Rails - Apr 2006 - Maintaining and securing the "Perfect Rails/Debian/Lighttpd Stack"

Hi there

I''m planning to build "The Perfect Rails/Debian/Lighttpd
Stack",
published by Ezra Zygmuntowicz and Sean Schertell at
http://brainspl.at/rails_stack.html

I''m wondering what sort of constant maintanance that setup would
incur. What actions have be regularly performed to keep this setup
healthy and secure under normal conditions?

Alder

Alder Green <alder.green@...> writes:
> 
> Hi there
> 
> I''m planning to build "The Perfect Rails/Debian/Lighttpd
Stack",
> published by Ezra Zygmuntowicz and Sean Schertell at
> http://brainspl.at/rails_stack.html
> 
> I''m wondering what sort of constant maintanance that setup would
> incur. What actions have be regularly performed to keep this setup
> healthy and secure under normal conditions?
> 
> Alder
> 
Please keep me informed (if possible) on this topic, 

Thanks

Gaspard

On Apr 4, 2006, at 4:52 AM, Gaspard Bucher wrote:
> Alder Green <alder.green@...> writes:
>
>>
>> Hi there
>>
>> I''m planning to build "The Perfect Rails/Debian/Lighttpd
Stack",
>> published by Ezra Zygmuntowicz and Sean Schertell at
>> http://brainspl.at/rails_stack.html
>>
>> I''m wondering what sort of constant maintanance that setup
would
>> incur. What actions have be regularly performed to keep this setup
>> healthy and secure under normal conditions?
>>
>> Alder
>>
> Please keep me informed (if possible) on this topic,
>
> Thanks
>
> Gaspard

Guys-

	This is a very broad question ;-) IF you follow the steps to put  
sshd on a higher port you will avoid tons of automated ssh attacks.  
As far as maintenance goes, you will need to rotate your log files  
and delete sessions older then a certain time frame with a cron job.

	THere is a great debian sys admin web site that has many tutorials  
on things like firewall rules and other security measures. Aside from  
these things mentioned, as long as you don''t write insecure web apps  
that allow attackers to gain a foothold, you should be alright.

http://www.debian-administration.org/

	Its not a ton of work to run your own server, especially if its just  
for a few small apps. I have a vps setup with the same guidekines  
that runs my blog and I hardly ever have to log into the server to do  
anything. YMMV of course but don''t be afraid of your own server. Its  
a rewarding experience.

	And you can always ask here on the list and I will try to help out  
with problems you run into.

Good Luck-

Ezra

On 4/5/06, Ezra Zygmuntowicz <ezmobius@gmail.com>
wrote:
>
> On Apr 4, 2006, at 4:52 AM, Gaspard Bucher wrote:
>
> > Alder Green <alder.green@...> writes:
> >
> >>
> >> Hi there
> >>
> >> I''m planning to build "The Perfect
Rails/Debian/Lighttpd Stack",
> >> published by Ezra Zygmuntowicz and Sean Schertell at
> >> http://brainspl.at/rails_stack.html
> >>
> >> I''m wondering what sort of constant maintanance that
setup would
> >> incur. What actions have be regularly performed to keep this setup
> >> healthy and secure under normal conditions?
> >>
> >> Alder
> >>
> > Please keep me informed (if possible) on this topic,
> >
> > Thanks
> >
> > Gaspard
>
>
> Guys-
>
>        This is a very broad question ;-) IF you follow the steps to put
> sshd on a higher port you will avoid tons of automated ssh attacks.
> As far as maintenance goes, you will need to rotate your log files
> and delete sessions older then a certain time frame with a cron job.
>
>        THere is a great debian sys admin web site that has many tutorials
> on things like firewall rules and other security measures. Aside from
> these things mentioned, as long as you don''t write insecure web
apps
> that allow attackers to gain a foothold, you should be alright.
>
> http://www.debian-administration.org/
>
>        Its not a ton of work to run your own server, especially if its just
> for a few small apps. I have a vps setup with the same guidekines
> that runs my blog and I hardly ever have to log into the server to do
> anything. YMMV of course but don''t be afraid of your own server.
Its
> a rewarding experience.
>
>        And you can always ask here on the list and I will try to help out
> with problems you run into.
>
> Good Luck-
>
> Ezra
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Thanks (again!) Ezra.

Alder

Alder Green wrote:
> Hi there
> 
> I''m planning to build "The Perfect Rails/Debian/Lighttpd
Stack",
> published by Ezra Zygmuntowicz and Sean Schertell at
> http://brainspl.at/rails_stack.html
> 
> I''m wondering what sort of constant maintanance that setup would
> incur. What actions have be regularly performed to keep this setup
> healthy and secure under normal conditions?
> 
> Alder
Hi Alder,

Just a note to say I followed the tutorial and all went swimmingly.  I 
had a little problem when I went for a newer version of lighty than was 
mentioned, reverted, all was well, and have since upgraded to a newer 
newer version and all is still well.

Alan

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