Setting up a debuntu server

setup-server.sh

# get ip address to put into your workstation's /etc/hosts
sudo ifconfig eth0

# set up ssh (courtesy of Doug)
sudo aptitude install openssh-server
sudo sed -i 's/^ChallengeResponseAuthentication.*$/ChallengeResponseAuthentication yes/g' /etc/ssh/sshd_config
sudo service ssh restart

# tab completion
sudo aptitude install bash-completion

# cURL and wget
sudo aptitude install curl wget

# set up passwordless ssh
mkdir ~/.ssh
# run cat ~/.ssh/id_rsa.pub | pbcopy on your workstation, then paste into this file
vi ~/.ssh/authorized_keys
# also need to add "ForwardAgent yes" and possibly a "User" line to ~/.ssh/config on your
# workstation

# make debian startup a bit faster (courtesy of Doug)
sudo sed -i 's/^GRUB_TIMEOUT.*$/GRUB_TIMEOUT=1/g' /etc/default/grub
sudo update-grub

# apache?
sudo aptitude install apache2
sudo a2dissite 000-default
sudo a2enmod rewrite ssl include # you might want to edit this list
# you probably want to a2ensite something here
sudo vi /etc/apache2/conf.d/server-name # enter "ServerName localhost" into this file
sudo service apache2 restart
sudo chmod a+x /var/log/apache2
sudo chmod a+r /var/log/apache2/*

# nfs
# run "usermod -u workstation-uid local-username" where workstation-uid is the workstation user's
# UID and local-username is…well, the local username.
# run "id" to get workstation-uid
# you'll need to do this as root and local-username cannot be logged in; it will probably be
# necessary to "sudo shutdown now" and do the above from the VM console
sudo aptitude install nfs-server
sudo vi /etc/exports # paste "/ *(rw,no_subtree_check,insecure)" into this file
sudo service nfs-kernel-server restart

# set up ntp to keep system clock up-to-date
sudo aptitude install ntp

# remove stuff which is sometimes installed that we'll never use
sudo aptitude remove postgresql