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+        "desc": "A tutorial on setting up a webserver on a Raspberry Pi with Rocky Linux 8",
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+# Hosting a Website on the Raspberry Pi with Rocky Linux
+
+First Download Rocky Linux for the Raspberry Pi 3 & 4 from
+[their website](https://rockylinux.org/alternative-images).
+
+<center>
+![Screen Shot 2022-02-19 at 2.15.13 PM](/articles/rpilinuxserver/img/ScreenShot2022-02-19at2.15.13PM.png)
+</center>
+
+Next you want to burn this image to the sd card that you are going to use. Now
+start up the Raspberry Pi and login with the default user `rocky` and the
+password is `rockylinux`.
+
+To make the image take up the whole drive, run:
+
+<pre><code>
+sudo rootfs-expand
+</pre></code>
+
+Now, you should create a new user:
+
+<pre><code>
+sudo useradd -m -g users -G wheel userName
+sudo passwd username
+</pre></code>
+
+Next, we should delete the default user so logout and login to your new user:
+
+<pre><code>
+sudo userdel rocky
+</pre></code>
+
+
+
+***
+
+## Setting a static IP address
+
+The easiest way is to run:
+
+<pre><code>
+sudo nmtui
+</pre></code>
+
+<center>
+![Screen Shot 2022-02-19 at 2.18.39 PM](/articles/rpilinuxserver/img/ScreenShot2022-02-19at2.18.39PM.png)
+</center>
+
+Select **Edit** a connection and select your network interface.
+
+<center>
+![Screen Shot 2022-02-19 at 2.23.20 PM](/articles/rpilinuxserver/img/ScreenShot2022-02-19at2.23.20PM.png)
+</center>
+
+Select **Show** for **IPv4 CONFIGURATION** and enter the IP you want to set.
+Then select **OK** at the bottom, and quit the program.
+
+## Securing the PI
+
+### SSH Key Authorization
+
+The best way to secure the pi is to use an SSH key to login instead of a
+password. First you want to generate an SSH key by running on your computer:
+
+<pre><code>
+ssh-keygen -t rsa
+</pre></code>
+
+Next, to copy your SSH key to your server, run:
+
+<pre><code>
+ssh-copy-id -i ~/.ssh/mykey user@host
+</pre></code>
+
+To test that it works, run:
+
+<pre><code>
+ssh -i ~/.ssh/mykey user@host
+</pre></code>
+
+If it worked, you should be able to connect without needing a password.
+
+To force an SSH key to login, edit `/etc/ssh/sshd_config` using nano or vim.
+
+Change
+
+<pre><code>
+PermitRootLogin yes
+PasswordAuthentication yes
+</code></pre>
+to
+<pre><code>
+PermitRootLogin no
+PasswordAuthentication no
+</pre></code>
+
+### Setting up fail2ban
+
+First start and enable firewalld to run at boot:
+
+<pre><code>
+sudo systemctl start firewalld
+sudo systemctl enable firewalld
+</pre></code>
+
+Now, enable the EPEL repository for Rocky Linux and install fail2ban:
+
+<pre><code>
+sudo dnf install epel-release -y
+sudo dnf install fail2ban fail2ban-firewalld -y
+</pre></code>
+
+Start and enable fail2ban to run at boot:
+
+<pre><code>
+sudo systemctl start fail2ban
+sudo systemctl enable fail2ban
+</pre></code>
+
+Now, we have to make fail2ban work with firewalld, run:
+
+<pre><code>
+sudo mv /etc/fail2ban/jail.d/00-firewalld.conf /etc/fail2ban/jail.d/00-firewalld.local
+sudo systemctl restart fail2ban
+</pre></code>
+
+To create an SSH jail, edit the ssh config file with nano or vim:
+
+<pre><code>
+sudo nano /etc/fail2ban/jail.d/sshd.local
+</pre></code>
+
+Paste the following into the file and change the values as you see fit:
+
+<pre><code>
+[sshd]
+enabled = true
+bantime = 1d
+maxretry = 3
+</pre></code>
+
+Save and close the file and restart fail2ban:
+
+<pre><code>
+sudo systemctl restart fail2ban
+</pre></code>
+
+## Setting up Dynamic DNS with Google Domains
+
+### Configuring Google Domains
+
+First, on [Domains.google.com](https://domains.google.com/) go the DNS page for
+your domain. Scroll down and click on **Show advanced settings**, Click **Manage
+dynamic DNS**, and then click **Create new record**. Enter your subdomain or
+leave it black for the domain itself. Finally, click Save.
+
+### Installing ddclient
+
+To install ddclient you need to enable the PowerTools Repo for the perl
+dependency.
