IT - VPS migration

Old instance inventory

Instance creation in AWS

1. Go to AWS management console (e-connect root account)
2. Open EC2 service pane / instances
3. Click on Launch instances
   

    

   
   
   

4. Select My AMIs and choose the latest "web production" image available
   
   

   
   
   

5. Select an instance type (see the related Paymo story for specs)
   
   

   
   
   

6. Configure instance details (see the related Paymo story for specs)
   
   

   
   
   

7. Add storage, volumes should be encrypted with default aws/ebs key 
   
   

   
   
   

8. Add "Name" tag (see the related Paymo story for the instance name)
   
   

   
   
   

9. Configure security group, assign "E-connect accesses" for a classic web instance
   
   

   
   
   

10. Click on review and launch, then select a key pair. Of course, you must select a key that you own !
    
    

    

Instance setup (OS)

1. Log into the instance using SSH
2. Update/upgrade APT packages
   

   sudo apt update
   sudo apt upgrade
   sudo reboot now
   # once rebooted
   sudo apt autoremove

3. Change Hostname permanently
   

   sudo hostnamectl set-hostname ec2-*servername*
   sudo reboot now

4. Edit hosts file and add servername to the localhost entries
5. Run ansible playbooks

Instance setup (ISPconfig)

1. Log into ISPconfig console https://serverip:8080 using the admin credentials
2. Go to System > Server services and configure options like the following (set the servername accordingly)
   
   

   

3. Go to Sites > Website and add your website(s)