Web Hosting Toolkit Installation

Installation

   I tried to make the installation process as simple as possible, but if you find it too difficult or you don't have the time to read the next rows you can order a support.

   In the description below I assume that your Apache DocumentRoot directory is /var/www/html. Replace x.x with the version number.

1.Configure the following programs

    1.1 Apache

If you intend to use the Apache module suexec (recommended) read Security point 2.

Open Apache conf file and find the directives User and Group. If they are "User nobody" and "Group nobody" change them to "User apache" and "Group apache". If the apache user and group do not exist on your system create them:

    # groupadd apache
    # useradd -g apache apache

Even if the user apache already exists change it's password:

    # passwd apache

Make directory "include" in /etc/httpd/conf:

    # mkdir -m 755 /etc/httpd/conf/include

touch the file include in the include directory:

    # touch /etc/httpd/conf/include/include

Insert the row "include /etc/httpd/conf/include/include" at the end of the Apache's conf file:

    # echo "include /etc/httpd/conf/include/include" >> /etc/httpd/conf/httpd.conf

Make two log directories for the WHT needs:

# mkdir -m 700 /var/log/wht
# mkdir -m 700 /var/log/wht/bytes

    1.2 Sudo

Add the apache user to the /etc/sudoers file if it is not there already:

    # echo "apache    ALL = PASSWD: ALL" >> /etc/sudoers

My /etc/sudoers file looks like that:

# sudoers file.
#
# This file MUST be edited with the 'visudo' command as root.
#
# See the sudoers man page for the details on how to write a sudoers file.
#

# Host alias specification

# User alias specification

# Cmnd alias specification

# Defaults specification
Defaults    syslog=auth

# User privilege specification
root    ALL=(ALL) ALL

# Uncomment to allow people in group wheel to run all commands
# %wheel    ALL=(ALL)    ALL

# Same thing without a password
# %wheel    ALL=(ALL)    NOPASSWD: ALL

# Samples
# %users ALL=/sbin/mount /cdrom,/sbin/umount /cdrom
# %users localhost=/sbin/shutdown -h now

apache    ALL = PASSWD: ALL

    1.3 BIND

Make directory "wht_named" in /etc:

    # mkdir -m 755 /etc/wht_named

touch the file include in the wht_named directory:

    # touch /etc/wht_named/include

Insert the row "include "/etc/wht_named/include";" at the end of BIND's conf file:

    # echo "include \"/etc/wht_named/include\";" >> /etc/named.conf

2. Extract the tarball to the web directory:

   # cp ./wht-x.x.tar.gz /var/www/html
   # cd /var/www/html
   # tar xvzf wht-x.x.tar.gz
   # chown root:apache /var/www/html/wht/ -R
   # chmod 750 /var/www/html/wht/

3. Create database:

    # mysqladmin -u root -p create wht
    # mysql -u root -p wht < /var/www/html/wht/wht.sql

4. Add two scripts to crontab.

The first one will run every night at 2 a.m:

    # echo "0 2 * * * root /var/www/html/wht/wht_cron.php" >> /etc/crontab

The second every month - 1st 3 a.m. If you specify another rotate period change the $rotate_months variable in conf_inc.php:

    # echo "0 3 1 * * root /var/www/html/wht/wht_apache_log.php" >> /etc/crontab

What these scripts do?
Answer: Apache and bind

5. If you use vsftpd read 5.1. If you use proftpd read 5.2.

    5.1. To allow users access only their home directories add the row "chroot_local_user=YES" at the end of FTP server's conf file (usually /etc/vsftpd/vsftpd.conf):

    # echo "chroot_local_user=YES" >> /etc/vsftpd/vsftpd.conf

My /etc/vsftpd/vsftpd.conf file looks like that:

