PiMicroServer

Intro

Setup instructions to make a web (Apache HTTP 2 or NGINX) + db (MariaDB) + SCM (Gitlab CE) + File (Samba) server using a Raspberry Pi 3B.

The objective here is to make a development server which will be available nearly 24/7 and provide essential development services like file server, relational db server, source control management, and web server. High performance is not an objective, we are obviously trying to do much with a very small server.

I've configured my Pi with a USB3 SATA SDD (512GB) to improve over the performance, durability and capacity of a flash stick.

Define the stack

File Server

Using SAMBA, sharing one directory: /var/samba/shared/

Web Server

Incomplete; will probably use Apache HTTPD 2.x

DB Server(s)

Using MariaDB, a MySQL fork

SCM Server

Incomplete; will probably use GitLab CE, over Apache HTTP 2.x? I think some versions also work over NGINX?

Implementation

Possible Future Additions

Container Service (Kubernetes/?)

NoServer Service

NoSQL Database (MongoDB/?)

Wiki Host

Blog Host

Snippet Service

Copy and paste service

Dynamic Host Lookup

Messaging / Mail

Application Server (Tomcat/etc)

Alternative RDBMSs (MySQL/PostgreSQL/Oracle (Express?)/SQL Server for Linux/)

Wake on LAN functionality

Encrypted access from internet