server configuration for XenForo

14DH01

14DH01

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hello,
I own a the "mKS 2G" dedicated server. I search the best compromise in order to have the optimun configuration (performence and security).

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Debian 6.0 Stable, Debian 7.0, Ubuntu Server 10.04, Ubuntu Server 12.04, Ubuntu Server 12.10,​
Ubuntu Server 13.04 (BETA),Red Hat Ent. Linux 5, Red Hat Ent. Linux 6, CentOS 5, CentOS 6,​
Gentoo 2013, Slackware 14, ArchLinux 2013,OpenSUSE 12.3, Fedora 17, FreeBSD 8.3, FreeBSD 9.1​

:rolleyes: what is the best OS before starting.
 
I started on Debian 6 and upgraded to Debian 7. I like the .deb package management system since I was used to it with Ubuntu for my desktop (one of 4 Linux boxes I have at the house).
CentOS for stability is usually recommended, but when I played with it I didn't personally like it that well since it was RPM based. Debian was very easy to set up and is a good cross between stability and some of the latest features. CentOS (from my understanding) is more conservative.
Fail2ban is one important package to install if you go with Debian.
Code: 
2013-05-06 19:00:52,170 fail2ban.actions: WARNING [ssh] Ban 222.186.57.33
2013-05-06 19:10:53,079 fail2ban.actions: WARNING [ssh] Unban 222.186.57.33
2013-05-07 08:42:46,577 fail2ban.actions: WARNING [ssh] Ban 199.71.233.98
2013-05-07 08:52:47,288 fail2ban.actions: WARNING [ssh] Unban 199.71.233.98
2013-05-08 12:15:26,575 fail2ban.actions: WARNING [ssh] Ban 114.251.172.67
2013-05-08 12:25:27,302 fail2ban.actions: WARNING [ssh] Unban 114.251.172.67
2013-05-09 05:08:19,800 fail2ban.actions: WARNING [ssh] Ban 121.196.43.157
2013-05-09 05:18:20,505 fail2ban.actions: WARNING [ssh] Unban 121.196.43.157
2013-05-09 10:12:07,030 fail2ban.actions: WARNING [ssh] Ban 192.30.85.135
2013-05-09 10:22:07,730 fail2ban.actions: WARNING [ssh] Unban 192.30.85.135
2013-05-10 10:11:35,837 fail2ban.actions: WARNING [ssh] Ban 198.23.74.170
2013-05-10 10:21:36,573 fail2ban.actions: WARNING [ssh] Unban 198.23.74.170
 
Biker said:
Please tell me this is managed hosting and you aren't undertaking this on your own.
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If someone is technically competent, managed is not really needed. My VPS is unmanaged (except by me) and I had never set one up before. I HAVE ran numerous flavors of Linux on systems at my house (most of which I did have set up on the 'net with domain names and my router doing forwarding). Never had a problem. If someone is NOT familiar with Linux, iptables, and all the other little necessities, then I agree - a managed solution is preferred if you don't want to get "infested". :D
 
Tracy Perry,​
yes I noticed that a lot of people here recommend it.​
Currently I am running centos with webmin (test) ;)​
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Biker,​
Not my board is currently in accomodation for partage.il is not yet move to the dedicated ;)​
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I also read that "Percona" was good for the database( xenforo). Is it easy to install on a "debian"?​
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config :​
  • Processor Intel Core 2 Duo E6550 2x 2.33 GHz (4 MB of cache)
  • Architecture 64 bits
  • NIC FastEthernet
  • Memory 2 GB
  • Disks 2x500 GB RAID-1 soft
 
14DH01 said:
I also read that "Percona" was good for the database( xenforo). Is it easy to install on a "debian"?
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Direct replacement for the default mysql that ships. Simple as added the repository, pinning it and installing. Instructions are posted on the Percona web site.
 
Tracy Perry said:
Direct replacement for the default mysql that ships. Simple as added the repository, pinning it and installing. Instructions are posted on the Percona web site.
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:)
My forum is "mysql". transfer will take place without pain for "Percona sql"?
 
14DH01 said:
:)
My forum is "mysql" the movers runs painless "Percona sql"?
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If you currently use mySQL, the my.cnf that it uses is exactly the same. Main difference is Percona has some INNODB enhancements - which is the DB format that xF uses. Took me all of 2 minutes to convert over.
On my VPS I'm running
Debian 7.0
Percona
Nginx
PHP 5.4.4-14 (if I remember correctly)
 
Debian 7.0
Percona
Nginx
PHP 5.4
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:sneaky:
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In this case I'm going to change my kernel serveur dedié. I'll install everything you advise me.​
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I'll probably ask for the installation of the package and put in place for safety.​
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I'll let you know in case of trouble ;)​
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thanks​
 
Distribution : Debian 7.0​
Kernel : 3.2.0-4-amd64​
[ last Version 3.2.13 ]​
Date : #1 SMP Debian 3.2.41-2​
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I see that my kermel is not a day​
I did "apt-get cache search linux image" but no version 3.2.13​
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my dépot​
/etc/apt/sources.list​

