Laravel Forge

See http://kb.grendelgames.com/books/engineering-handbook/page/how-to-setup-a-server-on-laravel-forge.

Select the Servers tab.

Select Create Server.

Type Name | shared-dev-02.

Select Provider | Grendel Games.

Select Share with | Grendel Games Development.

Click Continue.

Select Type | App server.

Select Region | Amsterdam, NL.

Select Server size | Tiny.

Expand Advanced settings.

Select Server OS | <Latest Ubuntu LTS version>.

Select PHP version | <Latest stable version>.

Select Database type | <Latest MySQL LTS version>.

Enable Add server’s SSH key to source control providers.

Click Update.

Click Create server.

Wait about 10 minutes for the server to become online.

Add the root SSH password and MySQL password to the Root Keypass database (or send to Erwin or Alex).

Setup DNS domain based on the assigned IP address

For most backends we create subdomain A records under grendelgames.com

Setup a Let’s Encrypt SSL certificate for this (sub)domain

Disable the redirect from www toggle, as we don’t use www records for backends.

See http://kb.grendelgames.com/books/data-storage/page/how-to-set-up-encrypted-server-storage.

Browse to https://login.linode.com/login.

Select Linode | Three-dots menu > Launch LISH Console.

Log in with your Linode credentials.

See http://kb.grendelgames.com/books/data-storage/page/how-to-back-up-mysql-to-backblaze.

See https://forge.laravel.com/docs/resources/database-backups.

Browse to https://forge.laravel.com/grendel-games.

Log in with your Grendel Games email account.

Select Grendel Games in the top left corner.

Select the Servers tab.

Select a server.

Select Backups | Edit configuration.

See https://forge.laravel.com/docs/resources/network.

See https://forge.laravel.com/docs/ssh.

Generate a private/public SSH key pair and store the keys in the Password Manager.

Browse to https://forge.laravel.com/grendel-games.

Select the Servers tab.

Select a server.

Select Settings > SSH.

Click Add key.

For Name type Grendel<Name>.

For Public key paste the public SSH key that is stored in KeePassXC.

Name            GrendelDouwe
User            forge
Public key      ssh-ed25519 ######## douwe@grendelgames.com

Click Add.

ssh forge@139.177.182.227

# Check that public key matches the one listed under Settings in Forge Dashboard.
cat .ssh/id_rsa.pub

The authenticity of host '139.177.182.227 (139.177.182.227)' can't be established.
ED25519 key fingerprint is SHA256:Qrfl4DotMHmti6GtwCzPEU1sZUKn0AfgJR9Yuj/Y/+0.
This key is not known by any other names.
Are you sure you want to continue connecting (yes/no/[fingerprint])?

How to use.

The dev/test envirionments of Terra Troopers are hosted on the shared-dev-01 server.

IP:     139.177.182.227
ID:     468888

App server
PHP 8.0
MySQL 8.0
Ubuntu 20.04
Public IP:      139.177.182.227
Private IP:     192.168.153.198

Browse to https://test.terratroopers.grendelgames.com/login.