more automation for ss-install, almost automatic deployment

[backamblock]

Just a quick question if you're here. will this work in the ss-config? i want to make one config file which i can deploy without having to manually create passwords every time. i have seen that you use this openssl command in the install script.

ROOT_PASSWORD="$(openssl rand -hex 32)"
SUDO_USER="$(openssl rand -hex 16)"
SUDO_PASSWORD="$(openssl rand -hex 32)"

SFTP_USER="$(openssl rand -hex 16)"
SFTP_PASSWORD="$(openssl rand -hex 32)"

DB_NAME="$(openssl rand -hex 16)"
DB_USER="$(openssl rand -hex 16)"
DB_PASSWORD="$(openssl rand -hex 32)"
DB_PASSWORD_ROOT="$(openssl rand -hex 32)"
DB_HOST="127.0.0.1"
DB_PREFIX="$(openssl rand -hex 5)"
DB_CHARSET="utf8mb4"
DB_COLLATE=""

[backamblock]

doesn't work. have to use seperate script to "sed -i" all variables that need to change

edit:
to clarify.. it does indeed work but there is no secure and reliable way to save these variables afterwards with my initial "just edit the config file" approach. the ss config is called several times during the install and will obviously give a different value every time. this is not safe to use!
i made a different solution via simple bash scripts that are locally run on your pc, then ssh to the VPS.
with this approach you have a controlled environment where the variables are safely stored on your pc in case anything happens.
i will post updates about this here if that is ok for you @jessuppi

[backamblock]

@jessuppi i created a script for this. i will publish it soon and make it accessible for everyone

This script automates slickstack even more:

update, upgrade, clean the VPS packages
get the current ss-config-sample file for SlickStack
replace user and password variables with secure randoms, change other settings with your data
create the needed dirs and files for the installation.  
set ownership root:root
## i ran into problems here where the ss-install script had no permissions to make subfolders in /var/www despite being root, that's hy they are created before
and finally start the SlickStack installation as usual
install your public key afterwards so you can still use the password in case of emergency
save all important data in a file "DOMAIN-IP.txt" on your pc inside the server-configs folder

no work to be done on this from your side :)

[backamblock]

here it is: https://github.com/backamblock/slickstack-installer

[kidharb]

@jessuppi I really like this initiative of automating SlickStack even more, however having a separate script that does this is a maintenance nightmare. What if, we use the defaults that are present in the script to perform the installation? The config summary is output after the installation, so any errors can be picked up then. If the script user is a bit more advanced, then he will know how to edit ss-config and rerun ss-install. I just feel like 90% of SS users just press enter at the prompts to accept the defaults, so let's help them by making this a "no input required" experience.

[jessuppi]

Thanks for the feedback @kidharb

To be honest I haven't even had time to go through the script released by @backamblock yet but I think he meant for it to be potentially merged into SlickStack like you suggested, or to be further extended by agencies as needed.

[kidharb]

Thanks Jesse, let me make myself useful and submit some PRs.

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