How to deploy BaasBox on a Linux server in Google Compute Engine

installBaasBoxLinuxGoogleComputeEngine.sh

# Go to https://cloud.google.com/compute/ 
#create a project, 
#create an instance 
#follow this video to open port 9000 for Baasbox  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qAV__Rq4vIQ (pay atention to where the demonstrator initialy clicks his mouse)

# launch SSH for your instance (by clicking SSH button)

# While in the SSH, enter the commands bellow, run the commands by clicking  the Enter key after each command, wait for each command to run before running the next. 

# Install Java
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:webupd8team/java -y
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install oracle-java8-installer

# In case you don't have unzip, install it
sudo apt-get install unzip


# install screen. This will be used for running BaasBox in the Background
apt-get install screen

# Download Baasbox
wget --content-disposition http://www.baasbox.com/download/baasbox-stable.zip

# Unzip baasbox
unzip baasbox-stable.zip (append the version number printed by the command line before '.zip')

# move into the unzipped folder (replace the version number with the one printed by the command line)
cd baasbox-0.8.4/

# Assign execution privileges to the start script
chmod +x ./start

# Gain super User Access to run Screen
sudo su

# create a background proccess where BaasBox Server will run
screen -S baasboxserver

# Run BaasBox
./start

# Visit http://YOUR_IP:9000/console to access the console. (Yes, append :9000 to the ip adress to access the console)
# your VM Instance IP adress should be available on the profile of your created instance in the cloud console

# (optional) After you  have closed the SSH session, if you return to it later and want to continue from the BaasBox server Screen, where you left off,  run this to
# Bring the BaasBoxServer to the foregroud
sudo su
screen -r baasboxserver

Changing application code: ./start -Dapplication.code=..... when starting baasbox
info source: https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/baasbox/0rzqj-xfNnE