# Example config file /etc/vsftpd.conf
#
# The default compiled in settings are very paranoid. This sample file
# loosens things up a bit, to make the ftp daemon more usable.
#
# Allow anonymous FTP?
anonymous_enable=YES
#
# Uncomment this to allow local users to log in.
local_enable=YES
#
# Uncomment this to enable any form of FTP write command.
write_enable=YES
#
# Default umask for local users is 077. You may wish to change this to 022,
# if your users expect that (022 is used by most other ftpd's)
local_umask=022
#
# Uncomment this to allow the anonymous FTP user to upload files. This only
# has an effect if the above global write enable is activated. Also, you will
# obviously need to create a directory writable by the FTP user.
#anon_upload_enable=YES
#
# Uncomment this if you want the anonymous FTP user to be able to create
# new directories.
#anon_mkdir_write_enable=YES
#
# Activate directory messages - messages given to remote users when they
# go into a certain directory.
dirmessage_enable=YES
#
# Activate logging of uploads/downloads.
xferlog_enable=YES
#
# Make sure PORT transfer connections originate from port 20 (ftp-data).
connect_from_port_20=YES
#
# If you want, you can arrange for uploaded anonymous files to be owned by
# a different user. Note! Using "root" for uploaded files is not
# recommended!
#chown_uploads=YES
#chown_username=whoever
#
# You may override where the log file goes if you like. The default is shown
# below.
#xferlog_file=/var/log/vsftpd.log
#
# If you want, you can have your log file in standard ftpd xferlog format
xferlog_std_format=YES
#
# You may change the default value for timing out an idle session.
#idle_session_timeout=600
#
# You may change the default value for timing out a data connection.
#data_connection_timeout=120
#
# It is recommended that you define on your system a unique user which the
# ftp server can use as a totally isolated and unprivileged user.
#nopriv_user=ftpsecure
#
# Enable this and the server will recognize asynchronous ABOR requests. Not
# recommended for security (the code is non-trivial). Not enabling it,
# however, may confuse older FTP clients.
#async_abor_enable=YES
#
# By default the server will pretend to allow ASCII mode but in fact ignore
# the request. Turn on the below options to have the server actually do ASCII
# mangling on files when in ASCII mode.
# Beware that turning on ascii_download_enable enables malicious remote parties
# to consume your I/O resources, by issuing the command "SIZE /big/file" in
# ASCII mode.
# These ASCII options are split into upload and download because you may wish
# to enable ASCII uploads (to prevent uploaded scripts etc. from breaking),
# without the DoS risk of SIZE and ASCII downloads. ASCII mangling should be
# on the client anyway..
#ascii_upload_enable=YES
#ascii_download_enable=YES
#
# You may fully customise the login banner string:
#ftpd_banner=Welcome to blah FTP service.
#
# You may specify a file of disallowed anonymous e-mail addresses. Apparently
# useful for combatting certain DoS attacks.
#deny_email_enable=YES
# (default follows)
#banned_email_file=/etc/vsftpd.banned_emails
#
# You may specify an explicit list of local users to chroot() to their home
# directory. If chroot_local_user is YES, then this list becomes a list of
# users to NOT chroot().
#chroot_list_enable=YES
# (default follows)
#chroot_list_file=/etc/vsftpd.chroot_list
#
# You may activate the "-R" option to the builtin ls. This is disabled by
# default to avoid remote users being able to cause excessive I/O on large
# sites. However, some broken FTP clients such as "ncftp" and "mirror" assume
# the presence of the "-R" option, so there is a strong case for enabling it.
#ls_recurse_enable=YES

pam_service_name=vsftpd
userlist_enable=YES
#enable for standalone mode
listen=YES
tcp_wrappers=YES
chroot_local_user=YES

5.2. To allow users access only their home directories add the row "DefaultRoot ~" at the end of FTP server's conf file (usually /etc/proftpd.conf):

# echo " DefaultRoot ~" >> /etc/proftpd.conf

My /etc/proftpd file looks like that:

# This is a basic ProFTPD configuration file.
# It establishes a single server and a single anonymous login.
# It assumes that you have a user/group "nobody" and "ftp"
# for normal/anonymous operation.

ServerName            "ProFTPD Default Installation"
ServerType            standalone
#ServerType            inetd
DefaultServer            on

# Port 21 is the standard FTP port.
Port                21
# Umask 022 is a good standard umask to prevent new dirs and files
# from being group and world writable.
Umask                022

# To prevent DoS attacks, set the maximum number of child processes
# to 30. If you need to allow more than 30 concurrent connections
# at once, simply increase this value. Note that this ONLY works
# in standalone mode, in inetd mode you should use an inetd server
# that allows you to limit maximum number of processes per service
# (such as xinetd)
MaxInstances            30

# Set the user and group that the server normally runs at.
User                nobody
Group                nobody

# This next option is required for NIS or NIS+ to work properly:
#PersistentPasswd off

SystemLog            /var/log/proftpd.log
TransferLog            /var/log/xferlog

# Normally, we want files to be overwriteable.
<Directory /*>
AllowOverwrite        on
</Directory>

# A basic anonymous FTP server configuration.
# To enable this, remove the user ftp from /etc/ftpusers.
<Anonymous ~ftp>
RequireValidShell        off
User                ftp
Group                ftp
# We want clients to be able to login with "anonymous" as well as "ftp"
UserAlias            anonymous ftp

# Limit the maximum number of anonymous logins
MaxClients            50

# We want 'welcome.msg' displayed at login, and '.message' displayed
# in each newly chdired directory.
DisplayLogin            welcome.msg
DisplayFirstChdir        .message

# Limit WRITE everywhere in the anonymous chroot
<Limit WRITE>
    DenyAll
</Limit>

# An upload directory that allows storing files but not retrieving
# or creating directories.
# <Directory incoming/*>
#    <Limit READ>
#      DenyAll
#    </Limit>
#
#    <Limit STOR>
#      AllowAll
#    </Limit>
# </Directory>

</Anonymous>

    DefaultRoot ~

WHT uses the FTP server to upload files in the File Manager section so it can't function without it.

6. If you will use AWStats edit awstats/awstats.model.conf according to your needs. Do not add LogFile, SiteDomain and HostAliases. WHT will use this model file to generate configuration files for every domain.

This awstats.model.conf file is for version 5.6. If you are using newer version of AWStats overwrite the awstats/awstats.model.conf file with the original AWStat's model file but remove the variables LogFile, SiteDomain and HostAliases from it.

wht_awstats_update.php will update the statistic for all the sites. You only have to add the file to crontab. You can choose whatever period you want. This will run wht_awstats_update.php every hour

    # echo "0 * * * * root /var/www/html/wht/wht_awstats_update.php" >> /etc/crontab

7. If you will not use free hosting do not read 7.

To activate the free hosting type the following in the command line:

    # /var/www/html/wht/install_free.php
    # /var/www/html/wht/install_cgi_free.php

and answer the questions.

For more info read free hosting.

8. Make sure that the directory set in the $userhomedir in the configuration file (conf_inc.php) exists. By default it is /vat/www/home and do not exists. So create it:

    # mkdir /var/www/home

9. Enable the user quotas.

10. That's it. Now configuration.