UoL LAMP Server

Tags: University of Leicester IT

Overview

The University of Leicester provides LAMP servers with a standard set of services, but some restrictions on what a user can do. The servers sit behind a Pound proxy. For more information about LAMP servers see the ​UoL LAMP Wiki.

For advanced management, contact the ​University Helpdesk.

Layout

All the files that a user requires to change are in the /local directory. This directory contains the perl, python, apache and tomcat config settings and log files. It is also where you must install new libraries for [Python] and [PHP]. This is documented in the ​UoL LAMP Wiki.

Backup and Restore

See UoL LAMP Backups

Planned Updates

Patches and updates will be applied every other Tuesday. Except for emergency security updates which could happen at any time. Some updates will be more disruptive than others and outages are only foreseen a few times a year. We should be warned of any major disruption.

Security

• UoL LAMP Server Security Statement

How To

• UoL LAMP HowTo Backup Databases to the R drive
• UoL LAMP HowTo Install Python Flask Applications
• UoL LAMP HowTo Deny Access from the Internet
• UoL LAMP HowTo Connect to MySQL Remotely
• UoL LAMP HowTo Connect to a remote LAMP from cron
• UoL LAMP HowTo Restart a Service
• UoL LAMP HowTo Restart Apache
• UoL LAMP HowTo Restart VM

Getting Help

• ​UoL LAMP Wiki
• ​University Helpdesk
• ​University Infrastructure Services
• Guy Reay is the ITS Director

Create a New LAMP Server

• Contact the RCS Support.
• There is no cost implication.

Add a New DNS Entry for a LAMP Server

• Contact the RCS Support.

Get and Install a certificate

1. Certificates are installed on the Pound server.
2. To set a site up with SSL, contact the RCS Support.

Login from Outside the University

1. ssh to spectre.le.ac.uk using university username and password
2. From there you can ssh on to the appropriate LampServer

Send Email from a LAMP server

1. Should send mail using their own Postfix installation (i.e. localhost).
2. Alternatively, use mailsend.le.ac.uk as a relay, but this requires a valid account.

Gotchas

• The Pound proxy messes up Apache's logging. A fix is detailed in the ​UoL LAMP Wiki.

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