+
+First, install `dnf-plugins-core`:
+
+<pre><code>
+sudo dnf -y install dnf-plugins-core
+sudo dnf upgrade
+</pre></code>
+
+Next, enable PowerTools:
+
+<pre><code>
+sudo dnf config-manager --set-enabled powertools
+</pre></code>
+
+Then, you can install ddclient:
+
+<pre><code>
+sudo dnf install ddclient
+</pre></code>
+
+Now, we want to edit the config file for ddclient:
+
+<pre><code>
+sudo nano /etc/ddclient.conf
+</pre></code>
+
+You'll want to look for where it says `protocol=dyndns2`, and enter your
+information:
+
+<pre><code>
+##
+## nsupdate.info IPV4(https://www.nsupdate.info)
+##
+protocol=dyndns2
+use=web, web=http://ipv4.nsupdate.info/myip
+server=domains.google.com
+login=username
+password=password
+domain.tld
+</pre></code>
+
+Wait about 5 minutes and on the Google Domains website, under Dynamic DNS you
+should see your IP address under **Data**.
+
+## Setting up NGINX and Let's Encrypt
+
+### Installing NGINX
+
+First, install nginx Webserver:
+
+<pre><code>
+sudo dnf install nginx
+</pre></code>
+
+Next, start and enable nginx to run at boot:
+
+<pre><code>
+sudo systemctl start nginx
+sudo systemctl enable nginx
+</pre></code>
+
+Then, check the status to see if it is running:
+
+<pre><code>
+sudo systemctl status nginx
+</pre></code>
+
+<center>
+![Screen Shot 2022-02-19 at 2.56.21 PM](/articles/rpilinuxserver/img/ScreenShot2022-02-19at2.56.21PM.png)
+</center>
+
+Now, we have to allow HTTP traffic through the firewall:
+
+<pre><code>
+sudo firewall-cmd --add-service=http --permanent
+sudo firewall-cmd --add-service=https --permanent
+sudo firewall-cmd --reload
+</pre></code>
+
+In a web browser, go to the local ip of the server and you should see the nginx
+welcome page.
+
+<center>
+![Screen Shot 2022-02-19 at 2.58.29 PM](/articles/rpilinuxserver/img/ScreenShot2022-02-19at2.58.29PM.png)
+</center>
+
+### Configuring NGINX
+
+First, make your folder for the website, this is where your website will live:
+
+<pre><code>
+sudo mkdir -p /var/www/websiteName
+</pre></code>
+
+Next, we need to set the proper permissions to make sure everything works:
+
+<pre><code>
+sudo chown -R nginx /var/www/websiteName
+sudo chmod -R 755 /var/www/websiteName
+</pre></code>
+
+Now, we will create the config file for website:
+
+<pre><code>
+sudo nano /etc/nginx/conf.d/websiteName.conf
+</pre></code>
+
+and paste the following into the file:
+
+<pre><code>
+server {
+    listen 80;
+    server_name domain.tld www.domain.tld;
+    root /var/www/websiteName;
+    index index.php index.html index.htm;
+    access_log /var/log/nginx/websiteName.access.log;
+    error_log /var/log/nginx/websiteName.error.log;
+}
+</pre></code>
+
+Now, confirm that the nginx configuration is ok:
+
+<pre><code>
+sudo nginx -t
+</pre></code>
+
+Restart nginx:
+
+<pre><code>
+sudo systemctl restart nginx
+sudo systemctl status nginx
+</pre></code>
+
+Next, set SELinux to permissive mode:
+
+<pre><code>
+sudo setenforce permissive
+sudo getenforce
+</pre></code>
+
+Now, we will need to set SELinux to permissive mode permanently:
+
+<pre><code>
+sudo sed -i --follow-symlinks 's/SELINUX=enforcing/SELINUX=permissive/g' /etc/sysconfig/selinux
+</pre></code>
+
+### Installing and Running Certbot
+
+To install Certbot run:
+
+<pre><code>
+sudo dnf install certbot python3-certbot-nginx
+</pre></code>
+
+To get SSL certificates for your websites run:
+
+<pre><code>
+sudo certbot --nginx
+</pre></code>
+
+Answer the prompts that show up on screen as you wish.
+
+To configure auto renewal of the SSL certificate run:
+
+<pre><code>
+crontab -e
+</pre></code>
+
+and add the following line:
+
+<pre><code>
+0 12 * * * /usr/bin/certbot renew --quiet
+</pre></code>
+
+This will check everyday at noon to see if the certificate will expire in the
+next month, if so it will renew the certificate.
+
+Now your website should be operational.
+