Thread: OVH Servers with Debian 4.0

This tutorial, is only for servers with Debian 4.0.

Programs needed:
» Putty -> h**p://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~sgtatham/putty/download.html
» VNC -> h**p://www.tightvnc.com/download.html

How to:
After receiving the server information, go to Putty and set the server ip at "Host Name (or IP Address)" field (see the picture below).



After that, click on "Open" button. It will appears something like the picture below.



Now, you need to set the information (username and password), that appears at the email from OVH.
Tip: To paste on Putty, click with mouse (right button) on the green square.

» Change Password.
#passwd
New password:
Verify:

» Delete SSH key authentication:
#ls .ssh
authorized_keys2
#rm .ssh/authorized_keys2

» Nano - Text Editor:
#nano


Here, you only need to know how to save and exit from Nano. To save, press Ctrl+O and to exit, press Ctrl+X. For now, exit from Nano (Ctrl+X).

» Sistem Update:
#apt-get update
#apt-get upgrade

You need to say "Yes" when asked if we want to do the update. Only need to write "Y" and press Enter.

For those who want to install Flash on server:

#nano /etc/apt/sources.list

Place the following at the end:
deb h**p://www.backports.org/debian/ etch-backports main contrib non-free
Note: Change "**" for "tt".

Press Ctrl+O, Enter and Ctrl+X.
Now:
#wget h**p://backports.org/debian/archive.key
#apt-key add archive.key
Note: Change "**" for "tt".

Update:
#apt-get update

» Software intalation:
#apt-get install vncserver wine xterm fluxbox vsftpd firefox vnstat
#update-menus
#apt-get -t etch-backports install fluxbox

» Create user:
#useradd -m your_nick
#passwd your_nick
New password:
Verify:



Now click on the top of Putty, right-click and select "Duplicate Session". This time we enter the new user we just created, and can close the Putty session to another. (To exit, write "Exit" and press Enter.)
Now we have a new symbol "$" instead "#". It means we are within the user account and not the root account.

» Configure VNC:
Let's start by configuring the fluxbox:
$mkdir .vnc
$nano .vnc/xstartup

We are going to write this new fluxbox window, Ctrl + O , enter and Ctrl + X again.
Now we make XSTARTUP as an executable:
$chmod +x .vnc/xstartup

Will request a new password the first time I started the VNC, which can put the same account used for the user.

$vncserver :1 -geometry 1280x900 -depth 24

Can change the resolution to the most appropriate to your PC.
If the server crash we need to restart the VNC again, so we used the code (attention not to use now, only in case of crash):
$ vncserver-kill: 1

We will now open the VNC Viewer:



Place the IP of the server and will ask for the password you created at the VNC. If you already forgot the pass, may change again in Putty entering the code is:
$ vncpasswd

» Install uTorrent and WebUI:
After opening the VNC we click with the right mouse button and browse xterm (is another terminal like Putty).
Let's go install uTorrent:
$ Wget h**p://download.utorrent.com/1.8.2/utorrent.exe
Note: Change "**" for "tt".

Then, we click cancel. It is not to Install uTorrent as windows and we write the code:
$ wine utorrent.exe

Tips to configure uTorrent:
- Choose a port for uTorrent
- Enable encryption (Optioins / preferences / BitTorrent / Encryptation Protocol -> forced)
- Disable DHT, Local Peer Discovery, Peer Exchange.
- No Randomize ports, disable UPnP port mapping & NAT-PMP port mapping
- Enable WebU Interface



Choose a nickname and a password.
- At Advanced Options, set gui.delete_to_trash to FALSE
- Unselect the option "Minimize to tray" and "Close to tray".

Now to access WebUI only have to open IE or FF and put h**p://your_ip_server:port/gui
Note: Change "**" for "tt".

your_ip_server - IP of the server
port - port that you have chose at uTorrent

When you try to enter, will ask to put in the login that you have chose on WebUI section.

» FTP server:
Open Putty:
$su

Place the password to change for the root account (password chosen when creating the account user).
Then:
#apt-get install openssl
#openssl req -x509 -nodes -days 365 -newkey rsa:2048 -keyout /root/vsftpd.pem -out /root/vsftpd.pem
#nano /etc/vsftpd.conf

And we will change the following:

anonymous_enable=NO
local_enable=YES
write_enable=YES

Remove the # (that means comment) that precedes the file you want to edit.

Copy this to the end:

ssl_enable=YES
force_local_logins_ssl=YES
ssl_tlsv1=YES
ssl_sslv2=YES
ssl_sslv3=YES
rsa_cert_file=/root/vsftpd.pem

Save and exit.
now:
#/etc/init.d/vsftpd start
#/etc/init.d/vsftpd restart
#update-rc.d vsftpd defaults
#exit

Now you can access the server via FTP to download everything that have on the seedbox to your PC. Only need to download "Filezilla". For example:

On Host, put: sftp://ks xxx.kimsufi.com (change the xxx to the proper, it appears at OVH email)

Username: "your nick" (created at the begin)

Password: "you password"
Port: 22

» Firefox and Flash:
$su
#apt-get -t etch-backports install flashplugin-nonfree
#exit

» Configurar Fluxbox:
Open Putty again:
$nano ~/.fluxbox/menu

We will delete everything that is here and we will copy the following code to it:

[begin] (Fluxbox-1.0.0)
[encoding] {UTF-8}
[exec] (firefox) {firefox}
[exec] (xterm) {xterm}
[exec] (uTorrent) {wine ~/utorrent.exe}
[submenu] (fluxbox menu)
[config] (Configure)
[submenu] (System Styles) {Choose a style...}
[stylesdir] (/usr/share/fluxbox/styles)
[end]
[submenu] (User Styles) {Choose a style...}
[stylesdir] (~/.fluxbox/styles)
[end]
[workspaces] (Workspace List)
[submenu] (Tools)
[exec] (Screenshot - JPG) {import screenshot.jpg && display -resize 50% screenshot.jpg}
[exec] (Screenshot - PNG) {import screenshot.png && display -resize 50% screenshot.png}
[exec] (Run) {fbrun }
[exec] (Regen Menu) {../util/fluxbox-generate_menu }
[end]
[submenu] (Window Managers)
[restart] (mwm) {mwm}
[restart] (kde) {startkde}
[end]
[commanddialog] (Fluxbox Command)
[reconfig] (Reload config)
[restart] (Restart)
[exec] (About) {(fluxbox -v; fluxbox -info | sed 1d) 2> /dev/null | xmessage -file - -center}
[separator]
[exit] (Exit)
[end]
[endencoding]
[end]

Save and exit again.

The end...

I hope that can help someone.....