Here is how you can update to PHP 7.2.12 on Ubuntu. PHP has a support page that declares the support date ranges and support types: http://php.net/supported-versions.php
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How to install PHP 7.2.latest on Ubuntu 16.04/ Ubuntu 18.04/Debian etc/
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I have a number of guides on moving away from CPanel, Setting up VM’s on UpCloud, AWS, Vultr or Digital Ocean along with installing and managing WordPress from the command line. PHP is my programming language of choice.
PHP has a support page that declares the support date ranges and support types: http://php.net/supported-versions.php
A version of PHP is either actively supported, security fix supported or end of life. Read this post to check WordPress for PHP compatibility.
From time to time vulnerabilities come up that require PHP updates to be applied.
Multiple flaw found in #PHP, most severe of which could allow arbitrary code execution
Affected Versions:
PHP 7.2 —prior to 7.2.5
PHP 7.1 —prior to 7.1.17
PHP 7.0 —prior to 7.0.30
PHP 5.0 —prior to 5.6.36https://t.co/TtiqXePoHuUpgrade to the latest version of PHP immediately
— The Hacker News (@TheHackersNews) May 1, 2018
#PHP 7.2.12 has been released https://t.co/iNXGYTs0PX
— Neustradamus (@neustradamus) November 9, 2018
Source Link here
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I have guides on setting up PHP 7 here on Digital Ocean, here on AWS and here on Vultr. I have tried upgrading to PHP 7.1 in the past with no luck (I forgot to change something and rolled back to 7.0).
FYI: I have a guide on setting up PHP child workers so the output from some commands below may be different than yours. Here are the steps I performed to install PHP 7.2 alongside 7.0 then switch. to 7.2.
Backup your system
Do perform a Snapshot or Backup before proceeding. Nothing beats a quick restore if things fail.
Note: Use this information at your own risk.
Updating php 7.2.12 to 7.2.12
Update your Ubuntu systems
1 | apt-get update && apt-get upgrade |
Updating from an older php (e.g 5.x, 7.1, 7.1 to say 7.2.12)
Backup PHP
1 2 | cd /etc/php zip -r php7.0backup.zip 7.0/ |
Install Helper
This software provides an abstraction of the used apt repositories. It allows you to easily manage your distribution and independent software vendor software sources. More Info
1 | apt-get install python-software-properties |
Add the main PHP repo (more information)
1 | add-apt-repository ppa:ondrej/php |
Update the package lists
“In a nutshell, apt-get update doesn’t actually install new versions of the software. Instead, it updates the package lists for upgrades for packages that need upgrading, as well as new packages that have just come to the repositories.” from here
1 | apt-get update |
List Installed Packages (optional)
1 | dpkg -l |
Install PHP 7.2
1 | apt-get install php7.2 |
Install common PHP modules
1 | apt-get install php-pear php7.2-curl php7.2-dev php7.2-mbstring php7.2-zip php7.2-mysql php7.2-xml |
Install PHP FPM
1 | apt-get install php7.2-fpm |
Update all packages (may be needed to update from php 7.2.4 to 7.2.5)
1 | sudo apt-get upgrade |
Edit your NGINX sites-available config
1 2 | sudo nano /etc/nginx/sites-available/default # I set: fastcgi_pass /run/php/php7.2-fpm.sock; |
Edit your NGINX sites-enabled config
1 2 | sudo nano /etc/nginx/sites-enabled/default # I set: fastcgi_pass unix:/var/run/php/php7.2-fpm.sock; |
I edited these lines
1 2 3 4 5 | location ~ \.php$ { ... fastcgi_pass unix:/var/run/php/php7.2-fpm.sock; ... } |
Edit your PHP config (and make desired changes)
1 | sudo nano /etc/php/7.2/fpm/php.ini |
Edit your PHP pool config file (as required). See this guide here.
e.g.
> cgi.fix_pathinfo=0
> max_input_vars = 1000
> memory_limit = 1024M
> max_file_uploads = 8M
> post_max_size = 8M
1 | sudo nano /etc/php/7.2/fpm/pool.d/www.conf |
Make sure you set: listen = /run/php/php7.2-fpm.sock
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Set PHP 7.2 as the default PHP
1 | update-alternatives --set php /usr/bin/php7.2 |
Check your PHP version
1 | php -v |
Reload PHP
1 | sudo service php7.2-fpm reload |
Reload NGINX
1 2 3 | nginx -t nginx -s reload /etc/init.d/nginx restart |
Check the status of your PHP (and child workers)
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 | sudo service php7.2-fpm status ● php7.2-fpm.service - The PHP 7.2 FastCGI Process Manager Loaded: loaded (/lib/systemd/system/php7.2-fpm.service; enabled; vendor preset: enabled) Active: active (running) since Fri 2018-05-04 19:02:27 AEST; Docs: man:php-fpm7.2(8) Process: 123456 ExecReload=/bin/kill -USR2 $MAINPID (code=exited, status=0/SUCCESS) Main PID: 123456 (php-fpm7.2) Status: "Processes active: 0, idle: 10, Requests: 0, slow: 0, Traffic: 0req/sec" Tasks: 11 Memory: 30.5M CPU: 10.678s CGroup: /system.slice/php7.2-fpm.service ├─16494 php-fpm: master process (/etc/php/7.2/fpm/php-fpm.conf) ├─16497 php-fpm: pool www ├─16498 php-fpm: pool www ├─16499 php-fpm: pool www ├─16500 php-fpm: pool www ├─16501 php-fpm: pool www ├─16502 php-fpm: pool www ├─16503 php-fpm: pool www ├─16504 php-fpm: pool www ├─16505 php-fpm: pool www └─16506 php-fpm: pool www |
Check your website.
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Troubleshooting
Guides that helped me.
https://thishosting.rocks/install-php-on-ubuntu/
Check your log files
1 | tail /var/log/nginx/error.log |
Debug FPM Service
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 | systemctl status php7.2-fpm.service ● php7.2-fpm.service - The PHP 7.2 FastCGI Process Manager Loaded: loaded (/lib/systemd/system/php7.2-fpm.service; enabled; vendor preset: enabled) Active: active (running) since Sun 2018-05-06 00:18:55 AEST; 7min ago Docs: man:php-fpm7.2(8) Process: 123456 ExecReload=/bin/kill -USR2 $MAINPID (code=exited, status=0/SUCCESS) Main PID: 123 (php-fpm7.2) Status: "Processes active: 0, idle: 10, Requests: 44, slow: 0, Traffic: 0req/sec" Tasks: 11 Memory: 212.6M CPU: 12.052s CGroup: /system.slice/php7.2-fpm.service ├─438 php-fpm: master process (/etc/php/7.2/fpm/php-fpm.conf) ├─441 php-fpm: pool www ├─442 php-fpm: pool www ├─443 php-fpm: pool www ├─444 php-fpm: pool www ├─445 php-fpm: pool www ├─446 php-fpm: pool www ├─447 php-fpm: pool www ├─449 php-fpm: pool www ├─450 php-fpm: pool www └─451 php-fpm: pool www May 06 00:18:55 server systemd[1]: Stopped The PHP 7.2 FastCGI Process Manager. May 06 00:18:55 server systemd[1]: Starting The PHP 7.2 FastCGI Process Manager... May 06 00:18:55 server systemd[1]: Started The PHP 7.2 FastCGI Process Manager. |
Remove PHP 7.0
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 | sudo apt-get purge php7.0-common Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree Reading state information... Done The following packages were automatically installed and are no longer required: libaspell15 libauthen-pam-perl libc-client2007e libio-pty-perl libmcrypt4 librecode0 libtidy-0.99-0 libxmlrpc-epi0 linux-headers-4.4.0-109 linux-headers-4.4.0-109-generic linux-headers-4.4.0-112 linux-headers-4.4.0-112-generic linux-headers-4.4.0-87 linux-headers-4.4.0-87-generic linux-headers-4.4.0-96 linux-headers-4.4.0-96-generic linux-image-4.4.0-109-generic linux-image-4.4.0-112-generic linux-image-4.4.0-87-generic linux-image-4.4.0-96-generic linux-image-extra-4.4.0-109-generic linux-image-extra-4.4.0-112-generic linux-image-extra-4.4.0-87-generic linux-image-extra-4.4.0-96-generic mlock Use 'sudo apt autoremove' to remove them. The following packages will be REMOVED: php7.0-cli* php7.0-common* php7.0-curl* php7.0-fpm* php7.0-gd* php7.0-imap* php7.0-intl* php7.0-json* php7.0-mbstring* php7.0-mcrypt* php7.0-mysql* php7.0-opcache* php7.0-pspell* php7.0-readline* php7.0-recode* php7.0-sqlite3* php7.0-tidy* php7.0-xml* php7.0-xmlrpc* php7.0-xsl* |
PHP 7.0 Removed 🙂
Remove other unused packages
1 | sudo apt autoremove |
At the time of writing (November the 18th 2018) PHP 7.2.12 is the latest version of PHP and PHP 7.3 will be out at the end of the year.
