Hi.
In testing out creating/setting up remote droplets on digital ocean/fed (centos), I realize that it should be secured as much/tightly as possible. However, I also realize that if I screw something up, I could have an instance that has issues. I'm not a sys admin, and not trying to be one.
So, here's my question. If I'm going to be spinning up/down an instance, could I simply disable selinux? For my scenario, I'll be creating a base instance, with the required apps/processes, and then using that base instance for any testing droplets I need to create, to test my apps.
So, if I create an instance, spin it up, fire off my tests on the instance, run everything for a few hours, and then shut it off, would that be "reasonably safe/secure"?
My testing apps are a mix of python/php/perl/shell scripts, there's no web stuff as of yet. Although, there will be dns/nfs/mysql functionality.
Thanks for thoughts..