This repository is a collection of scripts to be installed on Linux servers to automate the management of web applications. The servers can be linked and managed through the devPanel dashboard, or can be standalone just like any other Linux server used for web hosting.
The installation is done by executing the install script that installs the required packages and configures a LAMP stack (Apache, MySQL, PHP). The best is to run it on a just deployed server without prior modifications. The supported distributions are: CentOS 7, Ubuntu 16.04 LTS and 18.04 LTS.
Download and run the install script with the following commands:
# curl -O https://get.devpanel.com/install.sh
# chmod 755 install.sh
# ./install.sh
This section is optional. It applies only if you're familiar with Vagrant. Feel free to safely skip this section if you're not sure what it means.
To add the Vagrant box to your local machine and start a first environment, run the following commands:
$ vagrant box add devpanel/serverlink
$ mkdir my-devpanel-box
$ cd my-devpanel-box
$ vagrant init -m devpanel/serverlink
$ vagrant up
At the moment it only works with Virtualbox as the provider.
A single server can run multiple websites. Each site runs on a virtual host on Apache, with a dedicated linux user for running the applications and dynamic scripts. This way applications are separated from each other, and have different SFTP/SSH credentials. It's basically a LAMP stack (Apache, PHP, MySQL) with the common modules already enabled.
There are several pre-packaged apps like Drupal, Wordpress, Magento, to make it easy to quickstart the development.
One of the most common operations is to install applications on a new virtual host.
To see the applications available to install, run the following command:
# devpanel list seed apps
It'll display an output similar to the one below:
App Display Name Version
drupal-v7 Drupal 7 7.45
drupal-v8 Drupal 8 8.02
wordpress-v4 Wordpress 4 4.44
grav-v1 Grav CMS 1.02
To install an application on a new vhost, run:
# devpanel install seed app --app drupal-v7 --vhost d7new
This will create a new virtual host named d7new with a Drupal 7 configured on it. It'll display the basic information about the virtual host just after creating it:
Information about vhost d7new
Main URL: https://d7new.abcd.app.devpanel.net/
Domains:
d7new.abcd.app.devpanel.net
www.d7new.abcd.app.devpanel.net
SSL: disabled
App: drupal
SFTP User: w_d7new
SFTP Host: abcd.app.devpanel.net
MySQL Host/Port: 127.0.0.1:4000
MySQL Database: drupal
FastCGI: disabled
Htpasswd: disabled
Snapshots: disabled
Successfully created vhost d7new
App credentials:
URL: https://d7new.abcd.app.devpanel.net/
username: admin
password: Abcdefgh123
Successfully installed drupal-v7.
Above you see the credentials to login on the application. The application is fully configured, it's just to access the URL and start using it.
All commands show it's usage and brief help text by using the --help argument on command line.
Searching for help on a specific term:
# devpanel help --search term
E.g. find commands related to mysql:
# devpanel help --search mysql
Getting for help on specific sections (e.g. vhost, app, server):
# devpanel help --section vhost
# devpanel help --section app
# devpanel enter --vhost d7new
Each virtual host created has a dedicated linux user. The access is authenticated by username and ssh key, or username and password.
To add a ssh key to access a virtual host (copying and pasting it from standard input), run:
# devpanel add ssh key --vhost d7new
# devpanel change sftp password --vhost d7new
# devpanel get token --tool phpmyadmin --vhost d7new
Reset the password of the admin user of the application.
# devpanel reset app password --vhost d7new
# devpanel add domain --vhost d7new --domain whatever.com
To enable Let's Encrypt SSL certificates on the virtual host, run:
# devpanel enable lets-encrypt --vhost d7new
It'll generate the Let's Encrypt certificates and setup the virtual host with it. The certificates automatically renew every 90 days.
# devpanel backup vhost --vhost d7new
# devpanel extract backup --filename a-backup-file.tgz --target-dir a-new-directory
# devpanel list backups --vhost d7new
# devpanel tail vhost logs --vhost d7new
# devpanel clear app cache --vhost d7new
# devpanel set php version --version 7 --vhost d7new
# devpanel set default php --version 7
# devpanel restart mysql instance --vhost d7new
# devpanel repair mysql database --vhost d7new
# devpanel configure ssl --ca-file /path/to-ca-bundle.crt --cert-file /path/to/certificate.crt \
--priv-key-file /path/to/key-file.key --vhost d7new
# devpanel remove vhost --vhost d7new
# devpanel create vhost --vhost d7b --from /opt/webenabled-data/vhost_archives/d7new/d7new-archive-Mar-1-2017.tgz
# devpanel update