Configuration of a server instance in Amazon Lightsail to host MarketGardenLog web application.

The server is running on IP 54.88.202.235. The SSH port is 2200. The hosted application is accesible via http://54.88.202.235/

The server runs on Ubuntu 16.04.2 LTS. The machine's firewall only allows SSH connections on port 2200, NTP connections on port 123 and HTTP on port 80.

The root login via SSH is deactivated, and key-based SSH authentication is enforced.

The local timezone is configured to UTC.

• Apache HTTP Server
• libapache2-mod-wsgi (Python WSGI adapter module for Apache)
• PostgreSQL
• Git
• Virtualenv (tool to create isolated Python environments)
• Flask
• Project's dependencies
  • httplib2
  • requests
  • sqlalchemy
  • python-psycopg2
  • oauth2client

To configure the web server to serve the Item Catalog application as a WSGI app we follow the Digital Ocean's tutorial on How To Deploy a Flask Application on an Ubuntu VPS

To configure the PostgreSQL database to be used by the application we use the Digital Ocean's tutorial on How To Secure PostgreSQL on an Ubuntu VPS and Kill The Yak's tutorial on use PostgreSQL with Flask or Django