setup EC2 instance with node, nginx etc

aws_ami_setup.sh

#!/bin/sh

#################
# install prerequisites
sudo yum install -y gcc-c++ make
sudo yum install -y openssl-devel
sudo yum install -y git-core
sudo yum install -y curl

#################
# Install nginx

yum install -y nginx
touch /etc/nginx/nginx.conf

cat > /etc/nginx/nginx.conf <<EOL
location / { 
    proxy_pass     http://127.0.0.1:1337/;
}
EOL

service nginx start
chkconfig nginx on

#########################
#Install Node.js

wget http://nodejs.org/dist/node-latest.tar.gz
tar -zxvf node-latest.tar.gz
rm -rf node-latest.tar.gz

cd node-v0.6.7
./configure --prefix=/usr
make
make install

#########################
#Install NPM
curl http://npmjs.org/install.sh | sh

#########################
# Test it
cd ~
touch hello.js
cat > hello.js <<EOL
var http = require('http');
http.createServer(function (req, res) {
  res.writeHead(200, {'Content-Type': 'text/plain'});
  res.end('Hello World\n');
}).listen(1337, "127.0.0.1");
console.log('Server running at http://127.0.0.1:1337/');
EOL

node hello.js