Installing BOA on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS
- 1. Author: Hector Iribarne @hectoriribarne Installing BOA 2.0.8 (Barracuda Octopus Aegir) on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS public VPS April 24, 2013
- 2. • We have been discussing different ways of installing and/or managing Drupal since July 2011: • Step-by-step installation guide for Aegir 1.2 on clean Ubuntu 10.04 http://browarddrupal.org/PastMeetings/july-2011 • Installing Drupal Commerce Kickstart on Shared Hosting http://browarddrupal.org/PastMeetings/april-2012 • This is an update to the July 2012 Broward Drupal presentation. This will cover how to install BOA 2.0.8 (Barracuda Octopus Aegir) on a clean Ubuntu 12.04 LTS VPS. • Don’t forget to checkout Omega8cc’s website for the latest BOA news: http://omega8.cc/ @hectoriribarne
- 3. Download and install Acquia Dev Desktop: @hectoriribarne Option1) Install Drupal locally using Acquia Dev Desktop
- 4. Log into cPanel on your shared host, select Fantastico, and install Drupal: @hectoriribarne Option 2) Install Drupal on a Shared Host using cPanel/Fantastico
- 5. Type three commands on clean Ubuntu 12.04 LTS VPS: wget -q -U iCab http://files.aegir.cc/versions/BOA.sh.txt bash BOA.sh.txt boa in-stable public server.example.com [email protected] o1 max THAT’S IT!!! Note: Items in green italics should be replaced by your specific server, domain, email address, etc. @hectoriribarne Option 3) Install BOA on a VPS to manage Drupal
- 6. I choose option 3!!! @hectoriribarne Which option do you choose?
- 7. BOA stands for Barracuda Octopus Aegir. Barracuda is a bash script to install and/or upgrade, tuned for high performance, the Aegir master instance (i.e. Aegir). Octopus is a bash script to install and/or upgrade, tuned for high performance, Aegir Satellite Instances (like Commerce Kickstart, Open Public, etc.). @hectoriribarne So, what is BOA?
- 8. @hectoriribarne So, why should I use BOA?
- 9. BOA will automatically block IP addresses that repeatedly fail root login attempts @hectoriribarne BOA automatically blocks root login hack attempts
- 10. • All libraries & tools required to install and run Nginx based Aegir system. • BOA runs backups for all your files and databases daily. All backups are versioned and rotated, so there is always a copy of all your files from the last 3 days (rotated daily). Checkout the following link for details: http://omega8.cc/aegir- and-r1soft-backups-rotation-policy-119 • Autonomous Maintenance & Auto-Healing scripts • New Relic Server and Apps Monitor with per Site/Instance/Server reporting. @hectoriribarne Other things BOA provides
- 11. Login to your NewRelic dashboard for an individual site on your server: @hectoriribarne NewRelic.com monitors your server for free(Lite version)
- 12. You will get a weekly email with stats on each of your sites: @hectoriribarne NewRelic.com sends you weekly emails
- 13. Droptor is a Drupal module that monitors a site: @hectoriribarne Droptor.com is another option for monitoring sites (first site free)
- 14. Droptor can monitor memory usage: @hectoriribarne Droptor.com has more Drupal specific anlaysis (first site free)
- 16. Go to your domain name host (i.e. DomainHost.com) and point your main domain name (i.e. example.com) to the name servers of your host (e.g. ns1.linode.com, ns2.linode.com or dns1.stabletransit.com, dns2.stabletransit.com, etc.) Add a wildcard (i.e. *) A Record for your domain name (i.e. the main domain on your VPS account). Wait for the information to get propagated (this can take up to several hours). Did I mention to wait for the information to get propagated? @hectoriribarne Before you run the Barracuda script
- 17. Via SSH, login as root Determine your server ( on Linode, it is part of your prompt. For example, if your prompt is root@li123-456:~# , then your server is li123-456). @hectoriribarne Determine the name of your server
- 18. @hectoriribarne Barracuda and Octopus time! Type three commands at the prompt logged in as root: wget -q -U iCab http://files.aegir.cc/versions/BOA.sh.txt bash BOA.sh.txt boa in-stable public server.example.com [email protected] o1 max Note: Items in green italics should be replaced by your specific server, domain, email address, etc. Also using max in the third line will install all Octopus platforms.
- 19. See https://github.com/omega8cc/nginx-for-drupal/blob/master/docs/INSTALL.txt for more options: @hectoriribarne Other options for installing BOA (locally, on public VPS, etc.)
- 21. Reference for simple BOA install: https://gist.github.com/2624110 Further information on learning Omega8cc’s BOA: http://groups.drupal.org/node/163784 (BOA Wiki) http://groups.drupal.org/boa (BOA on GDO) http://drupal.org/project/barracuda http://drupal.org/project/octopus @hectoriribarne