Last updated: 03/16/2024
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== Do these steps as root unless otherwise noted

apt update
apt upgrade
apt install zip gcc g++ make php-curl php-gd php-mbstring php-zip p7zip-full mc
apt install php-xml apache2 mysql-server php libapache2-mod-php php-mysql python3 python3-pip
apt install libarchive-dev certbot python3-certbot-apache cmake mlocate finger monit

vi /etc/hostname	# Set your host name here
hostname -F /etc/hostname
apt install postfix mailutils

add-apt-repository ppa:ondrej/php
apt update
apt upgrade
service apache2 restart

cpan -i XML::SAX
cpan -i LWP::Simple

mysql_secure_installation
mysql -p
create database joomla;
use joomla;
CREATE USER 'joomla'@'localhost' IDENTIFIED BY 'password';
GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON * . * TO 'joomla'@'localhost';

vi /etc/apache2/mods-available/dir.conf
vi /etc/php/8.3/apache2/php.ini
 - uncomment mysqli line
max_execution_time = 9000
max_input_time = 9000
memory_limit = 512M
post_max_size = 16M
upload_max_filesize = 16M
set all tmp strings to /tmp
service apache2 stop
service apache2 start

== Set Timezone
timedatectl # show current zone
timedatectl list-timezones # List the available timezones
timedatectl set-timezone <zone>
       If using fremont server use this:
       timedatectl set-timezone America/Los_Angeles

== email setup
postconf -e "home_mailbox = Maildir/"
vi /etc/postfix/main.cf # change inet_protocols to ipv4 not all
service postfix restart
     If wanting the courier/imap services do these:
          apt install courier-pop courier-imap php7.4-imap
          apt install php-imap
          phpenmod imap
          service courier-authdaemon start
          systemctl enable courier-authdaemon
          service postfix restart
          service apache2 restart

== download akeeba kickstart if restoring website:
wget https://www.akeeba.com/download/akeeba-kickstart/7-2-0/kickstart-core-7-2-0-zip.zip
== Run certbot to get your SSL certs
certbot --apache