Code: 
deb http://debian.mirrors.ovh.net/debian/ wheezy main
deb-src http://debian.mirrors.ovh.net/debian/ wheezy main
 
deb http://security.debian.org/ wheezy/updates main
deb-src http://security.debian.org/ wheezy/updates main

change
Code: 
# Debain Main Update
deb http://ftp.de.debian.org/debian stable main contrib non-free
deb-src http://ftp.de.debian.org/debian stable main contrib non-free
 
deb http://ftp.debian.org/debian/ wheezy-updates main contrib non-free
deb-src http://ftp.debian.org/debian/ wheezy-updates main contrib non-free
 
deb http://security.debian.org/ wheezy/updates main contrib non-free
deb-src http://security.debian.org/ wheezy/updates main contrib non-free

=
root@ks3274156:~# apt-cache search linux-image
linux-headers-3.2.0-4-amd64 - Header files for Linux 3.2.0-4-amd64
linux-headers-3.2.0-4-rt-amd64 - Header files for Linux 3.2.0-4-rt-amd64
linux-image-3.2.0-4-amd64 - Linux 3.2 for 64-bit PCs
linux-image-3.2.0-4-amd64-dbg - Debugging symbols for Linux 3.2.0-4-amd64
linux-image-3.2.0-4-rt-amd64 - Linux 3.2 for 64-bit PCs, PREEMPT_RT
linux-image-3.2.0-4-rt-amd64-dbg - Debugging symbols for Linux 3.2.0-4-rt-amd64
linux-image-2.6-amd64 - Linux for 64-bit PCs (dummy package)
linux-image-amd64 - Linux for 64-bit PCs (meta-package)
linux-image-rt-amd64 - Linux for 64-bit PCs (meta-package), PREEMPT_RT
nvidia-kernel-3.2.0-4-amd64 - NVIDIA binary kernel module for Linux 3.2.0-4-amd6
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:rolleyes: I change the deposits I do not see the last Kermel (3.2.13)
 
Tracy Perry said:
deb http://repo.percona.com/apt wheezy main
deb-src http://repo.percona.com/apt wheezy main

In your /etc/apt/sources.list
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root@ks3274156:~# gpg -a --export CD2EFD2A | apt-key add -
OK
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E: Could not find package Percona-server-client-5.5
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E: Could not find a package matching the regular expression "Percona-server-client-5.5"​
ks3274156 root @: ~ # apt-get update​
Achieved http://security.debian.org wheezy / updates Release.gpg​
Achieved http://ftp.debian.org wheezy-updates Release.gpg​
Achieved http://security.debian.org wheezy / updates Release​
Http://ftp.de.debian.org reached steady Release.gpg​
Achieved http://ftp.debian.org wheezy-updates Release​
Http://ftp.de.debian.org reached steady Release​
Achieved http://security.debian.org wheezy / updates / main Sources​
Achieved http://security.debian.org wheezy / updates / contrib Sources​
Achieved http://security.debian.org wheezy / updates / non-free Sources​
Achieved http://ftp.debian.org wheezy-updates/main Sources​
Achieved http://security.debian.org wheezy / updates / main amd64 Packages​
Achieved http://security.debian.org wheezy / updates / contrib amd64 Packages​
Achieved http://ftp.debian.org wheezy-updates/contrib Sources​
Achieved http://security.debian.org wheezy / updates / non-free amd64 Packages​
Http://ftp.de.debian.org reached stable / main Sources​
Achieved http://security.debian.org wheezy / updates / contrib Translation-en​
Achieved http://ftp.debian.org wheezy-updates/non-free Sources​
Achieved http://security.debian.org wheezy / updates / main Translation-en​
Achieved http://ftp.debian.org wheezy-updates/main amd64 Packages​
Achieved http://security.debian.org wheezy / updates / non-free Translation-en​
Http://ftp.de.debian.org reached stable / contrib Sources​
Achieved http://ftp.debian.org wheezy-updates/contrib amd64 Packages​
Achieved http://repo.percona.com wheezy Release.gpg​
Http://ftp.de.debian.org reached stable / non-free Sources​
Achieved http://ftp.debian.org wheezy-updates/non-free amd64 Packages​
Achieved http://ftp.debian.org wheezy-updates/contrib Translation-en​
Http://ftp.de.debian.org reached stable / main amd64 Packages​
Achieved http://ftp.debian.org wheezy-updates/main Translation-en​
Achieved http://ftp.debian.org wheezy-updates/non-free Translation-en​
Http://ftp.de.debian.org reached stable / contrib amd64 Packages​
Http://ftp.de.debian.org reached stable / non-free amd64 Packages​
Achieved http://repo.percona.com wheezy Release​
Http://ftp.de.debian.org reached stable / contrib Translation-en​
Http://ftp.de.debian.org reached stable / main Translation-en​
Http://ftp.de.debian.org reached stable / main Translation-en​
Http://ftp.de.debian.org reached stable / non-free Translation-en​
Achieved http://repo.percona.com wheezy / main Sources​
Achieved http://repo.percona.com wheezy / main amd64 Packages​
Ign http://repo.percona.com wheezy / main Translation-en_US​
Ign http://repo.percona.com wheezy / main Translation-en​
Ign http://repo.percona.com wheezy / main Translation-en​
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I think "Percona" does not work with debian 7​
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Slavik said:
Centos, the way forward ;)
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I'm not familiar with the command "Yum"
by cons with webmin it will have to go ? but by default it is already working with mysql.

it starts to be complicated for me :oops:
 
Since he's on Debian, the RPM will not "play nice".
Also, remember... Percona is not the same as percona.
Case DOES make a difference in Linux - unlike Winblows.
 
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