One thing that most programmers do not take the time to understand is the servers that their application lives on. Most know a smattering of Apache configs, PHP configs, and basic information about the OS. This talk will deal with looking at tools that can help you quickly set up a server and how it can help you be a better developer. We'll look at tools like puppet for server management, OSSEC for log management, different command line tools, and nagios/monit for system monitoring.
3. Who Am I
• PHP Programmer for over 10 years
• Sysadmin/DevOps for around 8 years
• Using Linux for more than 15 years
• https://github.com/dragonmantank
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8. The Server
• /bin - Essential user executable files
• /boot - Stuff that makes the OS boot up!
• /dev - Special device stuff you probably won't touch
• /etc - Configuration files
• /home - User home directories
• /sbin - System binaries
• /usr - Multi-user apps and utilities
• /var - Data usually lives here
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13. sudo
You can give admin access to users (or groups of users) without giving
them root.
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# Add sudo access to a single user to run as root
dragonmantank ALL=(ALL) ALL
# Add sudo access to a full group
%admin ALL=(ALL) ALL
You can even restrict what commands the users can run
# Restrict web developers to only restart Apache and MySQL
%webdevs 192.168.1.0/255.255.225.0=(root) NOPASSWD:/usr/sbin/service apache2
restart, /usr/sbin/service mysql restart
14. Jailing Users
Keeps people from getting to things they shouldn't. Protects the users
from themselves.
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15. Jailed Shells
Gives users a full shell but not the entire file system. You can pick and
choose what programs the user can have access too. Jailkit makes this
incredibly easy to set up.
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16. Jailed SFTP
Locks the user to a specific base path, but doesn’t give them a shell,
much like FTP. You get the security of SSH though! It does require a
system user however.
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17. Jailing SFTP
# In /etc/ssh/sshd_config
Subsystem ftp sftp-internal
# At the bottom of the file
Match User jailedsftp
ChrootDirectory /some/path
AllowTCPForwarding no
X11Forwarding no
ForceCommand internal-sftp
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20. Bash
Most servers use bash as the default shell. Most shells understand
bash's syntax. If you find yourself running the same commands over
and over, throw it in a bash script.
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21. Python
Ships with most distros. Great for
when you need more power than
what bash has.
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22. PHP!
Leverage your PHP skills to write shell scripts.
• Symfony Console Component
• Aura CLI
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27. Logrotate
Rotates logs out for organization (or other purposes)
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weekly
rotate 4
create
include /etc/logrotate.d
/var/log/wtmp {
monthly
minsize 1M
create 0664 root utmp
rotate 1
}
28. Logwatch
Script that runs every so often and scans a bunch of logs so you get a
pretty e-mail with a summary of events
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--------------------- httpd Begin ------------------------
0.17 MB transferred in 792 responses (1xx 0, 2xx 786, 3xx 0, 4xx 6, 5xx 0)
199 Content pages (0.09 MB),
593 Other (0.09 MB)
Requests with error response codes
400 Bad Request
/w00tw00t.at.ISC.SANS.DFind:): 1 Time(s)
404 Not Found
/MyAdmin/scripts/setup.php: 1 Time(s)
/phpmyadmin/scripts/setup.php: 1 Time(s)
/w00tw00t.at.blackhats.romanian.anti-sec:): 1 Time(s)
/webdav/: 2 Time(s)
---------------------- httpd End -------------------------
29. OSSEC
Actually a Host Intrusion Detection system, but it does this by watching
logs. Will alert you immediately to problems, and even shut down the
attacks.
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OSSEC HIDS Notification.
2012 Oct 24 11:38:10
Received From: maple->/var/log/auth.log
Rule: 5712 fired (level 10) -> "SSHD brute force trying to get access to the system."
Portion of the log(s):
Oct 24 11:38:09 maple sshd[1062]: Failed password for invalid user alias from
199.167.138.44 port 59988 ssh2
Oct 24 11:38:07 maple sshd[1062]: Invalid user alias from 199.167.138.44
Oct 24 11:38:06 maple sshd[1059]: Failed password for invalid user recruit from
199.167.138.44 port 59884 ssh2
31. hosts.deny and hosts.allow
Set of files to allow or deny access to the machine or certain apps/ports
on the machine
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32. IPTables
A firewall that is generally available on Linux machines that can be
configured many different ways to allow or block or mangle traffic
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33. OSSEC
IDS that was logs and will use hosts.deny and iptables to block stuff
automatically for you!
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35. What is Configuration Management?
Process by which you figure out what goes on your servers, how you
want them set up, and keeping track of that information. Files are
usually stored in source control on one server and pushed to clients.
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36. Why do you need it?
• Ever needed to keep track of when files get changed?
• Ever needed to roll back a change?
• Ever needed to push the same change to a bunch of servers
• Ever needed to set up a server exactly the same way as another
server?
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37. General CM Workflow
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Write a Manifest file
Client checks and compiles
the manifests
Client makes changes
based on manifests
41. Quick Poll
• Who here knows that their server is up right now?
• Are all of the required services running?
• Are there enough resources currently available?
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50. tcpdump
Allows you to view and record data transmitted over the network.
Couple this with wireshark and you can inspect the packets!
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