Setting up a DigitalOcean Droplet for LAMP

droplet-setup

Select hostname, droplet size and location
Select LAMP application image
Receive new droplet email for IP and password
Log in with
  ssh root@[ip address]
Change MYSQL password to match root
  mysqladmin -u root -p'password' password [new password]
Create MYSQL superuser
  mysql -u root -p[password]
  CREATE USER '[username]'@'localhost' IDENTIFIED BY '[password]';
  GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON *.* TO '[username]'@'localhost' WITH GRANT OPTION;
Create 
Add a user
  adduser [username]
Edit root privileges
  visudo
  # User privilege specification
  [username] ALL=(ALL:ALL) ALL
  ctrl x
Configure SSH Key Pairs (local)
  ssh-keygen
  scp ~/.ssh/id_rsa.pub [username]@[ip address]:
  ssh-add -K ~/.ssh/id_rsa
Configure SSH (remote)
  cd ~
  mkdir .ssh
  mv id_rsa.pub .ssh/authorized_keys
  chown -R [username]:[username] .ssh
  chmod 700 .ssh
  chmod 600 .ssh/authorized_keys
  nano /etc/ssh/sshd_config
  PermitRootLogin no
  PasswordAuthentication no
  reload ssh
Set timezone
  dpkg-reconfigure tzdata
Update software
  apt-get update
  apt-get upgrade --show-upgraded
Configure mod_rewrite
  sudo a2enmod rewrite
Configure SSL
  sudo a2enmod ssl
Install Ruby and Sass
  apt-get install ruby-full rubygems
  gem install sass
Install Sendmail
  apt-get install sendmail
Configure hosts for sendmail
  nano /etc/hosts
    127.0.0.1 localhost localhost.localdomain [hostname]
  sendmailconfig (answer yes to everything)
Setup FTP
  apt-get install proftpd
  nano /etc/proftpd/proftpd.conf
    ServerName "[hostname]"
    DefaultRoot ~
    User www-data
    Group www-data
  service proftpd restart
  useradd [ftpuser]
  passwd [ftpuser]
  usermod -g www-data [ftpuser]
  usermod -d [homedirectory] [ftpuser]
Configure firewall
  apt-get install ufw
  ufw default deny incoming
  ufw default allow outgoing
  ufw allow ssh
  ufw allow www
  ufw allow ftp
  ufw allow 443/tcp
  ufw enable