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Even on a server configured with Gandi AI, you will be able to install all sorts of additional applications which are available on the internet. Any, in fact, as long as they don't require root access to your server.

Note:

Prerequisites to installing these applications:
  • If you had chosen a personnalised installation of your Gandi AI server, make sure the following modules have been installed: Apache2, PHP5, MySQL, ProFTPd (help)

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Quit Gandi AI to install a SSL virtualhost on Apache2

You will have to use another MPM (Apache connections manager) than PerUser which is used by default in Gandi AI, PerUser can not yet support SSL.

I suggest you to use the Prefork MPM which is the one by default in Apache2, type the following command in order to do this : aptitude (or apt-get) install apache2-mpm-prefork.

You will have to adapt the rights/permissions of the documentroot of your virtualhost regarding the Apache configuration.

Create a virtualhost and an FTP user after quitting Gandi AI (if you always use PerUser)

Log in on your VPS using SSH and the 'admin' system user, then type the "su -" command ("-" allows to use the root environnement variables for information).

Go in the virtualhosts configuration folder : 

cd /etc/apache2/sites-available/

Copy a virtualhost : 

cp 000-www.example.net 001-www.domain.tld

Modif it using your prefered editor: 

nano/emacs/vim/... 001-www.domain.tld

Configure the necessary options: 

<VirtualHost *:80>
	ServerName 	www.domain.tld
	ServerAlias     domain.tld
	ServerAdmin	webmaster@domain.tld

	DocumentRoot "/srv/d_data/www/www.domain.tld/htdocs"
    <Directory "/srv/d_data/www/www.domain.tld/htdocs">
        Options Indexes FollowSymLinks MultiViews
        AllowOverride All
        Order allow,deny
        Allow from all
    </Directory>

    ScriptAlias /cgi-bin/ /srv/d_data/www/www.domain.tld/cgi-bin/
    <Directory "/srv/d_data/www/www.domain.tld/cgi-bin/">
        AllowOverride None
        Options +ExecCGI -MultiViews +SymLinksIfOwnerMatch
        Order allow,deny
        Allow from all
    </Directory>

    ErrorLog /srv/d_data/www/www.domain.tld/logs/www.domain.tld-error.log
    LogLevel error
    SetEnvIf Remote_Addr "127\.0\.0\.1" loopback
    CustomLog /srv/d_data/www/www.domain.tld/logs/www.domain.tld-access.log combined env=!loopback
    ServerSignature On

    <IfModule mod_dav.c>
        DAVLockDB /srv/d_data/www/www.domain.tld/db/DAVLock
    </IfModule>

    <IfModule mpm_peruser_module>
        ServerEnvironment userftp_www-userftp
        MaxProcessors 20
    </IfModule>

    Include /etc/apache2/sites-includes/www.domain.tld/
</VirtualHost>

Create folders & files needed for this vhost : 

mkdir /etc/apache2/sites-includes/www.domain.tld/

mkdir /srv/d_data/www/www.domain.tld/
mkdir /srv/d_data/www/www.domain.tld/htdocs/
mkdir /srv/d_data/www/www.domain.tld/logs/
mkdir /srv/d_data/www/www.domain.tld/db/
mkdir /srv/d_data/www/www.domain.tld/cgi-bin/

touch /srv/d_data/www/www.domain.tld/logs/www.domain.tld-access.log
touch /srv/d_data/www/www.domain.tld/logs/www.domain.tld-error.log

Then the FTP user and its group : 

adduser userftp
addgroup www-userftp
adduser admin www-userftp
adduser userftp www-userftp
adduser www-data www-userftp

Give rights on folders & files to the FTP user : 

chown -R userftp:www-userftp /srv/d_data/www/www.domain.tld/

Modify the root folder for the FTP user and its default shell : 

userftp:x:1002:1002::/srv/d_data/www/www.domain.tld/:/bin/false

Activate the vhost & restart Apache : 

a2ensite 001-www.domain.tld
/etc/init.d/apache2 restart

Last modified: 26 Jul 2011 at 16:17 by Emerick M. (Gandi)