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. yum -y install vim
8. vim ~/.ssh/authorized_keys

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

9. Set hostname

   hostname <desired-fqdn>
   vim /etc/hostname

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

    snapshot_root

    /mnt/large_files/rsnapshot_backups/

    no_create_root

    1

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

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