Hi

Sorry to post two separate questions, but always forget about the Linode forum.

I recently asked a remote worker to setup a Linode for me, and lets just say it did not work out well. He did the opp of what I asked.

So it got me thinking, was I being unreasonable ? Below were my list of requirements to my remote worker. Anything you would add / remove.

I appreciate that a lot of people are doing different things, but some basics must always be followed ?

These are hosting low volume wordpress sites. There are separate reasons for SFTP etc.

Also, I am not a Linux admin! I have only have learned by reading etc. So I am no expert. Apple Mac user day to day.

New Web Server Setup Requirements

Core

OS: Ubuntu or CentOS
LAMP: PHP, MySql, Apache or NGIX

Agree a File Layout
e.g
/home/<client/project>/wwwroot
/home/<client/project>/logs
/home/generallogs/logs

Basic Linux Security

Remove port 22
ClamAV + RKHunter
Disable Root User
Add new user <name> with Sudo Rights
Fail2Ban Setup
SSH Keys and not passwords
Logging security related issues
Firewall setup (I assume only port 80, admin ports, SFP ?)
Intrusion protection setup
LogWatch install and setup
Wordpress lockdowns
MySQL lockdowns
Apache / NGIX Lockdowns

Applications

Wordpress Multisite (or should you create Wordpress per domain?)
ProFTPD with management via WebMin. SFTP (FTP over SSH) rather than FTP
Flash Streaming Server. Ability for seeking in video when using Flowplayer.

Management

Create http://admin.XXX.com (https://) with a static HTML page linking to all Web apps / interfaces. This should be locked before a .htaccess

myphpadmin
Webmin
AWStats
Wordpress Admin

Documentation

To be created on Google Docs covering the above.

I'm not sure exactly what you are asking, however Linode should be able to handle all that. At quick glance, though, it seems as though you may use a lot of bandwidth -- start with a small Linode, then monitor your bandwidth and upgrade if needed.

Personally I'd recommended Debian or CentOS. I was never really impressed with Ubuntu (though, admittedly, I've never tried it on a server, so it might be good for your purposes).

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