(Security & Operation Practicum) GCP

Build, configure and deploy PlaySMS 1.4 on a cloud-based server. ssion: Web applications commonly require multiple technologies, or dependencies, to function. These dependencies often include a DBMS, server-side scripting, and a HTTP/S server. PlaySMS is an open-source SMS management system. PlaySMS facilitates SMS messaging, supporting text, flash and unicode messages. PlaySMS was initially released in 2015. PlaySMS dependencies are typical for a web-based application. First, it requires PHP for serverside scripting, and specifically PHP 7.0, along with multiple PHP modules and extensions. Notably, PlaySMS requires PHP7.0-mcrypt. The fun thing about PHP7.0-mcrypt is that it can no longer be installed with Ubuntu's Advanced Packaging Tool (apt), so you'll install it as a Debian package. These kinds of issues are common. Second, you'll install and configure a DBMS, either MySQL or MariaDB. This requires installing the server, creating users, configuring user permissions, and creating a database. Third, you will install Apache2, a popular open-source HTTP/S server. Finally, you will install PlaySMS itself using an installation script. If it all works, you'll have a running web application. If it doesn't work, you'll troubleshoot your web application installation and resolve errors until you finally do have a running web application. Once the server is built, we will create a custom image so that we can easily recover the server if it gets damaged during subsequent testing. You will: a. Configure instance target01. b. Configure Apache2, MySQL and PHP 7.0 c. Download and extract PlaySMS 1.4 d. Install PlaySMS 1.4 e. Create a backup image