Running at home, general purpose server
Intel NUC (BOXNUC7i3BNH)
- Core i3-7100U at 2.40GHz
- 500GB WD Blue SN550 NVMe M.2
- 8gb DDR4 2400MHz Kingston KVR24S17S8/8
Ubuntu 21.10

Contents

users
services
build notes
Reverse proxy for services
1. SSL cert
2. Proxy software
Smokeping

users

furinkan

services

ssh
http/s
- https://rant.meidokon.net/furinkan/
postgres 14
Smokeping (available on internal IP, and IPv6)

build notes

On 2022-01-02, FDE on LVM, Ubuntu server 21.10

Had some problem with the curtin unpack of the base image, I changed the Ubuntu archive URL to Datamossa in AU and hey presto it worked. Guess something was corrupted, shrug.

Mostly default settings
Enable full disk encryption with LVM, default settings
Enable sshd during install

basic env

Install your authorized_keys into root and furinkan user
Enable NOPASSWD sudo
```
%sudo   ALL=(ALL:ALL) NOPASSWD: ALL
```

Set hostname:

hostnamectl set-hostname illustrious.thighhighs.top

Set timezone

timedatectl set-timezone Australia/Sydney

Set editor

echo "export EDITOR=vim" > /etc/profile.d/editor-vim.sh

Disable HashKnownHosts

echo -e "Host *\n    HashKnownHosts no" > /etc/ssh/ssh_config.d/99-global.conf

Configure screen

curl -o ~/.screenrc https://gist.githubusercontent.com/barneydesmond/d16c5201ed9d2280251dfca7c620bb86/raw/.screenrc

Configure top by entering this cheatcode
```
z x c b s 1.5 <Enter>
e <zero> 1 W q
```
Fix locales, select en_AU.UTF-8: dpkg-reconfigure locales
Disable console blanking, seems this is already done by default: cat /sys/module/kernel/parameters/consoleblank
- Already set to zero means it shouldn't blank

Disable wifi and bluetooth, we don't need them and it slows down boot

systemctl disable wpa_supplicant.service --now
systemctl disable bluetooth.target --now

Install useful packages

apt update
apt install -y vim screen bash-completion lsof tcpdump netcat strace nmap less bsdmainutils tzdata whiptail netbase wget curl python-is-python3 net-tools ack jq make elinks nmap whois ethtool bind9-dnsutils apt-utils man-db plocate

Do a full upgrade, index the system for locate, then reboot
```
apt full-upgrade
updatedb
reboot
```

Configure networking

Use netplan for this, it's convenient and easy.

cd /etc/netplan/
mv 00-installer-config.yaml 00-installer-config.yaml.disabled
vim 10-thighhighs.yaml

network:
    version: 2

    ethernets:
        eno1:
            critical: true
            dhcp-identifier: mac
            dhcp4: false
            dhcp4-overrides:
                use-dns: false
            dhcp6: true
            dhcp6-overrides:
                use-dns: false
            ipv6-privacy: false
            addresses:
                - "192.168.1.12/24"
                # :12 for the .1.12 IPv4
                - "2404:e80:42e3:0:12:0:0:12/64"
            routes:
                - to: 0.0.0.0/0
                  via: 192.168.1.1
                  on-link: true
            nameservers:
                addresses:
                    - 192.168.1.20
                    - 192.168.1.24
                    - fe80::e65f:1ff:fe1c:c6ea
                    - fe80::ba27:ebff:fe8c:f4f8
                search:
                    - thighhighs.top

Try applying it with netplan try, see if your SSH session still works, then go ahead and reboot if it's good.

Setup clevis for automated decrypt on boot

apt install clevis-luks

Bind the volume to the Tang servers

clevis luks bind -d /dev/nvme0n1p3 sss '{"t": 1, "pins": {"tang": [{"url": "http://ocular.thighhighs.top:8888"},{"url": "http://funicular.thighhighs.top:8888"}]}}'

apt install clevis-initramfs

Test by rebooting.

Docker Engine for services

Run with the official docs: https://docs.docker.com/engine/install/ubuntu/#install-using-the-repository

Prep repo

apt install ca-certificates curl gnupg lsb-release
curl -fsSL https://download.docker.com/linux/ubuntu/gpg | sudo gpg --dearmor -o /usr/share/keyrings/docker-archive-keyring.gpg
echo "deb [arch=$(dpkg --print-architecture) signed-by=/usr/share/keyrings/docker-archive-keyring.gpg] https://download.docker.com/linux/ubuntu $(lsb_release -cs) stable" > /etc/apt/sources.list.d/docker.list

Install packages

apt update
apt install docker-ce docker-ce-cli containerd.io

Test that it's working

docker run hello-world

Setup log rotation in /etc/docker/daemon.json

{
  "log-driver": "json-file",
  "log-opts": {
    "max-size": "50m",
    "max-file": "10"
  }
}

Prepare space for volumes

We'll use this later for dockerised apps.

mkdir /data

Reverse proxy for services

SSL cert

Pop it in /etc/ssl like usual.

cd /etc/ssl/
# This is a one-time action
openssl dhparam -out dhparams.pem 4096

# Then copy the cert and key and intermediate CA chain here

Proxy software

Let's try out Caddy, I've been curious for a while now and it might meet all my needs.

Use official docs for a repo-packaged version: https://caddyserver.com/docs/install

apt install -y debian-keyring debian-archive-keyring apt-transport-https
curl -1sLf https://dl.cloudsmith.io/public/caddy/stable/gpg.key        > /etc/apt/trusted.gpg.d/caddy-stable.asc
curl -1sLf https://dl.cloudsmith.io/public/caddy/stable/debian.deb.txt > /etc/apt/sources.list.d/caddy-stable.list

apt update
apt install caddy

This uses a systemwide config in /etc/caddy/Caddyfile, and acts as a generic HTTP server initially. It's serving up a Caddy landing page from /usr/share/caddy at http://illustrious.thighhighs.top/

Smokeping

Run using the docker container, it's more convenient and separates config+data from the installation.

https://hub.docker.com/r/linuxserver/smokeping

Prepare space for data and config using a logical volume

lvcreate -L 1G -n smokeping ubuntu-vg
mkfs.ext4 /dev/ubuntu-vg/smokeping
mkdir /data/smokeping

# Add to fstab
# Smokeping config and data
/dev/disk/by-uuid/a40142d8-06e0-44d7-b8bc-a3e20662cde2 /data/smokeping ext4 defaults 0 1

mount /data/smokeping
mkdir /data/smokeping/config
mkdir /data/smokeping/data
chown -R 1000:1000 /data/smokeping/config /data/smokeping/data

Run the container:

docker run -d \
  --name=smokeping \
  -e PUID=1000 \
  -e PGID=1000 \
  -e TZ=Australia/Sydney \
  -p 127.0.0.1:8000:80 \
  -v /data/smokeping/config:/config \
  -v /data/smokeping/data:/data \
  --restart unless-stopped \
  lscr.io/linuxserver/smokeping

Map it through with some nginx config.

Useful(?) links

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