Web server security CHECKLIST

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Good day! Is there any checklist?Here is mine as beginner. OS Linux: SSH and SFTP logins only add SSH key deactivate root serverpilot.io they give you firewall and updates. As I know updates for mySQL and PHP with their settings. This firewall allows TCP ports 22 (ssh), 80 (HTTP), and 443 (HTTPS) as well as UDP port 68 (DHCP) fail2ban with conf (permanent bans) htop for monitoring (CPU, RAM, etc) DO Snapshot or Dropbox for auto backups something else? How to secure mySQL, PHP, Apache, maybe NGINX? Good advices and links are welcome.

JonsJava · Answer

For MySQL security, it’s as easy as running this:

mysql_secure_installation

I’d also recommend a MySQL dump nightly, like this:

/root/scripts/mysql_backup.sh

#!/bin/bash
USER='backup_user'
PASS='PASSWORD'
### MAKE SURE TO ADD THE TRAILING SLASH ###
DIR='/path/to/backup/to/'
date=`date +"%m-%d-%Y %T"`
if [ ! -d "$DIR" ]; then
   mkdir -p $DIR
fi
mysqldump -u $USER -p"$PASSWORD" --all-databases --master-data |gzip -1 > ${DIR}mysqlbackup_$date.sql.gz
#### You can then add a script to offload to S3/DropBox/e-mail if you like. ####

cron to run:

00 04 * * * /root/scripts/mysql_backup.sh

JonsJava · Answer

For MySQL security, it’s as easy as running this:

mysql_secure_installation

I’d also recommend a MySQL dump nightly, like this:

/root/scripts/mysql_backup.sh

#!/bin/bash
USER='backup_user'
PASS='PASSWORD'
### MAKE SURE TO ADD THE TRAILING SLASH ###
DIR='/path/to/backup/to/'
date=`date +"%m-%d-%Y %T"`
if [ ! -d "$DIR" ]; then
   mkdir -p $DIR
fi
mysqldump -u $USER -p"$PASSWORD" --all-databases --master-data |gzip -1 > ${DIR}mysqlbackup_$date.sql.gz
#### You can then add a script to offload to S3/DropBox/e-mail if you like. ####

cron to run:

00 04 * * * /root/scripts/mysql_backup.sh

janV · Answer

Thanks, More a question than a contribution to the checklist, but is choosing a different port for ssh a good security measure? Something else than the default 22 ?

Orbital · Answer

Thank you JonsJava.Some more good programs: Traffic: iptraf Monitor network traffic: jnettop For mysql: mytop

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Web server security CHECKLIST