Website admin wiki¶

This wiki is a list of points and notes for creating and maintaining the websites

Domain creation¶

• Domains are typically purchased through Namecheap.
• The hosting of the website is typically done through DigitalOcean.
• After purchasing the domain make sure to set the nameservers to the digital ocean nameservers
  • ns1.digitalocean.com
  • ns2.digitalocean.com
  • ns3.digitalocean.com

Website creation¶

• Spawn a droplet and associate the domain with the one purchased

• Add the networking domain name to the droplet from Namecheap

  • Under networking -> domains choose the droplet and add the A record
  • https://cloud.digitalocean.com/networking/domains

* Create the actual users (and apply root if required) - https://www.digitalocean.com/community/tutorials/how-to-create-a-new-sudo-enabled-user-on-ubuntu

• Install docker on the droplet

  • https://www.digitalocean.com/community/tutorials/how-to-install-and-use-docker-on-ubuntu-22-04
  • https://www.digitalocean.com/community/tutorials/how-to-install-and-use-docker-compose-on-ubuntu-22-04

• Create and apps dir under the home directory

  • Apps are typically run as docker images under apps

Applying SSH certificates¶

• Certificates are retrieved from LetsEncrypt
  • https://www.digitalocean.com/community/tutorials/how-to-secure-nginx-with-let-s-encrypt-on-ubuntu-20-04
  • https://www.digitalocean.com/community/tutorials/how-to-use-certbot-standalone-mode-to-retrieve-let-s-encrypt-ssl-certificates-on-ubuntu-16-04

Secure the firewall¶

• https://www.digitalocean.com/community/tutorials/how-to-set-up-a-firewall-with-ufw-on-ubuntu