nginx / MariaDB / PHP-FPM Single Server Installation
Note: This installation process assumes that you're using a fresh install of Ubuntu 11.10 (Oneiric). I realize that this is not the version of Ubuntu that most people would choose to use, but it's what I use. If you use a lower version of Ubuntu, you may have trouble with this guide.
On most VPS providers, you'll be logged in as root initially. The installation process below assumes that you are logged in as root. Obviously, this is not a secure long-term solution, so once you're done with this guide, I suggest setting up public key authentication, turning off root login over SSH, and creating yourself a new unprivileged user. That's out of scope for this doc page, so you're probably on your own for that.
Finally, this document assumes that you're going to be installing aegir at aegir.example.com. Any time you see example.com, replace it with your domain.
1. Housekeeping
Make sure you're up to date:
apt-get update
apt-get upgrade
And that you have the the python-software-properties package (we'll need it later):
apt-get install python-software-properties
2. Install MariaDB
From mariadb.org:
MariaDB is a database server that offers drop-in replacement functionality for MySQL.
MariaDB is built by some of the original authors of MySQL, with assistance from the
broader community of Free and open source software developers. In addition to the core
functionality of MySQL, MariaDB offers a rich set of feature enhancements including
alternate storage engines, server optimizations, and patches.
To get started, add the following to /etc/apt/sources.list.d:
# MariaDB repository list - created 2012-02-15 07:42 UTC
# http://downloads.askmonty.org/mariadb/repositories/
deb http://ftp.osuosl.org/pub/mariadb/repo/5.3/ubuntu oneiric main
deb-src http://ftp.osuosl.org/pub/mariadb/repo/5.3/ubuntu oneiric main
You'll also need to download the signing key:
apt-key adv --recv-keys --keyserver keyserver.ubuntu.com 0xcbcb082a1bb943db
Next, update the apt cache and install MariaDB:
apt-get update
apt-get install mariadb-server
3. Install Nginx
Add the Nginx repository to your sources by running:
apt-add-repository ppa:brianmercer/nginx
apt-get update
Next, install Nginx and PHP-FPM:
apt-get install nginx-custom php5-cli php5-mysql php5-fpm php5-gd
Create the default docroot for Nginx as well:
mkdir -p /var/www/nginx-default
4. Install all the other stuff
apt-get install git-core git-doc vim drush postfix rsync unzip bzr patch curl
When prompted for Postfix configuration, select "Internet Site", then use "example.com" for the System mail name.
5. Create the Aegir user
Easy:
adduser --system --group --home /var/aegir aegir
adduser aegir www-data
chsh -s /bin/bash aegir
6. Misc Configuration
Make sure the Aegir user is allowed to restart Nginx:
echo "aegir ALL=NOPASSWD: /etc/init.d/nginx" >> /etc/sudoers
Symlink Aegir's nginx configuration into place:
ln -s /var/aegir/config/nginx.conf /etc/nginx/conf.d/aegir.conf
Disable duplicated directives in /etc/nginx/nginx.conf (the Aegir config specifies these values as well - if you do not disable them in the main nginx.conf, nginx will fail to restart). You can just remove (or comment them out with a "#") the lines that start with the following
types_hash_max_size
tcp_nopush
error_log
Then, restart Nginx:
service nginx restart
7. Install Aegir
IMPORTANT Switch to the Aegir user now: IMPORTANT
su aegir
cd ~/
Download the latest Provision release:
mkdir ~/.drush
cd ~/.drush
wget -c http://ftp.drupal.org/files/projects/provision-6.x-1.6.tar.gz
tar -zxf provision-6.x-1.6.tar.gz
rm provision-6.x-1.6.tar.gz
Start the Aegir install process:
cd ~/
drush hostmaster-install aegir.example.com \
--aegir_host="aegir.example.com" \
--http_service_type="nginx" \
--aegir_db_user="root" \
--aegir_db_pass="[YOUR ROOT DATABASE PASSWORD]" \
--http_service_type="nginx" \
--db_service_type="mysql" \
--db_port=3306 \
--aegir_db_host="localhost" \
--client_email="[YOUR EMAIL ADDRESS] \
--script_user="aegir" \
--web_group="www-data" \
--profile=hostmaster
8. Optional Improvements
drupal.org/project/hosting_queue_runner
drupal.org/project/provision_boost