Good luck and I hope this guide helps someone
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v1.4 Updated the post to mention PHP 7.0 EOL
v1.3 Updated to add PHP 7.2.12 information
v1.2 PHP 7.2.9 and PHP 7.2 updates
v1.1 Remove PHP 7.0 steps
v1.0 Initial post
Setup two factor authenticator protection at login on Ubuntu or Debian
This is a quick post that shows how I set up two-factor authenticator protection at login on Ubuntu or Debian
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Now on with the post.
Backup
I ensured I had a backup of my server. This is easy to do on UpCloud. If something goes wrong I will rollback.
Why Setup 2FA on SSH connections
1) Firewalls or whitelists may not protect you from detection.
2) SSH authorisation bypass bugs may appear.
I’ve just relased libssh 0.8.4 and 0.7.6 to address CVE-2018-10933. This is an auth bypass in the server. Please update as soon as possible! https://t.co/Qhra2TXqzm
— Andreas Schneider (@cryptomilk) October 16, 2018
2FA authorisation is another lube of defence.
Yubico Yubi Key
Read my block post here to learn how to use the Yubico YubiKey NEO hardware-based two-factor authentication device to improve authentication and logins to OSX and software
Timezone
It is important that you set the same timezone as the server you are trying to secure two 2FA. I can run this command on Linux to set the timezone.
1 | dpkg-reconfigure tzdata |
Check the time command
1 | sudo hwclock --show |
Output
2018-10-14 20:34:02.994867+1100
Install Google Authenticator
1 | sudo apt install libpam-google-authenticator |
Output
> Reading package lists…
> Building dependency tree
> Reading state information… Done
> The following additional packages will be installed:
> libqrencode3
> The following NEW packages will be installed:
> libpam-google-authenticator libqrencode3
> 0 upgraded, 2 newly installed, 0 to remove and 11 not upgraded.
> Need to get 56.8 kB of archives.
> After this operation, 183 kB of additional disk space will be used.
> Do you want to continue? [Y/n] y
> Get:1 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic/universe amd64 libqrencode3 amd64 3.4.4-1build1 [23.9 kB]
> Get:2 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic/universe amd64 libpam-google-authenticator amd64 20170702-1 [32.9 kB]
> Fetched 56.8 kB in 0s (426 kB/s)
> Selecting previously unselected package libqrencode3:amd64.
> (Reading database … 122554 files and directories currently installed.)
> Preparing to unpack …/libqrencode3_3.4.4-1build1_amd64.deb …
> Unpacking libqrencode3:amd64 (3.4.4-1build1) …
> Selecting previously unselected package libpam-google-authenticator.
> Preparing to unpack …/libpam-google-authenticator_20170702-1_amd64.deb …
> Unpacking libpam-google-authenticator (20170702-1) …
> Setting up libqrencode3:amd64 (3.4.4-1build1) …
> Processing triggers for libc-bin (2.27-3ubuntu1) …
> Processing triggers for man-db (2.8.3-2) …
> Setting up libpam-google-authenticator (20170702-1) …
Configure Google Authenticator
Run google-authenticator and answer the following questions
Q1) Do you want authentication tokens to be time-based (y/n): Y
You will be presented with a token you can add to the Yubico Authenticator or other authenticator apps,
TIP: Write down any recovery codes displayed
Scan the code with your 2FA Authenticator app (e.g Google Authenticator, Yubico Authenticator or freeOTP from https://freeotp.github.io)
The 2FA code is now available for use in my YubiCo Authenticator app
Q2) Do you want me to update your “/root/.google_authenticator” file? (y/n): Y
Q3) Do you want to disallow multiple uses of the same authentication
token? This restricts you to one login about every 30s, but it increases
your chances to notice or even prevent man-in-the-middle attacks (y/n): Y
Q4) By default, a new token is generated every 30 seconds by the mobile app.
In order to compensate for possible time-skew between the client and the server,
we allow an extra token before and after the current time. This allows for a
time skew of up to 30 seconds between authentication server and client. If you
experience problems with poor time synchronization, you can increase the window
from its default size of 3 permitted codes (one previous code, the current
code, the next code) to 17 permitted codes (the 8 previous codes, the current
code, and the 8 next codes). This will permit for a time skew of up to 4 minutes
between client and server.
Do you want to do so? (y/n) y: Y
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Q5) If the computer that you are logging into isn’t hardened against brute-force login attempts, you can enable rate-limiting for the authentication module. By default, this limits attackers to no more than 3 login attempts every 30s.
Do you want to enable rate-limiting? (y/n): Y
Review Google Authenticator Config
1 | sudo nano ~/.google_authenticator |
You can change this if need be.
Edit SSH Configuration (Authentication)
1 | sudo nano /etc/pam.d/sshd |
Add the line below the line “@include common-auth”
1 | auth required pam_google_authenticator.so |
Comment out the following line (this is the most important step, this forces 2FA)
1 | #@include common-auth |
Edit SSH Configuration (Challenge Response Authentication)
Edit the ssh config file.
1 | sudo nano /etc/ssh/sshd_config |
Search For
1 | ChallengeResponseAuthentication |
Set this to
1 | yes |
Ensure the following line exists
1 | UsePAM yes |
Add the following line
1 | AuthenticationMethods publickey,password publickey,keyboard-interactive |
Edit Common Auth
1 | sudo nano /etc/pam.d/common-auth |
Add the following line before the line that says “auth [success=1 default=ignore] pam_unix.so nullok_secure”
1 | auth required pam_google_authenticator.so |
Restart the SSH service and test the codes in a new terminal before rebooting.
TIP: Do not exit the working connected session and you may need it to fix issues.
Restart the SSH service a tets it
1 2 | /etc/init.d/ssh restart [ ok ] Restarting ssh (via systemctl): ssh.service. |
If you have failed to set it up authenticator codes will fail to work.
