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====== YaDDNet : New VPS ======

** Moving YaDDNet from USA to UK **

===== Background =====

  * YaDDNet started hosted on a machine in my shed
  * In 2019 I almost gave up maintaining & hosting it and was approached by Alan Spindel ex. of WLO/Mobile Radio with the offer of a free VPS in the States
  * I moved everything from my own PC to the new Cloud Server - as documented largely here [[yaddnet_migration|]]
  * It's run quietly and without too may hiccups since 2019 until now, April 13th 2024
  * Alan has now been asked to contribute financially for continued access to the VPS - up to $200 per month
  * This is way too much money!
  * I looked at my current VPS hosted by [[https://www.fasthosts.co.uk/virtual-private-servers | Fasthosts]] and they do a VPS with similar specs to the existing USA-based server - for £12 per month
  * I let Alan know I'd take on the new server and migrate YaDDNet ASAP, and began the process of obtaining server, installing software required, copying YaDDNet Python code, transferring YaDDNet HTML/PHP web pages and then the big job of taking a MYSQL dump of the YaDDNet database and copying it over, and putting it into the new SQL server.
  * Let the fun begin

===== New VPS =====

  * I bought a **VPS L** from Fasthosts
    * 120GB HDD, 4GB RAM, 2 CPU, Ubuntu 20.4
  * I copied the ''yaddnet'' python code (in a tar-ball) that deals with the network feeds of ''Yadd'' and ''DSCDecoder'' and injects the resulting data //into// the ''MySQL''database from the existing server.
  * I installed the necessary software
    * Python2.7
    * python-is-python2
    * python-dev-is-python2
    * MySQL Client
    * MySQL Server
    * Apache2
    * PHP
    * Tmux
    * Vim
    * copied my .bashrc from the old server for colour prompt etc.


  * Using the previous Yaddnet Migration info [[public:radio:dormant:yaddnet_migration|]] I had some guidance of any tweaks needed.
  * I needed extra Python2 supporting libraries
    * For MySQLdb -> pip install MySQL-python
    * but for ''pip''.... I need ''pip2''... how to get it - it's no longer available from Ubuntu's apt repositories.
      * I found a script ''get-pip.py'' at ''github''
        * https://github.com/pypa/get-pip
        * also need ''python-dev'' from apt
        * also need ''my_config.h'' from where..?
        * finally can ''pip install MySQL-python''


<code bash>
curl https://bootstrap.pypa.io/pip/2.7/get-pip.py --output get-pip.py
sudo python2 get-pip.py
sudo apt-get install python-dev
sudo wget https://raw.githubusercontent.com/paulfitz/mysql-connector-c/master/include/my_config.h -O /usr/include/mysql/my_config.h
sudo pip2 install MySQL-python
</code>

  * at this point I could run the python //server// code, in a tmux session as usual, using the shell script in the python directory extracted from the tar-ball. All the supporting libraries were there.

=== MySQL config ===

  * My old notes had instructions of how to set MySQL for password-less root access, but I found by trial and error that these steps no longer work in Ubuntu 20.4, with ''systemd'' 
  * I found some help online [[https://ostechnix.com/how-to-reset-root-password-in-mysql-8-on-ubuntu-linux/]]
    * the basic is that it's now necessary to add options to MySQL via ''systemd''
    * for ''skip-grant-tables''

<code bash>
$ sudo systemctl stop mysql
$ sudo systemctl status mysql
$ sudo systemctl edit mysql
</code>

<code bash>
[Service]
ExecStart=
ExecStart=/usr/sbin/mysqld --skip-grant-tables --skip-networking
</code>

<code bash>
$ sudo systemctl daemon-reload
$ sudo systemctl start mysql
$ sudo mysql -u root
</code>

<code mysql>
mysql> FLUSH PRIVILEGES;
mysql> ALTER USER 'root'@'localhost' IDENTIFIED WITH mysql_native_password BY '';
mysql> exit
</code>

<code bash>
$ sudo systemctl revert mysql
$ sudo systemctl daemon-reload
$ sudo systemctl restart mysql
</code>

=== Make database for yadd ===

<code bash>
$mysql -u root
</code>

<code mysql>
mysql> create database yadd;
mysql> quit;
</code>


=== Get the data ===

  * on the old server

<code bash>
$ mysqldump -u root yadd > yadd_backup.sql
</code>

  * and wait.... and wait.....
  * eventually there's a 6.2GB ''sql'' file containing all the existing data
  * bzip2 the file to make it smaller (it's about 400MB now) for ''scp'' transfer to the new server
  * send it across:
    * ''scp yaddnet_backup.sql.bz2 gm4slv@109.228.53.165:''

  * on the new server
    * ''bunzip2 yaddnet_backup.sql.bz2''
    * and wait....and wait
  * then inject it into the new yadd database

<code bash>
mysql -u root yadd < yaddnet_backup.sql
</code>

  * and wait.... and wait.... and wait
  * eventually the command returns and the database is restored on the new machine


