In this project I set up a Ubuntu 16.04 server on AWS Lightsail, modified the firewall and SSH configuration to make it more secure, installed Apache2 and deployed the Item Catalog project.

• IP address: 18.206.204.20
• Port: 2200

• http://18.206.204.20.xip.io

The following linux packages had to be installed to correctly configure the server:

• Apache2: to serve web applications
• libapache2-mod-wsgi-py3: to serve the Item Catalog project
• PostgreSQL: database Item Catalog uses
• python3-pip: to install python 3 packages
• pyvenv: to create python 3.5 virtual environments
• finger: to get user info easier.

Additionally, all python packages in Item Catalog's requirements.txt file were installed.

To secure and comply with project requirements, the following configuration changes were made:

• UFW
  • Restricted incoming connections to port 80 (HTTP), 123 (NTP) and 2200 (SSH)
  • Allowed outgoing traffic on any port
• SSH
  • Changed listening port to 2200 instead of port 22
  • Prohibited remote root login
  • Prohibited password-based login
• Apache2
  • Disabled default site
  • Enabled item catalog site (after creating its configuration file)

To be able to complete this project I had to read through one or more articles in the following websites:

• https://stackoverflow.com
• https://modwsgi.readthedocs.io
• https://httpd.apache.org
• https://ubuntuforums.org/
• https://classroom.udacity.com