Failed attempts
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 | Further authentication required Using keyboard-interactive authentication. Verification code: Using keyboard-interactive authentication. Verification code: Using keyboard-interactive authentication. Verification code: |
When it is configured OK (at login SSH connection) I was prompted for further information
1 2 3 4 | Further Information required Using keyboard-interactive authentication Verification Code: ###### sshuser@server# |
I am now prompted at login to insert a 2FA token (after inserting my YubiKey)
Turn on 2FA on other sites
Check out https://www.turnon2fa.com and tutorials here.
I hope this guide helps someone.
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No matter what server-provider you are using I strongly recommend you have a hot spare ready on a different provider
I recently had an issue where I set up a website for a friend. I invested 6 hours into setting up, the server and backups were automatically deleted after 7 days while I was away from my keyboard because I assumed the account was valid and had credits.
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Adding two sub domains (one pointing to a new UpCloud VM and the other pointing to an NGINX subsite) on Ubuntu 18.04
Here is how I added two subdomains (one pointing to a new UpCloud VM and the other pointing to an NGINX subsite) on Ubuntu 18.04
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Goal(s)
Setup 2x subdomains on https://fearby.com
– Sub Domain #1: https://test.fearby.com (pointing to a dedicated UpCloud VM in Singapore for testing).
– Sub Domain #2: https://audit.fearby.com (pointing to a sub-website on the NGINX/VM that runs https://fearby.com )
Let’s set up the first Sub Domain (dedicated VM) and SSL
Backup
Do backup your server first.
VM
I created a second server ($5 month or $0.07c hour 1,024MB Memory, 25GB Disk, 1024 GB Month Data Transfer) at UpCloud. If you don’t already have an account at UpCloud use this link to signup and get $25 free credit ( https://www.upcloud.com/register/?promo=D84793 ). Read my blog post on why UpCloud is awesome and how I moved my domain to UpCloud.
Once I spun up a second server I obtained the IPv4 and IPv6 IP addresses of the new “test” VM from the UpCloud dashboard.
1 2 | IPV4 IP: 94.237.65.54 IPV6 IP: 2a04:3543:1000:2310:24b7:7cff:fe92:468c |
DNS
These DNS records were already in place with my DNS provider (Cloudflare).
1 2 | A fearby.com 209.50.48.88 AAAA fearby.com 2605:7380:1000:1310:24b7:7cff:fe92:0d64 |
I added these DNS records for the subdomains.
I added a new A NAME record for the new shared NGINX subdomain (for https://audit.fearby.com), this subdomain will be a sub-website that is running off the same server as https://fearby.com
1 2 | A audit 209.50.48.88 AAAA audit 2605:7380:1000:1310:24b7:7cff:fe92:0d64 |
I added another set of records for the new dedicated VM subdomain (for https://test.fearby.com)
1 2 | A test 94.237.65.54 AAAA test 2a04:3543:1000:2310:24b7:7cff:fe92:468c |
I waited for DNS to replicate around the globe by watching https://www.whatsmydns.net/
Setup a Firewall
On the new dedicated https://test.fearby.com VM, I installed the ufw firewall.
1 | sudo apt-get install ufw |
I configured the firewall to allow minimum ports (and added whitelisted IP for port 22 and added UpCloud DNS servers). I will lock this down some more later.
TIP: If your ISP does not offer a dedicated IP try a VPN. I use https://cyberghostvpn.com on OSX and Android.
Firewall rules.
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 | sudo ufw status numbered To Action From -- ------ ---- [ 1] 22 ALLOW IN x.x.x.x [ 2] 80 ALLOW IN Anywhere [ 3] 443 ALLOW IN Anywhere [ 4] 53 ALLOW IN 93.237.127.9 [ 5] 53 ALLOW IN 93.237.40.9 [ 6] 25 DENY IN Anywhere [ 7] 80 (v6) ALLOW IN Anywhere (v6) [ 8] 443 (v6) ALLOW IN Anywhere (v6) [ 9] 53 ALLOW IN 2a04:3540:53::1 [10] 53 ALLOW IN 2a04:3544:53::1 [11] 22 ALLOW IN x.x.x.x.x.x.x.x.x [12] 25 (v6) DENY IN Anywhere (v6) |
I enabled the firewall.
1 | sudo ufw enable |
Install NGINX (on https://test.fearby.com)
On the new dedicated https://test.fearby.com VM I…
Created a new www root
1 | mkdir /www-root |
Set permissions
1 | sudo chown -R www-data:www-data /www-root |
Installed NGINX
1 2 | sudo apt-get update sudo apt-get install nginx |
I created a placeholder webpage
1 | sudo nano /www-root/index.html |
Configured the root value in /etc/nginx/sites-available/default
Created a symbolic link of the nginx config
1 | sudo ln -s /etc/nginx/sites-available/default /etc/nginx/sites-enabled/default |
Lets Encrypt SSL
I have previously setup Lets encrypt on Ubuntu 16.04 but not 18.04. Certbot had info on setting up Lets Encrypt for 14.x 16.x and 17.x but not 18.x
Full credit for the SSL steps goes to @Linuxize ( tips on setting up Lets Encrypt on Ubuntu 18.04 ). Check out https://linuxize.com/
I installed Lets Encrypt certbot
1 2 | sudo apt update sudo apt install certbot |
I created a new Diffie–Hellman key
1 2 | mkdir -p /etc/ssl/certs/ sudo openssl dhparam -out /etc/ssl/certs/dhparam.pem 2048 |
Map requests to http://test.fearby.com/.well-known/acme-challenge to /var/lib/letsencrypt/.well-known ( Read the linuxize post for detailed steps ).
1 2 3 | mkdir -p /var/lib/letsencrypt/.well-known chgrp www-data /var/lib/letsencrypt chmod g+s /var/lib/letsencrypt |
Create a /etc/nginx/snippets/letsencrypt.conf on http://test.fearby.com and enforce the redirect.
1 2 3 4 5 6 | location ^~ /.well-known/acme-challenge/ { allow all; root /var/lib/letsencrypt/; default_type "text/plain"; try_files $uri =404; } |
Create a /etc/nginx/snippets/ssl.conf file on http://test.fearby.com
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 | ssl_dhparam /etc/ssl/certs/dhparam.pem; ssl_session_timeout 1d; ssl_session_cache shared:SSL:50m; ssl_session_tickets off; ssl_protocols TLSv1 TLSv1.1 TLSv1.2; ssl_ciphers 'ECDHE-ECDSA-CHACHA20-POLY1305:ECDHE-RSA-CHACHA20-POLY1305:ECDHE-ECDSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256:ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256:ECDHE-ECDSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384:ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384:DHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256:DHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384:ECDHE-ECDSA-AES128-SHA256:ECDHE-RSA-AES128-SHA256:ECDHE-ECDSA-AES128-SHA:ECDHE-RSA-AES256-SHA384:ECDHE-RSA-AES128-SHA:ECDHE-ECDSA-AES256-SHA384:ECDHE-ECDSA-AES256-SHA:ECDHE-RSA-AES256-SHA:DHE-RSA-AES128-SHA256:DHE-RSA-AES128-SHA:DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA256:DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA:ECDHE-ECDSA-DES-CBC3-SHA:ECDHE-RSA-DES-CBC3-SHA:EDH-RSA-DES-CBC3-SHA:AES128-GCM-SHA256:AES256-GCM-SHA384:AES128-SHA256:AES256-SHA256:AES128-SHA:AES256-SHA:DES-CBC3-SHA:!DSS'; ssl_prefer_server_ciphers on; ssl_stapling on; ssl_stapling_verify on; resolver 8.8.8.8 8.8.4.4 valid=300s; resolver_timeout 30s; add_header Strict-Transport-Security "max-age=15768000; includeSubdomains; preload"; add_header X-Frame-Options SAMEORIGIN; add_header X-Content-Type-Options nosniff; |
Let’s get a certificate
1 | sudo certbot certonly --agree-tos --email your@email.com --webroot -w /var/lib/letsencrypt/ -d test.fearby.com |
Certificates have been created 🙂
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 | ls -al /etc/letsencrypt/live/test.fearby.com/ total 12 drwxr-xr-x 2 user user 4096 Jun 26 11:30 . drwx------ 3 user user 4096 Jun 26 11:30 .. -rw-r--r-- 1 user user 543 Jun 26 11:30 README lrwxrwxrwx 1 user user 39 Jun 26 11:30 cert.pem -> ../../archive/test.fearby.com/cert1.pem lrwxrwxrwx 1 user user 40 Jun 26 11:30 chain.pem -> ../../archive/test.fearby.com/chain1.pem lrwxrwxrwx 1 user user 44 Jun 26 11:30 fullchain.pem -> ../../archive/test.fearby.com/fullchain1.pem lrwxrwxrwx 1 user user 42 Jun 26 11:30 privkey.pem -> ../../archive/test.fearby.com/privkey1.pem |
Now lets edit “/etc/nginx/sites-available/default” on https://test.fearby.com VM and add the cert paths.
