NeXt-Server-Lite

Debian Lite Version of NeXt-Server Script.
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Table of contents

• What you need
• Quick start
• What's included
• Bugs and feature requests
• Documentation
• Contributing
• Creators
• Thanks
• Used software
• Copyright and license

What you need:

A vServer with at least:

- 1 CPU Core
- 1 GB RAM
- KVM virtualized server (Openvz [...] will not work!)
- The latest "clean" Debian 12.x minimal installed on the server (with all updates!)
- rDNS set to the desired Domain
- root user access
- 9 GB free disk space

- IPv4 Adress
- A Domain and the ability to change the DNS Settings
- DNS Settings described in the dns_settings.txt
- Time... the DNS system may need 24 to 48 hours to recognize the changes you made!

- The will to learn something about Linux ;)

Quick start

Several quick start options are available:

Important!: Login with:

• su - otherwise the script will throw multiple errors!

Install with [git]:

• cd /root/; apt update; apt install git -y; git clone https://github.com/shoujii/NeXt-Server-Lite; cd NeXt-Server-Lite; bash nxt.sh

Install dev mode [git]:

DO NOT USE FOR PRODUCTION!

The Mailserver and other features won't work! (This will create a fake Let's Encrypt Cert, you won't run into the limition of weekly cert's)

• cd /root/; apt update; apt install git -y; git clone https://github.com/shoujii/NeXt-Server-Lite; cd NeXt-Server-Lite; touch dev.conf; bash nxt.sh

Read the NeXt-Server Wiki for advanced information!

What's included

Within the cloned repository you'll find the following directories and files, grouping the different installation files and configs in a logic structure. You'll see something like this:

NeXt-Server-Lite/
    ├── .github/
    │   ├── issue_template.md
    │
    ├── addons/
    │
    │   ├── vhosts/
    │      ├── [Various Vhost .conf files]
    │   ├── [Various Addon .sh files]
    │
    ├── checks/
    │   ├── [Various check .sh files]
    │
    ├── configs/
    │   ├── arno-iptables-firewall/
    │   ├── fail2ban/
    │   ├── nginx/
    │   ├── pma/
    │   ├── [Various interfaces, blocked ports and upgrade files] 
    │   ├── sources.cfg
    │   ├── sshd_config  
    │   ├── userconfig.cfg
    │   ├── versions.cfg
    │
    ├── cronjobs/  
    │   ├── webserver_backup
    │
    ├── includes/
    │   ├── issue   
    │   ├── issue.net     
    │   ├── NeXt-logo.jpg
    │
    ├── logs/
    │   ├── [Various .log files]
    │
    ├── menus/
    │   ├── [Various menu .sh files]
    │
    ├── script/
    │   ├── [Various script .sh files (main part of the script)]
    │
    ├── updates/
    │   ├── [Various service update .sh files]
    │
    ├── confighelper.sh   
    ├── install.sh     
    ├── LICENSE
    ├── login_information.txt    
    ├── nxt.sh    
    ├── README.md
    ├── update_script.sh

Bugs and feature requests

Have a bug or a feature request? Please first read the issue guidelines and search for existing and closed issues. If your problem or idea is not addressed yet, please open a new issue.

Documentation

The NeXt-Server documentation, included in this repository in the docs directory, is also available on the NeXt-Server Wiki.

Contributing

Please read through our contributing guidelines. Included are directions for opening issues, coding standards, and notes on development.

Creators

Marcel Eichlohn

• https://github.com/shoujii

René Wurch

• https://github.com/BoBBer446

** Flo**

• https://github.com/flo-ku

Thanks

A big thanks to [George Liu], for some great lines of code!. (https://github.com/centminmod)

Used software

• Nginx https://github.com/nginx/nginx
• Openssh https://github.com/openssh/openssh-portable
• Libressl https://github.com/libressl/portable
• fail2ban https://github.com/fail2ban/fail2ban
• Arno's iptables firewall https://github.com/arno-iptables-firewall/aif
• MariaDB https://github.com/MariaDB/server
• acme.sh https://github.com/Neilpang/acme.sh

Copyright and license

Code and documentation copyright 2017-2022 the NeXt-Server-Lite Authors Code released under the GNU General Public License v3.0.