

DocumentRoot /var/www/html

SSLEngine on

SSLCertificateFile /etc/ssl/certs/your_cert.crt

SSLCertificateKeyFile /etc/ssl/private/your_key.key

</VirtualHost>

<VirtualHost *:80>

ServerName wordpress.yourdomain.com

DocumentRoot /var/www/wordpress

Redirect permanent / https://wordpress.yourdomain.com/

</VirtualHost>

<VirtualHost *:443>

ServerName wordpress.yourdomain.com
DocumentRoot /var/www/wordpress

SSLEngine on

SSLCertificateFile /etc/ssl/certs/your_cert.crt

SSLCertificateKeyFile /etc/ssl/private/your_key.key

</VirtualHost>

4. Enable new virtual hosts:

sudo a2ensite 000-default.conf

sudo systemctl reload apache2

3. WordPress Installation and Configuration

1. Install necessary packages:

sudo apt-get install php php-mysql mysql-server

2. Create a database for WordPress:

sudo mysql -u root -p

CREATE DATABASE wordpress;

CREATE USER 'wp_user'@'localhost' IDENTIFIED BY 'password';

GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON wordpress.* TO 'wp_user'@'localhost';

FLUSH PRIVILEGES;

EXIT;

3. Download and install WordPress:

cd /tmp

wget https://wordpress.org/latest.tar.gz

tar -xvf latest.tar.gz


sudo mv wordpress /var/www/

sudo chown -R www-data:www-data /var/www/wordpress

sudo chmod -R 755 /var/www/wordpress

4. Configure WordPress:

Open your browser and visit https://wordpress.yourdomain.com and follow the installation

instructions.

4. Mail Server Configuration (Postfix and Dovecot)

1. Install Postfix and Dovecot servers:

sudo apt-get install postfix dovecot-core dovecot-imapd

2. Configure Postfix server:

sudo nano /etc/postfix/main.cf

Add or modify the following lines:

myhostname = mail.yourdomain.com

mydestination = yourdomain.com, localhost

smtpd_banner = $myhostname ESMTP $mail_name

biff = no

3. Restart Postfix service:

sudo systemctl restart postfix

4. Configure Dovecot server:


sudo nano /etc/dovecot/dovecot.conf

Add or modify the following lines:

protocols = imap

5. Restart Dovecot service:

sudo systemctl restart dovecot

6. Create two users:

sudo adduser user1

sudo adduser user2

5. Webmail Configuration (Roundcube)

1. Install Roundcube webmail client:

sudo apt-get install roundcube roundcube-core roundcube-mysql

2. Configure Roundcube server:

sudo nano /etc/roundcube/config.inc.php

Set up the appropriate database and server settings.

3. Set up the Roundcube webmail site:

sudo nano /etc/apache2/sites-available/webmail.conf

Add the following configuration:


<VirtualHost *:80>

ServerName webmail.yourdomain.com

DocumentRoot /usr/share/roundcube

Redirect permanent / https://webmail.yourdomain.com/

</VirtualHost>

<VirtualHost *:443>

ServerName webmail.yourdomain.com

DocumentRoot /usr/share/roundcube

SSLEngine on

SSLCertificateFile /etc/ssl/certs/your_cert.crt

SSLCertificateKeyFile /etc/ssl/private/your_key.key

</VirtualHost>

4. Enable the new virtual host:

sudo a2ensite webmail.conf

sudo systemctl reload apache2

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