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 | server { listen 80 default_server; listen [::]:80 default_server; listen 443 ssl http2; listen [::]:443 ssl http2; if ($scheme != "https") { return 301 https://$host$request_uri; } ssl_certificate /etc/letsencrypt/live/test.fearby.com/fullchain.pem; ssl_certificate_key /etc/letsencrypt/live/test.fearby.com/privkey.pem; ssl_trusted_certificate /etc/letsencrypt/live/test.fearby.com/chain.pem; include snippets/ssl.conf; #ssl_stapling on; # Requires nginx >= 1.3.7 # add_header Strict-Transport-Security "max-age=63072000; includeSubdomains; preload"; add_header X-Frame-Options DENY; add_header X-Content-Type-Options nosniff; add_header X-XSS-Protection "1; mode=block"; root /www-root/; include snippets/letsencrypt.conf; index index.html; server_name test.fearby.com; location / { try_files $uri $uri/ =404; } } |
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Reload NGINX
1 | sudo systemctl reload nginx |
or
1 2 3 | sudo nginx -t sudo nginx -s reload sudo systemctl reload nginx |
Now let’s setup the second subdomain (subsite off https://fearby.com) and SSL
VM
I already have NGINX on https://fearby.com set up a second site.
DNS
We have already setup a DNS record for https://audit.fearby.com (above)
Firewall
Already configured at https://fearby.com
SSL
Because I had an existing Comodo certificate on https://fearby.com I am going to repeat the steps above to generate a new certificate but save the NGINX config to /etc/nginx/sites-available/audit.fearby.com (this activates the second site)
TIP: Follow the Linuxize guide here (for creating ssl.conf, letsencrypt.conf etc config files), Do a backup and restore if need be.
I created a new Diffie–Hellman key
1 2 | mkdir -p /etc/ssl/certs/ sudo openssl dhparam -out /etc/ssl/certs/dhparam.pem 2048 |
Let’s get a certificate
1 | sudo certbot certonly --agree-tos --email your@email.com --webroot -w /var/lib/letsencrypt/ -d audit.fearby.com |
Configure NGINX
Map requests to http://audit.fearby.com/.well-known/acme-challenge to /var/lib/letsencrypt/.well-known ( Read the linuxize post for detailed steps ).
1 2 3 | mkdir -p /var/lib/letsencrypt/.well-known chgrp www-data /var/lib/letsencrypt chmod g+s /var/lib/letsencrypt |
I created a new NGINX site ( /etc/nginx/sites-available/audit.fearby.com )
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 | #proxy_cache_path /tmp/nginx-cache keys_zone=one:10m;# server { root /www-audit-root; # Listen Ports listen 80; listen [::]:80; listen 443 ssl http2; listen [::]:443 ssl http2; # Default File index index.html index.php index.htm; # Server Name server_name audit.fearby.com; include snippets/letsencrypt.conf; location / { try_files $uri $uri/ =404; } ssl_certificate /etc/letsencrypt/live/audit.fearby.com/fullchain.pem; ssl_certificate_key /etc/letsencrypt/live/audit.fearby.com/privkey.pem; ssl_trusted_certificate /etc/letsencrypt/live/audit.fearby.com/chain.pem; ssl_dhparam /etc/ssl/certs/auditdhparam.pem; ssl_session_timeout 1d; #ssl_session_cache shared:SSL:50m; ssl_session_tickets off; ssl_protocols TLSv1 TLSv1.1 TLSv1.2; ssl_ciphers 'ECDHE-ECDSA-CHACHA20-POLY1305:ECDHE-RSA-CHACHA20-POLY1305:ECDHE-ECDSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256:ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256:ECDHE-ECDSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384:ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384:DHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256:DHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA38$ ssl_prefer_server_ciphers on; ssl_stapling on; ssl_stapling_verify on; #resolver 8.8.8.8 8.8.4.4 valid=300s; #resolver_timeout 30s; add_header Strict-Transport-Security "max-age=15768000; includeSubdomains; preload"; add_header X-Frame-Options SAMEORIGIN; add_header X-Content-Type-Options nosniff; if ($scheme != "https") { return 301 https://$host$request_uri; } } |
I created a symbolic link of the config file
1 | sudo ln -s /etc/nginx/sites-available/audit.fearby.com /etc/nginx/sites-enabled/audit.fearby.com |
Reload NGINX
1 | sudo systemctl reload nginx |
or
1 2 3 | sudo nginx -t sudo nginx -s reload sudo systemctl reload nginx |
How to test the certificate renewal
1 | sudo certbot renew --dry-run |
Automate the renewal in crontab (every 12 hours)
I set this crontab entry up on https://fearby.com and https://test.fearby.com
1 2 | crontab -e 0 */12 * * * root test -x /usr/bin/certbot -a \! -d /run/systemd/system && perl -e 'sleep int(rand(3600))' && certbot -q renew --renew-hook "systemctl reload nginx" |
Conclusion
Yes, I haVe 2 subdomains (1x dedicated VM and the other is a sub-website off an existing server) with SSL certificates.
Ping Results
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 | ping -c 4 fearby.com PING fearby.com (209.50.48.88): 56 data bytes 64 bytes from 209.50.48.88: icmp_seq=0 ttl=44 time=220.000 ms 64 bytes from 209.50.48.88: icmp_seq=1 ttl=44 time=290.602 ms 64 bytes from 209.50.48.88: icmp_seq=2 ttl=44 time=311.938 ms 64 bytes from 209.50.48.88: icmp_seq=3 ttl=44 time=330.841 ms --- fearby.com ping statistics --- 4 packets transmitted, 4 packets received, 0.0% packet loss round-trip min/avg/max/stddev = 220.000/288.345/330.841/41.948 ms ping -c 4 test.fearby.com PING test.fearby.com (94.237.65.54): 56 data bytes 64 bytes from 94.237.65.54: icmp_seq=0 ttl=44 time=333.590 ms 64 bytes from 94.237.65.54: icmp_seq=1 ttl=44 time=252.433 ms 64 bytes from 94.237.65.54: icmp_seq=2 ttl=44 time=271.153 ms 64 bytes from 94.237.65.54: icmp_seq=3 ttl=44 time=292.685 ms --- test.fearby.com ping statistics --- 4 packets transmitted, 4 packets received, 0.0% packet loss round-trip min/avg/max/stddev = 252.433/287.465/333.590/30.200 ms ping -c 4 audit.fearby.com PING audit.fearby.com (209.50.48.88): 56 data bytes 64 bytes from 209.50.48.88: icmp_seq=0 ttl=44 time=281.662 ms 64 bytes from 209.50.48.88: icmp_seq=1 ttl=44 time=307.676 ms 64 bytes from 209.50.48.88: icmp_seq=2 ttl=44 time=227.985 ms 64 bytes from 209.50.48.88: icmp_seq=3 ttl=44 time=215.566 ms --- audit.fearby.com ping statistics --- 4 packets transmitted, 4 packets received, 0.0% packet loss round-trip min/avg/max/stddev = 215.566/258.222/307.676/37.845 ms |
Webpage Results
Troubleshooting
If you are having troubles generating the initial certificate check that you have not blocked port 80 and don’t have “Strict-Transport-Security” heavers enabled.
