This is a part of an online Codename One course published around 2017 see it all for free at https://debugagent.com/series/cn1

1. Setting up a Cloud Server - Part II

2. #yum install xorg-x11-server-Xvfb
Commands
✦This allows some GUI related code to work on the
server, although it’s still “flaky”
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3. #yum install unzip
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✦Unzip allows us to copy/download tools like Ant
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4. #yum install mariadb-server
Commands
✦We can install mysql but maria is standard on
centos so I went with that
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5. #systemctl start mariadb
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✦We add maria to the startup script of the VPS
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6. #systemctl enable mariadb
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✦We verify that mariadb is enabled in the startup
process
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7. #mysql_secure_installation
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✦This script secures the mysql install by removing
common security pitfalls
✦Follow the scripts advice and restrict everything
✦Ideally pick the same password you have in the
desktop version of mysql otherwise deployment
might be error prone
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8. #iptables -t nat -A PREROUTING -p tcp --
dport 80 -j REDIRECT --to-port 8080
Commands
✦Setting tomcat to work on port 80 is problematic,
this makes all port 80 traffic to to port 8080
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9. #iptables -t nat -A PREROUTING -p tcp --
dport 443 -j REDIRECT --to-port 8443
Commands
✦This is the exact same command for 443 which is
the port for HTTPS
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10. #su builder
Commands
✦We now become the builder user so we can
setup the server tasks here
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11. $cd ~
Commands
✦~ represents the home directory in this case it’s a
shorthand for /home/builder
✦Since we are currently in /root it’s problematic as
we don’t have permissions here
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