=== Web pages ===

  * extract the backed-up webpages from the old server and copy them to ''/var/www/html''
  * To be able to retrieve SQL data via PHP I needed to install more

  sudo apt-get install php-mysql


  * Almost there....
  * New MYSQL user with a password for PHP data retrieval
    * Alan Spindel informed me that there was an update some time ago and it was necessary to create a new MySQL user, with a password, and to modify the PHP files to use it in the PHP -> MySQL transactions

<code mysql>

CREATE USER 'XXXXX'@'localhost' IDENTIFIED WITH mysql_native_password BY 'YYYYY';
GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON *.* TO 'XXXXX'@'localhost' WITH GRANT OPTION;

</code>

  * XXXXX is the username as set in all the PHP files and YYYYY is the password for the user
  * to perform some of the SQL queries (group-by) - need to alter ''sql-mode'' but again the old method using ''*.cnf''  files no longer works

<code>
# MySQL systemd service file

[Unit]
Description=MySQL Community Server
After=network.target

[Install]
WantedBy=multi-user.target

[Service]
Type=notify
User=mysql
Group=mysql
PIDFile=/run/mysqld/mysqld.pid
PermissionsStartOnly=true
ExecStartPre=/usr/share/mysql/mysql-systemd-start pre
ExecStart=/usr/sbin/mysqld  --sql-mode=STRICT_TRANS_TABLES,ERROR_FOR_DIVISION_BY_ZERO,NO_ENGINE_SUBSTITUTION
TimeoutSec=infinity
Restart=on-failure
RuntimeDirectory=mysqld
RuntimeDirectoryMode=755
LimitNOFILE=10000

# Set enviroment variable MYSQLD_PARENT_PID. This is required for restart.
Environment=MYSQLD_PARENT_PID=1
~
~

</code>

Then

  systemctl daemon-reload
  systemctl restart mysql



  * start the Python code to listen for new data

  ./new_tmux.sh
 
  * open firewall for UDP/50666 and UDP/4530
  * set up my own Yadd receiver pointing at 109.228.53.165 port 50666 and let it send new data....
  * it's arriving!
  * Alter DNS for the domain at Fasthosts to point ''yaddnet.org'' and ''%%www.yaddnet.org%%'' -> ''109.228.53.165''
  * Wait for new data from other YaDD receivers to start arriving as the DNS change propagates....
  * it's arriving
  * make ''/var/www/html/pages/php/test/tmp'' world read/writable to allow new text files to be written there (eg REU searches etc.)

==== Clean up ====

  * that's everything working correctly
  * crontab entries to maintain everything

<code bash>

@reboot sleep 60; sudo -u gm4slv /home/gm4slv/yaddnet/tmux_yadd.sh >/dev/null 2>&1


15 */4 * * * /home/gm4slv/yaddnet/purge_err.sh > /dev/null
* * * * * /home/gm4slv/yaddnet/purge_tmp.sh > /dev/null

</code>

  * get ''SSL'' certificates from Fasthost and convert Apache2 to HTTPS, per previous posts
    * [[..:..:computers:ssl_install_vps|]]
    * [[..:..:computers:vps_tips_tricks|]]
  * add a ''PayPal Donate'' button
/*  * make an account at Buy Me a Coffee [[https://www.buymeacoffee.com/yaddnet]] and add the button 
*/
{{ :public:radio:2024:screenshot_2024-04-14_20.13.22.png?600 |}}

  * install ''mercurial'' on new server and make new code repositories

<code>
hg init
hg add
hg com -m "first commit, new server"
</code>

    * ''yaddnet_repo'' containing the ''python'' and various bash scripts for handling incoming data and SQL injection
    * ''yaddnet_web_repo'' containing the ''html'' and ''php'' web pages


=== Extra ===

  * config directory needs access control via ''.htaccess'' and ''.htpasswd''
    * first apache2 needs config tweaking

<code apache>
<Directory /path/to/website/database_tweaks/config>
        Options Indexes FollowSymLinks
        AllowOverride All
        Require all granted
</Directory>
</code>

  * ''.htaccess'' file in config directory

<code apache>
AuthType Basic
AuthName "Password Protected Area"
AuthUserFile  /path/to/website/database_tweaks/config/.htpasswd
Require valid-user
</code>

  * create a ''.htpasswd'' file for the user who can have access to config
  * restart apache2
  * to prevent directory file-listing (where there's no ''index.html'' file) remove ''Indexes'' from ''apache2.conf''

<code apache>
<Directory /var/www/>
        Options  FollowSymLinks
        AllowOverride None
        Require all granted
</Directory>
</code>


  * to allow the **test** directory itself to be listed (I can't be bothered to maintain an index for these scraps of php)

<code apache>

<Directory /var/www/html/pages/php/test/>
        Options Indexes FollowSymLinks
        AllowOverride None
        Require all granted
</Directory>

</code>

  * restart apache2


--- //John Pumford-Green 14/04/24 18:11 BST//


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