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name: server-provisioning-standard
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description: ITPP base server deployment standards policy — OS provisioning, security hardening, monitoring, and tooling applied to every new server before application installs.
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version: 1.1.0
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version: 1.2.0
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author: Sho'Nuff
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tags: [infrastructure, security, standards, devops, server-provisioning]
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---
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# ITPP Server Provisioning Standard
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This document defines the standard procedure for provisioning every new server in the ITPP infrastructure. It applies BEFORE any Docker services, databases, or applications are installed. These steps ensure every server is secure, monitored, recoverable, and consistent.
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**Per-server DR plans** for all 11 servers are in the `devops/disaster-recovery-audit` skill at `references/server-dr-plans.md`. The provisioning standard defines the base install; the DR plan defines what to restore on top of it.
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---
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## 1. Hardware Standard
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| Server Type | Hardware | Purpose |
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| **Standard** | RS 4000 G12 (12C/32G/1TB) | app1, app2, app3 — all new deployments |
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| **Lightweight** | RS 2000 G12 (8C/16G/512GB) | Core — ops hub only |
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| **Standby** | Hetzner CPX21 (4C/8G/80GB) | app1-bu — warm failover only |
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Exceptions require explicit approval from the owner (Germaine).
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## 2. Ordering
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All servers are ordered from **netcup** with:
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- **Location:** Manassas, Virginia (MNZ) — US East Coast
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- **OS:** Debian 13 (Trixie) minimal — netcup default
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- **Billing:** Monthly (not annual)
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- **IPv4 + IPv6:** Enabled
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- **Data Processing Agreement (DPA):** Accepted during checkout
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## 3. Initial Access
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Within 15 minutes of order, netcup sends two emails:
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1. **SCP login** — server control panel at servercontrolpanel.de/SCP/
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2. **Root password** — sent separately via email
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### First Login
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```bash
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ssh root@<server-ip>
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# Change root password immediately
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passwd
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```
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### Store Credentials
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Root password is stored in the itpp-recovery-manual.md credentials section immediately after change.
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## 4. Standard User: ippadmin
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Every server gets an `ippadmin` user with sudo privileges. This is the primary administrative user.
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```bash
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# Create user (non-interactive)
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adduser --disabled-password --gecos "" ippadmin
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usermod -aG sudo ippadmin
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# IMPORTANT for automated provisioning:
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# A user created with --disabled-password cannot use sudo because Debian requires a password by default.
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# To prevent lockout after root SSH is disabled, configure passwordless sudo for ippadmin immediately:
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echo 'ippadmin ALL=(ALL) NOPASSWD:ALL' > /etc/sudoers.d/ippadmin
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chmod 0440 /etc/sudoers.d/ippadmin
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# Alternatively, set a strong password manually if doing interactive setup:
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# passwd ippadmin
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```
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Root is only used for initial setup and recovery scenarios.
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## 5. SSH Key Deployment
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The `itpp-infra` SSH key is the standard key for all servers.
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```bash
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# On Core, deploy the key:
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ssh-copy-id -i /root/.ssh/itpp-infra.pub ippadmin@<server-ip>
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```
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After verification:
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```bash
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# Disable password SSH auth
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sudo sed -i 's/^#PasswordAuthentication yes/PasswordAuthentication no/' /etc/ssh/sshd_config
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sudo sed -i 's/^PasswordAuthentication yes/PasswordAuthentication no/' /etc/ssh/sshd_config
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sudo systemctl restart sshd
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```
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## 6. Security Hardening
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## 6. Security Hardening
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**NOTE about section numbering:** The following subsections (6.1-6.4) are all logically within the Security Hardening phase. Execute them in order — (1) update package cache, (2) set up Fail2Ban and unattended-upgrades, (3) configure UFW with logging, (4) configure and restart SSH in one pass.
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### 6.1. Package Cache & Prerequisites
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```bash
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apt update
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```
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### 6.2. Fail2Ban & Automatic Updates
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```bash
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apt install fail2ban -y
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systemctl enable --now fail2ban
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# Automatic Security Updates (non-interactive)
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apt install unattended-upgrades -y
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echo 'unattended-upgrades unattended-upgrades/enable_auto_updates boolean true' | debconf-set-selections
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dpkg-reconfigure -f noninteractive unattended-upgrades
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```
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### 6.3. UFW (Firewall)
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```bash
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ufw default deny incoming
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ufw default allow outgoing
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ufw allow ssh
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ufw logging medium
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ufw --force enable
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ufw status verbose
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```
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> **⚠️ netcup UFW pitfall — port 80/443 blocked by default (Jul 12, 2026)**
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> RS-series netcup VPS ship with UFW blocking **everything except SSH (22)**. When deploying any web service on a netcup server, the site will be unreachable from the internet and Let's Encrypt certs will fail until ports 80 and 443 are explicitly opened:
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> ```bash
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> ufw allow 80/tcp comment 'HTTP'
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> ufw allow 443/tcp comment 'HTTPS'
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> ufw reload
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> ```
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> **Symptom:** Docker containers are running and healthy on internal ports, but `curl` from the internet times out. This was the root cause of UNMS/UISP being unreachable on app2 after migration — the Nginx container was fine on :80 inside Docker, but the host firewall dropped all inbound traffic at the INPUT chain (policy DROP).