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 | sudo certbot certonly --agree-tos --email your@email.com --webroot -w /var/lib/letsencrypt/ -d g Saving debug log to /var/log/letsencrypt/letsencrypt.log Obtaining a new certificate Performing the following challenges: http-01 challenge for yoursubdomain.domain.com Using the webroot path /var/lib/letsencrypt for all unmatched domains. Waiting for verification... Cleaning up challenges Failed authorization procedure. yoursubdomain.domain.com (http-01): urn:acme:error:unauthorized :: The client lacks sufficzLlmg_w6Tc: q%!(EXTRA string=<html> <head><title>404 Not Found</title></head> <body bgcolor="white"> <center><h1>404 Not Found</h1></center> <hr><center>) IMPORTANT NOTES: - The following errors were reported by the server: Domain: yoursubdomain.domain.com Type: unauthorized Detail: Invalid response from http://yoursubdomain.domain.com/.well-known/acme-challenge/_QA3jblEydx5mE8I8OdRsd2EdHIj4R-przLlmg_w6Tc: q%!(EXTRA string=<html> <head><title>404 Not Found</title></head> <body bgcolor="white"> <center><h1>404 Not Found</h1></center> <hr><center>) To fix these errors, please make sure that your domain name was entered correctly and the DNS A record(s) for that domain contain(s) the right IP address. |
I re-ran the certbot command but pointed to the real /www-root (not/var/lib/letsencrypt/)
Create a new
1 2 3 | mkdir /www-root/.well-known/ mkdir /www-root/.well-known/acme-challenge/ sudo certbot certonly --agree-tos --email your@email.com --webroot -w /www-root -d yoursubdomain.domain.com |
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Upgrading an Ubuntu server on UpCloud to add more CPU, Memory and Disk Space
Before UpCloud, when I had 512MB ram on Vultr I had multiple NGINX crashed a day so I used a bash script and scheduled a cron job to clear memory cache when memory fell below 100MB (view the script here). To further increase the speed of the WordPress I have configured the OS to use memory over the disk. About once a day free memory falls below 100MB (this is not a problem as my script clears cached items automatically).
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Upgrading an Ubuntu server on UpCloud to add more CPU, Memory and Disk Space
Upgrading an Ubuntu server on UpCloud to add more CPU, Memory and Disk Space
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Why Upgrade
I have 1 CPU, 1 GB memory and 50GB storage and it is running well? I have PHP child workers set up and have set up the preferred use of memory over swap file usage.
Before UpCloud, when I had 512MB ram on Vultr I had multiple NGINX crashed a day so I used a bash script and scheduled a cron job to clear memory cache when memory fell below 100MB (view the script here). To further increase the speed of the WordPress I have configured the OS to use memory over the disk. About once a day free memory falls below 100MB (this is not a problem as my script clears cached items automatically).
I’d like to add more memory as I am working on some things (watch this space) and I will use the extra memory. I’d prefer the server is set up now for the expected workload.
How to Upgrade
This is how I upgraded from 1xCPU/2GB Memory/50GB Storage/2TB Transferred Data to a 2 CPU/4GB Mmeory/80GB Storage/4TB Transferred Data server.
UpCloud Pricing: https://www.upcloud.com/pricing/
Upgrade an UpCloud VM
I shut down my existing VM. Read this guide to setup a VM.
1 | shutdown -P |
Login to the UpCloud dashboard, select your server (confirm the server has shut down) and click General Settings, choose the upgrade and click Update.
I confirmed the upgrade options (2x CPU, 4096 MB Memory).
Click Update
After 10 seconds you can start your server from the UpCloud server.
I confirmed the CPU upgrade was visible in the VM
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 | cat /proc/cpuinfo processor : 0 vendor_id : GenuineIntel cpu family : 6 model : 63 model name : Intel(R) Xeon(R) CPU E5-2687W v3 @ 3.10GHz stepping : 2 microcode : 0x1 cpu MHz : 3099.978 cache size : 16384 KB physical id : 0 siblings : 2 core id : 0 cpu cores : 2 apicid : 0 initial apicid : 0 fpu : yes fpu_exception : yes cpuid level : 13 wp : yes flags : fpu vme de pse tsc msr pae mce cx8 apic sep mtrr pge mca cmov pat pse36 clflush mmx fxsr sse sse2 ss ht syscall nx pdpe1gb rdtscp lm constant_tsc arch_perfmon rep_good nopl xtopology cpuid pni pclmulqdq ssse3 fma cx16 pcid sse4_1 sse4_2 x2apic movbe popcnt tsc_deadline_timer aes xsave avx f16c rdrand hypervisor lahf_lm abm invpcid_single pti fsgsbase tsc_adjust bmi1 avx2 smep bmi2 erms invpcid xsaveopt arat bugs : cpu_meltdown spectre_v1 spectre_v2 spec_store_bypass bogomips : 6199.95 clflush size : 64 cache_alignment : 64 address sizes : 40 bits physical, 48 bits virtual power management: processor : 1 vendor_id : GenuineIntel cpu family : 6 model : 63 model name : Intel(R) Xeon(R) CPU E5-2687W v3 @ 3.10GHz stepping : 2 microcode : 0x1 cpu MHz : 3099.978 cache size : 16384 KB physical id : 0 siblings : 2 core id : 1 cpu cores : 2 apicid : 1 initial apicid : 1 fpu : yes fpu_exception : yes cpuid level : 13 wp : yes flags : fpu vme de pse tsc msr pae mce cx8 apic sep mtrr pge mca cmov pat pse36 clflush mmx fxsr sse sse2 ss ht syscall nx pdpe1gb rdtscp lm constant_tsc arch_perfmon rep_good nopl xtopology cpuid pni pclmulqdq ssse3 fma cx16 pcid sse4_1 sse4_2 x2apic movbe popcnt tsc_deadline_timer aes xsave avx f16c rdrand hypervisor lahf_lm abm invpcid_single pti fsgsbase tsc_adjust bmi1 avx2 smep bmi2 erms invpcid xsaveopt arat bugs : cpu_meltdown spectre_v1 spectre_v2 spec_store_bypass bogomips : 6199.95 clflush size : 64 cache_alignment : 64 address sizes : 40 bits physical, 48 bits virtual power management: |
Software Tweaks Post Upgrade.
I added these settings to the top of /etc/nginx/nginx.conf to ensure the extra CPU was used.
1 2 | worker_processes auto; worker_cpu_affinity auto; |
I increased PHP FPM ( /etc/php/7.2/fpm/php.ini ) to increase the memory usage and child workers. I doubled child workers and max memeory limit.
