CentOS 7.x create lightsail rsnapshot instance

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CentOS 7.x create lightsail rsnapshot instance

To create CentOS 7.x rsnapshot lightsail instance use following steps:

1. Create appropriate lightsail instance
2. Create DNS entry for FQDN mapping to public IP
3. Download corresponding regions private key
4. chmod 400 <private-key>
5. ssh -i <private-key> centos@<instance-public-ip>
6. sudo su -
7. Disable SELinux
8. yum -y install vim
9. vim ~/.ssh/authorized_keys

   Add own key, Allow <private-key> direct root aaccess. (First line 155x)

10. Set hostname

    hostname <desired-fqdn>
    vim /etc/hostname

11. Exit
12. ssh directly as root with self public key
13. yum -y install epel-release
14. yum -y install wget
15. yum -y rsnapshot
16. Create appropriate swap space using CentOS 7.x adding swap space using file
17. Setup fail2ban using CentOS 7.x fail2ban including firewalld using CentOS 7.x Basic firewalld configuration
18. Configure system to store history date time using Storing date / time along with commands in history
19. exit and ssh again for history settings to take effect
20. mkdir -p /mnt/large_files/rsnapshot_backups
21. ssh-keygen
22. Copy ~/.ssh/id_rsa.pub and ~/.ssh/authorized_keys on remote machines, if required
23. Add /etc/hosts entries for private IPs for local backups
24. SSH to remote machine as root and accept fingerprints
25. vim /etc/rsnapshot.conf and change with tabs and ending / in mind.

    snapshot_root

    /mnt/large_files/rsnapshot_backups/

    no_create_root

    1

26. Follow Rsnapshot for most part without forgetting remote backup including databases on remote machine as required
27. Install logwatch and set /etc/aliases for root user
28. Set correct time zone CentOS 7.x Change system timezone

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