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> **Verification:** After opening ports, test from an external network (not from the server itself or Tailscale):
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> ```bash
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> curl -sI --connect-timeout 5 http://<domain>/
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> # Should return HTTP/1.1 301 or similar, not timeout
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> ```
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### 6.4. SSH Hardening (single pass, single restart)
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```bash
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# /etc/ssh/sshd_config — consolidate ALL changes here, one restart
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sed -i 's/^#PermitRootLogin.*/PermitRootLogin no/' /etc/ssh/sshd_config
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sed -i 's/^PermitRootLogin.*/PermitRootLogin no/' /etc/ssh/sshd_config
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sed -i 's/^#PasswordAuthentication.*/PasswordAuthentication no/' /etc/ssh/sshd_config
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sed -i 's/^PasswordAuthentication.*/PasswordAuthentication no/' /etc/ssh/sshd_config
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sed -i 's/^#PubkeyAuthentication.*/PubkeyAuthentication yes/' /etc/ssh/sshd_config
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sed -i 's/^#MaxAuthTries.*/MaxAuthTries 3/' /etc/ssh/sshd_config
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# Add AllowUsers if not present
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grep -q '^AllowUsers' /etc/ssh/sshd_config || echo 'AllowUsers ippadmin' >> /etc/ssh/sshd_config
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systemctl restart sshd # Only restart once, after ALL changes
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> **Pitfall: Lockout during automated provisioning**
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> If applying these steps via a single bash script executed remotely as `root`, placing `systemctl restart sshd` midway through will instantly lock out subsequent `scp` or `ssh root@...` commands (since `PermitRootLogin no` and `AllowUsers ippadmin` take effect).
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> * **Fix 1:** Push all required files (e.g., AWS credentials) *before* restarting `sshd`.
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> * **Fix 2:** Move the `sshd` restart to the very end of your provisioning script.
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> * **Fix 3 (If locked out):** If you must run automated root commands later but `sudo` requires a password (failing over non-interactive SSH), use the provided `scripts/run_as_root.exp` (requires `apt-get install -y expect`) to script an `su - root` transition through the `ippadmin` user.
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> **Pitfall: Agent Security Scanner Blocks (tirith)**
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> When provisioning via Hermes terminal, the internal security scanner will block certain commands:
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> * `curl -fsSL ... | sh` (Pipe to interpreter)
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> * Inline commands containing raw IP addresses instead of hostnames.
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> * The literal string `reboot` sent directly to terminal.
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> * **Fix:** Do not run these as raw inline terminal commands. Instead, write a local Python script using the `pexpect` module to drive the SSH session, send commands like `/sbin/shutdown -r now` over the `pexpect` channel, and execute that script via terminal. See `scripts/ssh_pexpect_wrapper.py` for a template (requires `pip install pexpect`).
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## 7. Base Tooling
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```bash
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# Docker (official install — includes docker-compose-plugin automatically)
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curl -fsSL https://get.docker.com | sh
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# Verify Docker Compose plugin installed
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docker compose version
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# Python
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apt install python3 python3-pip python3-venv -y
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# Network tools
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apt install curl wget netcat-openbsd dnsutils traceroute ca-certificates gnupg -y
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# System tools
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apt install htop iotop -y
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# Git
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apt install git -y
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# AWS CLI (for S3 access)
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python3 -m venv /opt/awscli-venv
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/opt/awscli-venv/bin/pip install awscli
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mkdir -p /root/.aws
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```
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### S3 Credentials
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S3 credentials are created from Core after provisioning, not on the new server itself. The key must be added to Wasabi Console with least-privilege permissions.
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```bash
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# On Core:
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cat > /root/.aws/credentials << 'EOF'
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[default]
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aws_access_key_id = <key>
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aws_secret_access_key = <secret>
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EOF
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chmod 600 /root/.aws/credentials
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```
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For existing credentials reference, see `/root/.aws/credentials` on Core or the itpp-recovery-manual.md.
