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diff --git a/blueprint/README.md b/blueprint/README.md index c270545..be07ff9 100644 --- a/blueprint/README.md +++ b/blueprint/README.md @@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ These documents are in English to make them more widely useful. These documents intend to document how to set up self-hosted services in a reusable manner. * [Hosting](hosting.org): hosting providers. +* [Setup](setup.md): An example installation process using Gandi and Contabo. ## Other references diff --git a/blueprint/setup.md b/blueprint/setup.md new file mode 100644 index 0000000..761ecab --- /dev/null +++ b/blueprint/setup.md @@ -0,0 +1,58 @@ +# Setup + +## Domain + +[Gandi is one of the supported registrars for YunoHost](https://doc.yunohost.org/en/providers/registrar). + +* Buy the domain from Gandi. +* Visit https://admin.gandi.net/ +* Click on your user in the top right of the page, then "User Settings". +* Click "Create a token" in the "Personal Access Token (PAT)" section. +* Select the organization that matches your user name. +* Fill the form: + * Token name: "yunohost domain automation" + * Activate "Manage domain name technical configurations" +* Copy the token for later use. + +## Server + +### Initial setup + +* Get a "VPS 1 SSD" from Contabo, with Debian 12. +* Disable VNC from the "new" Contabo control panel. +* Log in as `root` via SSH. +* Run the YunoHost installer command. + The installation might fail because `cloud-init` installs software on the first boot of the server, you can retry. + Accept SSH configuration changes. +* Follow the link that the installer prints to access YunoHost. +* Follow the wizard. + * "I want to add a domain I own", type the domain *in punycode if needed* (e.g. `example.com`). + * Create your user, store the credentials. +* After being redirected to the login page, login might not behave correctly. + If this happens, then edit the URL and remove everything after the IP address. + +### Domain setup + +* Log in to the YunoHost admin interface. +* https://github.com/YunoHost/issues/issues/2405 Gandi instructions are outdated, updating the DNS records automatically is not currently possible without patching. + +### Reverse DNS + +This seems to be possible on the old Contabo control panel. + +* Visit https://my.contabo.com/ +* Click "Reverse DNS Management" +* Edit the IPv4 and IPv6 records. + Use the punycode version if needed. + +### Diagnosis + +* Run the internal diagnosis as per the YunoHost installation instructions. + If you followed the previous steps, then everything is green. + +## Notes + +* After initial setup, `root` password might only be useful on the VNC console for recovery? +* For a non-ASCII domain name, I had to enter it in the installer as punycode, or the installer entered an infinite loop. +* The Debian 12 Contabo image runs `unattended-upgrades`. +* After installing YunoHost, `fail2ban` is enabled. |