1 2 3 4 5 | memory_limit = 3072M pm.max_children = 80 pm.start_servers = 30 pm.min_spare_servers = 10 pm.max_spare_servers = 30 |
I restarted NGINX and PHP
1 2 3 4 | nginx -t nginx -s reload /etc/init.d/nginx restart service php7.2-fpm restart |
I tweaked WordPress max memory limits
1 2 | define( 'WP_MEMORY_LIMIT','3072M'); define( 'WP_MAX_MEMORY_LIMIT','3072M'); |
MySQL Tweaks: I logged into MySQL
1 | mysql -u root -p |
I ran “SHOW GLOBAL STATUS” to view stats
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 60 61 62 63 64 65 66 67 68 69 70 71 72 73 74 75 76 77 78 79 80 81 82 83 84 85 86 87 88 89 90 91 92 93 94 95 96 97 98 99 100 101 102 103 104 105 106 107 108 109 110 111 112 113 114 115 116 117 118 119 120 121 122 123 124 125 126 127 128 129 130 131 132 133 134 135 136 137 138 139 140 141 142 143 144 145 146 147 148 149 150 151 152 153 154 155 156 157 158 159 160 161 162 163 164 165 166 167 168 169 170 171 172 173 174 175 176 177 178 179 180 181 182 183 184 185 186 187 188 189 190 191 192 193 194 195 196 197 198 199 200 201 202 203 204 205 206 207 208 209 210 211 212 213 214 215 216 217 218 219 220 221 222 223 224 225 226 227 228 229 230 231 232 233 234 235 236 237 238 239 240 241 242 243 244 245 246 247 248 249 250 251 252 253 254 255 256 257 258 259 260 261 262 263 264 265 266 267 268 269 270 271 272 273 274 275 276 277 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Com_alter_procedure | 0 | | Com_alter_server | 0 | | Com_alter_table | 0 | | Com_alter_tablespace | 0 | | Com_alter_user | 0 | | Com_analyze | 0 | | Com_begin | 0 | | Com_binlog | 0 | | Com_call_procedure | 0 | | Com_change_db | 284 | | Com_change_master | 0 | | Com_change_repl_filter | 0 | | Com_check | 0 | | Com_checksum | 0 | | Com_commit | 0 | | Com_create_db | 0 | | Com_create_event | 0 | | Com_create_function | 0 | | Com_create_index | 0 | | Com_create_procedure | 0 | | Com_create_server | 0 | | Com_create_table | 0 | | Com_create_trigger | 0 | | Com_create_udf | 0 | | Com_create_user | 0 | | Com_create_view | 0 | | Com_dealloc_sql | 0 | | Com_delete | 18 | | Com_delete_multi | 0 | | Com_do | 0 | | Com_drop_db | 0 | | Com_drop_event | 0 | | Com_drop_function | 0 | | Com_drop_index | 0 | | Com_drop_procedure | 0 | | Com_drop_server | 0 | | Com_drop_table | 0 | | Com_drop_trigger | 0 | | Com_drop_user | 0 | | Com_drop_view | 0 | | Com_empty_query | 0 | | Com_execute_sql | 0 | | 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0 | | Com_slave_stop | 0 | | Com_group_replication_start | 0 | | Com_group_replication_stop | 0 | | Com_stmt_execute | 4 | | Com_stmt_close | 4 | | Com_stmt_fetch | 0 | | Com_stmt_prepare | 4 | | Com_stmt_reset | 0 | | Com_stmt_send_long_data | 4 | | Com_truncate | 2 | | Com_uninstall_plugin | 0 | | Com_unlock_tables | 0 | | Com_update | 70 | | Com_update_multi | 0 | | Com_xa_commit | 0 | | Com_xa_end | 0 | | Com_xa_prepare | 0 | | Com_xa_recover | 0 | | Com_xa_rollback | 0 | | Com_xa_start | 0 | | Com_stmt_reprepare | 0 | | Connection_errors_accept | 0 | | Connection_errors_internal | 0 | | Connection_errors_max_connections | 0 | | Connection_errors_peer_address | 0 | | Connection_errors_select | 0 | | Connection_errors_tcpwrap | 0 | | Connections | 292 | | Created_tmp_disk_tables | 1124 | | Created_tmp_files | 30 | | Created_tmp_tables | 1369 | | Delayed_errors | 0 | | Delayed_insert_threads | 0 | | Delayed_writes | 0 | | Flush_commands | 1 | | Handler_commit | 6094 | | Handler_delete | 33 | | Handler_discover | 0 | | Handler_external_lock | 38571 | | Handler_mrr_init | 0 | | Handler_prepare | 0 | | Handler_read_first | 2299 | | Handler_read_key | 134761 | | Handler_read_last | 237 | | Handler_read_next | 310119 | | Handler_read_prev | 2733 | | Handler_read_rnd | 222350 | | Handler_read_rnd_next | 472820 | | Handler_rollback | 0 | | Handler_savepoint | 0 | | Handler_savepoint_rollback | 0 | | Handler_update | 15605 | | Handler_write | 17310 | | Innodb_buffer_pool_dump_status | Dumping of buffer pool not started | | Innodb_buffer_pool_load_status | Buffer pool(s) load completed at 180624 23:38:01 | | Innodb_buffer_pool_resize_status | | | Innodb_buffer_pool_pages_data | 1035 | | Innodb_buffer_pool_bytes_data | 16957440 | | Innodb_buffer_pool_pages_dirty | 0 | | Innodb_buffer_pool_bytes_dirty | 0 | | Innodb_buffer_pool_pages_flushed | 1936 | | Innodb_buffer_pool_pages_free | 7144 | | Innodb_buffer_pool_pages_misc | 13 | | Innodb_buffer_pool_pages_total | 8192 | | Innodb_buffer_pool_read_ahead_rnd | 0 | | Innodb_buffer_pool_read_ahead | 0 | | Innodb_buffer_pool_read_ahead_evicted | 0 | | Innodb_buffer_pool_read_requests | 306665 | | Innodb_buffer_pool_reads | 950 | | Innodb_buffer_pool_wait_free | 0 | | Innodb_buffer_pool_write_requests | 26509 | | Innodb_data_fsyncs | 1229 | | Innodb_data_pending_fsyncs | 0 | | Innodb_data_pending_reads | 0 | | Innodb_data_pending_writes | 0 | | Innodb_data_read | 16273920 | | Innodb_data_reads | 1078 | | Innodb_data_writes | 2857 | | Innodb_data_written | 53379584 | | Innodb_dblwr_pages_written | 1275 | | Innodb_dblwr_writes | 109 | | Innodb_log_waits | 0 | | Innodb_log_write_requests | 450 | | Innodb_log_writes | 585 | | Innodb_os_log_fsyncs | 793 | | Innodb_os_log_pending_fsyncs | 0 | | Innodb_os_log_pending_writes | 0 | | Innodb_os_log_written | 664064 | | Innodb_page_size | 16384 | | Innodb_pages_created | 56 | | Innodb_pages_read | 988 | | Innodb_pages_written | 1936 | | Innodb_row_lock_current_waits | 0 | | Innodb_row_lock_time | 0 | | Innodb_row_lock_time_avg | 0 | | Innodb_row_lock_time_max | 0 | | Innodb_row_lock_waits | 0 | | Innodb_rows_deleted | 2 | | Innodb_rows_inserted | 19219 | | Innodb_rows_read | 249102 | | Innodb_rows_updated | 77 | | Innodb_num_open_files | 81 | | Innodb_truncated_status_writes | 0 | | Innodb_available_undo_logs | 128 | | Key_blocks_not_flushed | 0 | | Key_blocks_unused | 12751 | | Key_blocks_used | 645 | | Key_read_requests | 321877 | | Key_reads | 648 | | Key_write_requests | 196 | | Key_writes | 150 | | Locked_connects | 0 | | Max_execution_time_exceeded | 0 | | Max_execution_time_set | 0 | | Max_execution_time_set_failed | 0 | | Max_used_connections | 3 | | Max_used_connections_time | 