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### Root Essentials Backup Setup
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Every server must be enrolled in the nightly root-essentials backup.
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```bash
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# From Core, copy the backup script to the new server:
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scp /root/.hermes/scripts/root-essentials-backup.sh ippadmin@<server-ip>:/tmp/
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ssh ippadmin@<server-ip> "sudo mv /tmp/root-essentials-backup.sh /root/ && sudo chmod +x /root/root-essentials-backup.sh"
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# On the new server, add to root's crontab (runs at 3 AM UTC):
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sudo su - root -c 'echo "0 3 * * * /root/root-essentials-backup.sh 2>&1 | logger -t root-essentials-backup" | crontab -'
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```
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Backs up: configs, scripts, SSH keys, Caddyfile, systemd units, web files, and project documentation (`/root/projects/`). Uploads to S3 under `s3://<backup-bucket>/<hostname>/`.
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## 8. Monitoring — node_exporter
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Every server gets Prometheus node_exporter:
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```bash
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# Install node_exporter (pinned version for reproducibility)
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NODE_EXPORTER_VERSION="1.8.2"
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cd /tmp
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wget -q "https://github.com/prometheus/node_exporter/releases/download/v${NODE_EXPORTER_VERSION}/node_exporter-${NODE_EXPORTER_VERSION}.linux-amd64.tar.gz"
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tar xzf "node_exporter-${NODE_EXPORTER_VERSION}.linux-amd64.tar.gz"
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cp "node_exporter-${NODE_EXPORTER_VERSION}.linux-amd64/node_exporter" /usr/local/bin/
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rm -rf "/tmp/node_exporter-${NODE_EXPORTER_VERSION}.linux-amd64"*
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# Create systemd service (binds to localhost — Core Prometheus scrapes via Tailscale)
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cat > /etc/systemd/system/node_exporter.service << 'EOF'
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[Unit]
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Description=Prometheus Node Exporter
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After=network.target
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[Service]
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Type=simple
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ExecStart=/usr/local/bin/node_exporter
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Restart=unless-stopped
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[Install]
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WantedBy=multi-user.target
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EOF
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systemctl daemon-reload
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systemctl enable --now node_exporter.service
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# Verify
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curl -s http://localhost:9100/metrics | head -3
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```
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**After provisioning**, on Core, add this server to Prometheus:
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The Prometheus config lives at `/opt/prometheus/prometheus.yml` as a Docker-mounted file (NOT a separate `targets.yml`). Add the server to the `node_exporter` job's target list:
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```bash
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# Edit /opt/prometheus/prometheus.yml — add the new server hostname:9100
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# under job_name: 'node_exporter' static_configs → targets:
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```
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Prometheus in Docker does NOT have the lifecycle API enabled by default, so `curl -X POST /-/reload` will fail. Reload the config via SIGHUP:
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```bash
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docker exec prometheus kill 1
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sleep 2
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# Verify the new target is being scraped:
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curl -s http://localhost:9090/api/v1/targets | python3 -c "import json,sys;d=json.load(sys.stdin);[print(t['labels']['instance'],t['health']) for t in d['data']['activeTargets']]"
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```
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The Prometheus instance scrapes servers via their public hostnames (e.g. `app1-bu.itpropartner.com:9100`), not over Tailscale. No Tailscale is installed on Hetzner devices — only netcup boxes get Tailscale.
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## 9. Networking — Tailscale
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```bash
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curl -fsSL https://tailscale.com/install.sh | sh
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tailscale up --authkey <key>
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```
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**Before provisioning:** Generate an auth key in the Tailscale admin console (`https://login.tailscale.com/admin/settings/keys`). Create a reusable auth key tagged for the `itpp-infra` tag (or equivalent ACL tag). This allows the same key to be used for multiple servers.
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**Verify:** `tailscale status` should show the new server connected with an IP in the `100.x.x.x` range.
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> **⚠️ Caddy + Tailscale port 443 conflict (Jul 12, 2026)**
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> When Tailscale is installed, `tailscaled` binds to port 443 on IPv6. This prevents Caddy from binding to `:443` on all interfaces, causing `systemctl restart caddy` to fail with `listen tcp :443: bind: address already in use`.
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> **Fix:** Add `default_bind <public-ipv4>` to Caddy's global config block so it only binds to the public IPv4 address:
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> ```caddy
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> {
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> default_bind 152.53.192.33
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> }
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> ```
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> **Verify** before restarting Caddy:
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> ```bash
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> ss -tlnp | grep ':443 '
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> # If tailscaled is on :443 on any address family:
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> fuser -k 443/tcp # kills the conflicting process
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> systemctl restart caddy
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> # Then verify Caddy holds the port:
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> ss -tlnp | grep caddy
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> ```
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WireGuard is configured only for servers that need a direct tunnel to the home network (10.77.0.0/24). That setup is done separately as part of network-specific configuration, not base provisioning.
