Linode⌗

Our Linux servers are hosted by Linode.
There are three servers:

  • dealer-portal
  • integration-server
  • web-services

dealer-portal⌗

Hosts our internal dealer portal, which is just a fancy FTP server running on Nextcloud. It uses Nginx to serve the frontend and has a connected MySQL server on the same VM for user data, etc.

web-services⌗

Hosts our internal order tracking tool called the production schedule and its connected asynchronous service, plus a few active microservices like Shopify draft order entry into Salesforce.

integration-server⌗

Hosts the integration hub, a platform for integrating any number of external services with our SAP server. Security is extremely important for this server, so make sure the firewall is always running.

Common Commands⌗

List all files and directories in specified folder⌗

Leave [folder] blank to search current directory.
Having a / at the start of the filepath will search starting from the root.

ls [folder]

Change directory⌗

Move to a specified directory.

cd [path to folder]

Prepend / to specify an absolute path (starting from root)

cd /var/www

Start directly with a folder name to specify a path relative to current directory

# Current folder is /var/
cd www

Use ../ to move one directory up. Can be chained.

# Current folder is /var/www/api
cd ../../tmp
# Goes to /var/tmp

Nano⌗

Edit a file in Nano, a text editor for Linux.
To save any changes, press Ctrl+X and then Y

nano [path to file]
sudo nano [path to file]

Update⌗

Updates list of packages and versions, but does not install or upgrade anything.

sudo apt update

Upgrade⌗

Installs new versions of packages. Run sudo apt update before running this.

sudo apt upgrade

Restart Apache (Webserver)⌗ 

sudo systemctl restart apache2

Get New SSL Certificates⌗ 

certbot --apache

Crontab (Scheduled Commands)⌗ 

crontab -e

It’s a good idea to have scheduled crons running on a non-root user if possible. Currently our only active crontab is for inventory sync on integration-server.

Common Tools/Packages⌗

ufw⌗

Lightweight firewall

vsftpd⌗

FTP server used for uploading and downloading code/files for development.
Can be disabled if not in active development.

MySQL⌗

General use database. Used for production schedule, dealer portal, etc.