2018-06-24 23:43:48 | | Not_flushed_delayed_rows | 0 | | Ongoing_anonymous_transaction_count | 0 | | Open_files | 229 | | Open_streams | 0 | | Open_table_definitions | 206 | | Open_tables | 786 | | Opened_files | 502 | | Opened_table_definitions | 208 | | Opened_tables | 817 | | Performance_schema_accounts_lost | 0 | | Performance_schema_cond_classes_lost | 0 | | Performance_schema_cond_instances_lost | 0 | | Performance_schema_digest_lost | 0 | | Performance_schema_file_classes_lost | 0 | | Performance_schema_file_handles_lost | 0 | | Performance_schema_file_instances_lost | 0 | | Performance_schema_hosts_lost | 0 | | Performance_schema_index_stat_lost | 0 | | Performance_schema_locker_lost | 0 | | Performance_schema_memory_classes_lost | 0 | | Performance_schema_metadata_lock_lost | 0 | | Performance_schema_mutex_classes_lost | 0 | | Performance_schema_mutex_instances_lost | 0 | | Performance_schema_nested_statement_lost | 0 | | Performance_schema_prepared_statements_lost | 0 | | Performance_schema_program_lost | 0 | | Performance_schema_rwlock_classes_lost | 0 | | Performance_schema_rwlock_instances_lost | 0 | | Performance_schema_session_connect_attrs_lost | 0 | | Performance_schema_socket_classes_lost | 0 | | Performance_schema_socket_instances_lost | 0 | | Performance_schema_stage_classes_lost | 0 | | Performance_schema_statement_classes_lost | 0 | | Performance_schema_table_handles_lost | 0 | | Performance_schema_table_instances_lost | 0 | | Performance_schema_table_lock_stat_lost | 0 | | Performance_schema_thread_classes_lost | 0 | | Performance_schema_thread_instances_lost | 0 | | Performance_schema_users_lost | 0 | | Prepared_stmt_count | 0 | | Qcache_free_blocks | 1 | | Qcache_free_memory | 16760152 | | Qcache_hits | 0 | | Qcache_inserts | 0 | | Qcache_lowmem_prunes | 0 | | Qcache_not_cached | 16355 | | Qcache_queries_in_cache | 0 | | Qcache_total_blocks | 1 | | Queries | 19164 | | Questions | 19155 | | Select_full_join | 0 | | Select_full_range_join | 0 | | Select_range | 2677 | | Select_range_check | 0 | | Select_scan | 2098 | | Slave_open_temp_tables | 0 | | Slow_launch_threads | 0 | | Slow_queries | 0 | | Sort_merge_passes | 12 | | Sort_range | 4859 | | Sort_rows | 244452 | | Sort_scan | 854 | | Ssl_accept_renegotiates | 0 | | Ssl_accepts | 0 | | Ssl_callback_cache_hits | 0 | | Ssl_cipher | | | Ssl_cipher_list | | | Ssl_client_connects | 0 | | Ssl_connect_renegotiates | 0 | | Ssl_ctx_verify_depth | 0 | | Ssl_ctx_verify_mode | 0 | | Ssl_default_timeout | 0 | | Ssl_finished_accepts | 0 | | Ssl_finished_connects | 0 | | Ssl_server_not_after | | | Ssl_server_not_before | | | Ssl_session_cache_hits | 0 | | Ssl_session_cache_misses | 0 | | Ssl_session_cache_mode | NONE | | Ssl_session_cache_overflows | 0 | | Ssl_session_cache_size | 0 | | Ssl_session_cache_timeouts | 0 | | Ssl_sessions_reused | 0 | | Ssl_used_session_cache_entries | 0 | | Ssl_verify_depth | 0 | | Ssl_verify_mode | 0 | | Ssl_version | | | Table_locks_immediate | 11962 | | Table_locks_waited | 0 | | Table_open_cache_hits | 19395 | | Table_open_cache_misses | 817 | | Table_open_cache_overflows | 12 | | Tc_log_max_pages_used | 0 | | Tc_log_page_size | 0 | | Tc_log_page_waits | 0 | | Threads_cached | 2 | | Threads_connected | 1 | | Threads_created | 3 | | Threads_running | 1 | | Uptime | 2944 | | Uptime_since_flush_status | 2944 | +-----------------------------------------------+--------------------------------------------------+ 353 rows in set (0.00 sec) |
Read more on SHOW GLOBAL STATUS here. Read more on the values here.
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Configure Ubuntu System Memory Usage
Edit /etc/sysctl.conf
Add the following to allow things to sit in ram longer
1 | vm.vfs_cache_pressure=50 |
Snip from: https://www.kernel.org/doc/Documentation/sysctl/vm.txt
1 2 3 4 5 | This percentage value controls the tendency of the kernel to reclaim the memory which is used for caching of directory and inode objects. At the default value of vfs_cache_pressure=100 the kernel will attempt to reclaim dentries and inodes at a "fair" rate with respect to pagecache and swapcache reclaim. Decreasing vfs_cache_pressure causes the kernel to prefer to retain dentry and inode caches. When vfs_cache_pressure=0, the kernel will never reclaim dentries and inodes due to memory pressure and this can easily lead to out-of-memory conditions. Increasing vfs_cache_pressure beyond 100 causes the kernel to prefer to reclaim dentries and inodes. Increasing vfs_cache_pressure significantly beyond 100 may have negative performance impact. Reclaim code needs to take various locks to find freeable directory and inode objects. With vfs_cache_pressure=1000, it will look for ten times more freeable objects than there are." |
Read these pages here and here regarding setting MySQL memory.
Reboot
1 | shutdown -r now |
Resize the disk
The 2x CPU, 4GB memory plan comes with 80GB storage allowance. My disk at present is 50GB and I will update the size soon following this guide soon.
Quick Benchmark
I used loader.io to load 500 users to access my site in 1 minute.
The benchmark worked with no errors.
This benchmark was performed with no Cloudflare caching. I should get Cloudflare caching working again to lower the average response time. I loaded my website manually in Google Chrome while loader.io threw 500 users at my site and it loaded very fast.
Conclusion
After a few days, I checked my memory logs and there were no low memory triggers (just normal internal memory management triggers). Ubuntu was happier.
This graph was taken before I set “vm.vfs_cache_pressure” so I will update this graph in a few days.
I hope this guide helps someone.
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I ran the MySQL benchmark preparation command again (no problem this time).
1 2 3 4 5 | sysbench --test=oltp --oltp-table-size=1000000 --db-driver=mysql --mysql-db=test --mysql-user=root --mysql-password=###################### prepare sysbench 0.4.12: multi-threaded system evaluation benchmark Creating table 'sbtest'... Creating 1000000 records in table 'sbtest'... |
Test table and records created
Now I can benchmark MySQL on my main server.