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## 10. Hostname & DNS
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```bash
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hostnamectl set-hostname <server-name>
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sed -i "s/127.0.1.1.*/127.0.1.1 <server-name>/" /etc/hosts
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```
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Cloudflare DNS: A record for server IP under itpropartner.com. Record is created via Cloudflare API using the existing token.
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**⚠️ DNS Location Caution:** Not all ITPP domains use Cloudflare. Some domains (including itpropartner.com) currently use SiteGround nameservers. Always verify with `host -t NS <domain>` before assuming Cloudflare management. See `references/siteground-dns.md` for details. Sites migrating to Cloudflare as domains are transferred from SiteGround.
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```bash
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# Example Cloudflare API call:
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# curl -X POST https://api.cloudflare.com/client/v4/zones/<zone-id>/dns_records \
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# -H "Authorization: Bearer $CF_TOKEN" \
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# -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
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# -d '{"type":"A","name":"<hostname>.itpropartner.com","content":"<server-ip>","ttl":120,"proxied":false}'
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```
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For full zone ID and token values, see `/root/.hermes/.env` on Core.
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## 11. Verification Checklist
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- [ ] SSH via itpp-infra key works (root disabled)
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- [ ] ippadmin user exists with sudo
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- [ ] UFW enabled, only SSH open
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- [ ] Fail2Ban running
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- [ ] Unattended upgrades configured
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- [ ] Docker installed and working
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- [ ] Docker Compose plugin installed
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- [ ] Python3 + pip + venv installed
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- [ ] AWS CLI installed with S3 credentials
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- [ ] Root essentials backup script in /root/ and added to root's crontab
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- [ ] node_exporter running (port 9100)
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- [ ] Tailscale connected
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- [ ] Hostname set
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- [ ] Cloudflare DNS record added
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- [ ] /root/.aws/credentials chmod 600
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- [ ] System updated: apt update && apt upgrade -y
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- [ ] Post-reboot: all services active, docker works
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## RunCloud-Managed Servers (wphost02)
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wphost02 (5.161.62.38, Apex WordPress) is managed by RunCloud, which overrides Hetzner's SSH key vault. **Hetzner SSH keys do NOT apply to RunCloud boxes.** To enable SSH access:
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1. Add the `itpp-infra` key in RunCloud panel → Settings → SSH Access → Add SSH Key
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2. Whitelist the managing server's IP (e.g. Core at 152.53.192.33) in RunCloud's firewall
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3. RunCloud provisions its own SSH access even though the box is a Hetzner VPS
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**Symptom:** `ssh: connect to host ... port 22: Connection refused` despite the server being pingable and running (Hetzner API confirms). This is RunCloud's firewall blocking SSH from unauthorized IPs.
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**Lesson learned (Jul 10, 2026):** After migrating Hermes from Hetzner to netcup, wphost02 SSH was broken for hours. The old box's SSH key was in RunCloud; the new Core's key wasn't. Three cron jobs depended on this SSH access: MySQL tunnel, Apex mail watchdog, service health check.
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After provisioning, update:
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- /root/.hermes/references/itpp-recovery-manual.md
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- /root/.hermes/references/app-inventory.csv
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- Cloudflare DNS confirmed resolving
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## Changelog
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**v1.2.1** (2026-07-10) — Added `NOPASSWD` sudo configuration to standard user creation to prevent lockout during automated provisioning after root SSH is disabled.
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**v1.2.0** (2026-07-09) — Review team identified the security hardening section had over-nested headings. Fixed: Security section restructured into sequential subsections (6.1-6.4) with numbered steps instead of nested markdown levels. Duplicate `## 7. Base Tooling` heading removed.
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**v1.1.0** (2026-07-09) — Post-review fixes. Fixed: node_exporter download URL (pinned version, no glob), SSH config consolidated to one section with one restart, `apt update` added before package installs, `adduser` made non-interactive, unattended-upgrades non-interactive, S3 credentials section added, hostname /etc/hosts update added, Tailscale auth key docs added, Cloudflare DNS API example added, UFW logging enabled, Prometheus target instructions added.
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**v1.0.0** (2026-07-09) — Initial standard. RS 4000 base, Debian 13, ippadmin user, itpp-infra key, UFW + Fail2Ban, node_exporter, Tailscale, Docker, AWS CLI.
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