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‎operating-systems.html‎

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your assembly code, if you even were able to get that far.</p>
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<p>Fortunately, the open source community provides Linux to the Python world
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as a rock solid free operating system for running our applications.</p>
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<h2>Operating systems learning checklist</h2>
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<p><i class="fa fa-check-square-o"></i>
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Choose either a Debian-based Linux distribution such as Ubuntu or a
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Fedora-based distribution like CentOS.</p>
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<p><i class="fa fa-check-square-o"></i>
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Harden the security through a few basic steps. Install basic security
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packages such as <a href="http://www.fail2ban.org/wiki/index.php/Main_Page">fail2ban</a>
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or its equivalent. Create a new user account with sudo privileges and disable
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root logins. Disable password-only logins and Use a public-private keypair
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instead. Read more about hardening systems in the resources listed below.</p>
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<p><i class="fa fa-check-square-o"></i>
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Install Python-specific packages to prepare the environment for an application
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deployment. Which packages you'll need to install depends on the distribution
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you've selected.</p>
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<p><i class="fa fa-check-square-o"></i>
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Read up on <a href="/web-servers.html">web servers</a> as installing one will be the
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next step in the deployment process.</p>
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<h2>Recommended operating systems</h2>
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<p>The only recommended operating system for production Python web stack
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deployments is Linux. There are several Linux distributions commonly used

‎source/content/pages/03-deployment/0305-operating-systems.markdown‎

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## Operating systems learning checklist
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<i class="fa fa-check-square-o"></i>
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Choose either a Debian-based Linux distribution such as Ubuntu or a
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Fedora-based distribution like CentOS.
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<i class="fa fa-check-square-o"></i>
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Harden the security through a few basic steps. Install basic security
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packages such as [fail2ban](http://www.fail2ban.org/wiki/index.php/Main_Page)
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or its equivalent. Create a new user account with sudo privileges and disable
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root logins. Disable password-only logins and Use a public-private keypair
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instead. Read more about hardening systems in the resources listed below.
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<i class="fa fa-check-square-o"></i>
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Install Python-specific packages to prepare the environment for an application
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deployment. Which packages you'll need to install depends on the distribution
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you've selected.
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<i class="fa fa-check-square-o"></i>
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Read up on [web servers](/web-servers.html) as installing one will be the
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next step in the deployment process.
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## Recommended operating systems
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The only recommended operating system for production Python web stack
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deployments is Linux. There are several Linux distributions commonly used

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