Simple VPS provisionning with basic LAMP server via OVH Manager and OVH Public Cloud. We will go through the whole process: creating the instance, configuring it, connecting via SSH to install Apache and then finally testing the connection.
Pre-requisites
- OVH account with Manager Access
- Basic Linux knowledge (SSH, vim, apt)
- Motivation 😃
- Estimated time of completion: 10 min
Add your SSH Key in the OVH Manager
Refer to https://docs.ovh.com/gb/en/public-cloud/create-ssh-keys/ to create one. Have your public+private key saved somewhere as TXT format, no matter the extension.
In your OVH Manager, go to ‘Cloud > Create new Project > Fill info > SSH Keys > Add > Add your public SSH Key’.
Create the VPS instance!
Infrastructure > Actions > Add a server:
- Select your closest geographic area, i.e. London UK 1
- Select Debian 9
- Select the cheapest, S1-2, which stands for Server 1 vCore CPU + 2BG RAM + 10 Go HDD
- The SSH Key should be pre-selected
- Leave Advanced options as is
- Click Launch Now
Wait 2-5 minutes and a popup should appear with the server IP and the linux root username. In my case it was ssh debian@54.38.40.76. To open this window again click on ‘Login Informations’.
Let’s connect and run a quick enumeration:
Server is up and running, great!!
Install Apache and create a HTML test page
$ sudo apt update # refresh all repo
$ sudo apt install apache2 # install apache
$ cd # make sure we are in our home folder
$ mkdir public_html && cd public_html # create public_html, per Apache convention
$ touch index.html && echo "Hello world from OVH Cloud Iaas!" > index.html # create basic html file
$ sudo chgrp www-data ~/public_html # edit permission to have www-data as group owner
$ sudo a2enmod userdir # enable apache module "userdir"
$ sudo service apache2 restart # restart apache
See https://wiki.debian.org/LaMp for details
And that’s it! Open http://54.38.40.76/~debian/ in a browser:
Advanced configuration with OpenStack Dashboard: Horizon
Open the advanced dashboard through the tab OpenStack. Create a user and start Horizon:
It will open in a new tab:
Browse to your instances, and find an overview, the server log and an open stack console:
Add alert with usage threshold (I ain’t paying more than 1€ per month!!)
Project Management > Usage > Estimate of my next invoice > Create alert:
