📅 2025-05-23 — Session: Comprehensive Apache Server Diagnostic and Configuration
🕒 20:20–21:10
🏷️ Labels: Apache, Server Management, Configuration, Diagnostics, Security
📂 Project: Dev
⭐ Priority: MEDIUM
Session Goal:
The session aimed to conduct a comprehensive diagnostic and configuration review of Apache servers, focusing on error analysis, permission settings, and server health.
Key Activities:
- Onboarding Memo: Created a detailed onboarding memo for server operations, covering SSH, Apache, and deployment best practices.
- Error Analysis: Investigated errors in Apache and Certbot configurations, providing recommendations to prevent future issues.
- Permission Analysis: Conducted a critical analysis of file permissions in the
mapamsegdirectory to enhance security. - Diagnostic Procedures: Executed diagnostic and recovery processes for Apache servers, addressing SSL and configuration issues.
- Checklist Development: Compiled a health checklist for Apache server verification, including service status and DNS resolution.
- Hostname Resolution: Resolved hostname errors in AWS EC2 instances by updating the
/etc/hostsfile. - CGI and Locale Configuration: Addressed CGI module status and corrected Perl locale configuration warnings.
- JSON Schema Validation: Defined timestamp fields and validated time strings in JSON Schema to ensure compliance with ISO 8601.
Achievements:
- Developed a comprehensive onboarding memo for server operations.
- Identified and provided solutions for errors in Apache and Certbot configurations.
- Improved security through detailed permission analysis and corrective actions.
- Enhanced server reliability with extensive diagnostic and recovery procedures.
- Established a robust checklist for ongoing server health monitoring.
Pending Tasks:
- Further validation of configuration changes and monitoring of server performance post-implementation.
- Continuous update and refinement of onboarding materials as processes evolve.