1 | sysbench --test=oltp --oltp-table-size=1000000 --db-driver=mysql --mysql-db=test --mysql-user=root --mysql-password=################################# --max-time=60 --oltp-read-only=on --max-requests=0 --num-threads=8 run |
RAW Output
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 | sysbench 0.4.12: multi-threaded system evaluation benchmark Running the test with following options: Number of threads: 8 Doing OLTP test. Running mixed OLTP test Doing read-only test Using Special distribution (12 iterations, 1 pct of values are returned in 75 pct cases) Using "BEGIN" for starting transactions Using auto_inc on the id column Threads started! Time limit exceeded, exiting... (last message repeated 7 times) Done. OLTP test statistics: queries performed: read: 336210 write: 0 other: 48030 total: 384240 transactions: 24015 (400.09 per sec.) deadlocks: 0 (0.00 per sec.) read/write requests: 336210 (5601.24 per sec.) other operations: 48030 (800.18 per sec.) Test execution summary: total time: 60.0242s total number of events: 24015 total time taken by event execution: 480.0242 per-request statistics: min: 1.79ms avg: 19.99ms max: 141.00ms approx. 95 percentile: 37.49ms Threads fairness: events (avg/stddev): 3001.8750/27.36 execution time (avg/stddev): 60.0030/0.01 |
Results
queries performed (in 60 seconds):
- read: 336210
- other: 48030
- total: 384240
I decided to add an index to see if I can speed this query up (read the MySQL index page here). I added an index (in Adminer) on the columns “Id” and “pad” for the sbtest table in the test database
I restarted the MySQL process
1 2 | mysql restart [ ok ] Restarting mysql (via systemctl): mysql.service. |
I ran the same benchmark again.
Raw Output
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 | sysbench --test=oltp --oltp-table-size=1000000 --db-driver=mysql --mysql-db=test --mysql-user=root --mysql-password=########################## --max-time=60 --oltp-read-only=on --max-requests=0 --num-threads=8 run sysbench 0.4.12: multi-threaded system evaluation benchmark Running the test with following options: Number of threads: 8 Doing OLTP test. Running mixed OLTP test Doing read-only test Using Special distribution (12 iterations, 1 pct of values are returned in 75 pct cases) Using "BEGIN" for starting transactions Using auto_inc on the id column Threads started! Time limit exceeded, exiting... (last message repeated 7 times) Done. OLTP test statistics: queries performed: read: 426538 write: 0 other: 60934 total: 487472 transactions: 30467 (507.69 per sec.) deadlocks: 0 (0.00 per sec.) read/write requests: 426538 (7107.67 per sec.) other operations: 60934 (1015.38 per sec.) Test execution summary: total time: 60.0110s total number of events: 30467 total time taken by event execution: 479.9124 per-request statistics: min: 5.75ms avg: 15.75ms max: 138.57ms approx. 95 percentile: 25.10ms Threads fairness: events (avg/stddev): 3808.3750/8.70 execution time (avg/stddev): 59.9891/0.00 |
Results
The quick index added 20% extra throughput on queries 🙂
Don’t forget to delete your test database
1 | DROP DATABASE `test`; |
Viewing MySQL Index Usage (on the “test” database)
Query to show Index stats for a table ‘test’
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 | SELECT OBJECT_SCHEMA as 'Database', OBJECT_NAME as 'Table', INDEX_NAME as 'Index', COUNT_STAR, SUM_TIMER_WAIT, MIN_TIMER_WAIT, AVG_TIMER_WAIT, MAX_TIMER_WAIT, COUNT_READ, SUM_TIMER_READ, MIN_TIMER_READ, AVG_TIMER_READ, MAX_TIMER_READ, COUNT_FETCH, SUM_TIMER_FETCH, MIN_TIMER_FETCH, AVG_TIMER_FETCH, MAX_TIMER_FETCH FROM performance_schema.table_io_waits_summary_by_index_usage WHERE object_schema = 'test' |
I can see the MySQL PRIMARY index is getting used 🙂
Read more in viewable query stats (columns) here.
Other System Information Tools
Show processor information
1 | cat /proc/cpuinfo |
Output
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 | processor : 0 vendor_id : GenuineIntel cpu family : 6 model : 61 model name : Virtual CPU a7769a6388d5 stepping : 2 microcode : 0x1 cpu MHz : 2394.454 cache size : 16384 KB physical id : 0 siblings : 1 core id : 0 cpu cores : 1 apicid : 0 initial apicid : 0 fpu : yes fpu_exception : yes cpuid level : 13 wp : yes flags : fpu vme de pse tsc msr pae mce cx8 apic sep mtrr pge mca cmov pat pse36 clflush mmx fxsr sse sse2 syscall nx rdtscp lm constant_tsc rep_good nopl xtopology eagerfpu pni pclmulqdq ssse3 fma cx16 pcid sse4_1 sse4_2 x2apic movbe popcnt tsc_deadline_timer aes xsave avx f16c rdrand hypervisor lahf_lm abm invpcid_single kaiser fsgsbase bmi1 avx2 smep bmi2 erms invpcid xsaveopt arat bugs : cpu_meltdown spectre_v1 spectre_v2 spec_store_bypass bogomips : 4788.90 clflush size : 64 cache_alignment : 64 address sizes : 40 bits physical, 48 bits virtual power management: |
Memory Information
You can assign 512MB, 1GB, 2GB or more memory to a server on Vultr, Read my guide here on upgrading resources for Vultr VM’s here.
Only upgrade your server’s memory when server processes demand it, there is no need to pay for extra idle memory. Read my older guides on upgrading Digital Ocean and AWS servers.
I use the htop utility to monitor memory and processes. The memory usage will depend on how you have configured your server to use connection pools in code, MySQL or services. Also what memory demands do you get in pean bandwidth times?
You can check your server memory details on Ubuntu with this command
1 | cat /proc/meminfo |
Output
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 | MemTotal: 2048104 kB MemFree: 96176 kB MemAvailable: 693072 kB Buffers: 183476 kB Cached: 526124 kB SwapCached: 0 kB Active: 1467220 kB Inactive: 243228 kB Active(anon): 1070464 kB Inactive(anon): 27004 kB Active(file): 396756 kB Inactive(file): 216224 kB Unevictable: 3652 kB Mlocked: 3652 kB SwapTotal: 0 kB SwapFree: 0 kB Dirty: 64 kB Writeback: 0 kB AnonPages: 1004504 kB Mapped: 114664 kB Shmem: 94192 kB Slab: 192692 kB SReclaimable: 171892 kB SUnreclaim: 20800 kB KernelStack: 3072 kB PageTables: 20528 kB NFS_Unstable: 0 kB Bounce: 0 kB WritebackTmp: 0 kB CommitLimit: 1024052 kB Committed_AS: 2424332 kB VmallocTotal: 34359738367 kB VmallocUsed: 0 kB VmallocChunk: 0 kB HardwareCorrupted: 0 kB AnonHugePages: 247808 kB CmaTotal: 0 kB CmaFree: 0 kB HugePages_Total: 0 HugePages_Free: 0 HugePages_Rsvd: 0 HugePages_Surp: 0 Hugepagesize: 2048 kB DirectMap4k: 67440 kB DirectMap2M: 2029568 kB |
Use Memory or Disk (Swap)
You can configure the use of Memory over Disk by configuring your/etc/sysctl.conf file (setting value “vm.swappiness”)
You can check your swap file settings by running the following command
1 2 | cat /proc/sys/vm/swappiness 1 |
Or By running
1 2 | sysctl vm.swappiness vm.swappiness = 1 |
Set a new swap file value by editing /etc/sysctl.conf
1 | sudo nano /etc/sysctl.conf |
Set the following to use more ram over the swap disk.