CentOS 7

This guide is created for new unmanaged VPS from A2hosting.com

• OS: CentOS 7

• Ram: 1GB

• Hard drive: 20 GB

• Bandwidth: 2 TB

INITIAL SETUP

1. Login into A2 account, service to find the following info:

• IP or hostname (if the domain name has been set up/registered)

• Ssh username

• SSH password

• SSH port

2. Connect to server using ssh. If you are on a Mac, use Terminal and type in the following command. If you are on a Window, you can use CMD (if CMD does not work, google “connecting to ssh on Window” to find the program

Select “Yes” if asked to continue connecting

If there is a problem, follow this link:

3. To secure your ssh and your server, set up new user and deactivate root login via SSH by following steps 2, 3, and 5 in this tutorial:

Install sudo by:

4. Optional: Setting up time by following this link:

5. Following this link to set up LAMP stack:

with:

In step 4: choose PHP7.2

Follow this tutorial from steps 1-5, make sure instruction for specific steps as indicated above

6. Install the following packages to prepare for Open enventory

7. Create a “download” folder; download OE (get the exact link from website: ); unzip OE and copy to the right location:

8. Go to

9. The OE website should load like screenshot below

10. If successful, this page will load:

11. Modify .htaccess file

Modify the content of the file as in this screenshot. Important: these setting is for the server with configuration as indicated in the top of this tutorial

Save the file (hit Esc, type “:wq” and then Enter) and restart httpd service

12. Modify mysqld config:

Right after [mysqld], add:

Save the file (hit Esc, type “:wq” and then Enter) and restart httpd and mariadb services