ssh to root in terminal with your server ip
ssh [email protected]
or for ec2 you will need your public key
ssh -i your_public_key.pem ubuntu@your_ec2_instance_or_elastic_ip_address
Add ssh fingerprint and enter password provided in email (skip this to requirements installation if you are on EC2)
Change password
passwd
Create new user
adduser username
Set new users privileges
visudo
Find user privileges section
# User privilege specification
root ALL=(ALL:ALL) ALL
Add your new user privileges under root & cntrl+x then y to save
username ALL=(ALL:ALL) ALL
Configure SSH
nano /etc/ssh/sshd_config
Find and change port to one that isn't default(22 is default: choose between 1025 ..65536)
Port 22 # change this to whatever port you wish to use
Protocol 2
PermitRootLogin no
Add to bottom of sshd_config file after changing port (cntrl+x then y to save)
UseDNS no
AllowUsers username
Reload ssh
reload ssh
Don't close root! Open new shell and ssh to vps with new username(remember the port, or you're locked out!)
ssh -p 1026 [email protected]
Update packages on virtual server
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install -y curl
install latest stable version of rvm
curl -L get.rvm.io | bash -s stable
load rvm
source ~/.rvm/scripts/rvm
install rvm dependencies
rvm requirements
Install ruby 1.9.3
rvm install 1.9.3
Use 1.9.3 as rvm default
rvm use 1.9.3 --default
install latest version of rubygems if rvm install didn't
rvm rubygems current
Install rails gem
nano ~/.gemrc
---
:verbose: true
install: --no-rdoc --no-ri
:backtrace: false
:benchmark: false
:sources:
- http://rubygems.org/
- http://gems.github.com
- http://gemcutter.org/
update: --no-rdoc --no-ri
:update_sources: true
:bulk_threshold: 1000
gem install rails -v 3.2.16
Install rmagick dependencies
sudo apt-get install libmagickwand-dev libmagickcore-dev libmagickcore4-extra libgraphviz-dev libgvc5
gem install rmagick
Install nokogiri
sudo apt-get install libxslt-dev libxml2-dev
Install postgres
sudo apt-get install -y postgresql postgresql-server-dev-9.1
gem install pg -- --with-pg-config=/usr/bin/pg_config
Create new postgres user
sudo -u postgres psql
create user username with password 'password';
alter role username superuser createrole createdb replication;
create database projectname_production owner username;
Install git-core
sudo apt-get install -y git-core
Install bundler
gem install bundler
Install Javascript Engine
sudo apt-get install -y nodejs
setup nginx
sudo apt-get install -y nginx
nginx -h
cat /etc/init.d/nginx
/etc/init.d/nginx -h
sudo service nginx start
cd /etc/nginx
local unicorn setup
Add unicorn to the gemfile
create unicorn.rb & unicorn_init.sh file
chmod +x config/unicorn_init.sh
nginx.conf (change projectname and username to match your directory structure!)
upstream unicorn {
server unix:/tmp/unicorn.projectname.sock fail_timeout=0;
}
server {
listen 80 default deferred;
# server_name /assets.com;
root /home/username/apps/projectname/current/public;
location ^~ /assets/ {
gzip_static on;
expires max;
add_header Cache-Control public;
}
try_files $uri/index.html $uri @unicorn;
location @unicorn {
proxy_set_header X-Forwarded-For $proxy_add_x_forwarded_for;
proxy_set_header Host $http_host;
proxy_redirect off;
proxy_pass http://unicorn;
}
error_page 500 502 503 504 /500.html;
client_max_body_size 4G;
client_body_temp_path /tmp/client_body_temp;
keepalive_timeout 10;
}
config/unicorn.rb
root = "/home/username/apps/projectname/current"
working_directory root
pid "#{root}/tmp/pids/unicorn.pid"
stderr_path "#{root}/log/unicorn.log"
stdout_path "#{root}/log/unicorn.log"
listen "/tmp/unicorn.projectname.sock"
worker_processes 2
timeout 30
# Force the bundler gemfile environment variable to
# reference the capistrano "current" symlink
before_exec do |_|
ENV["BUNDLE_GEMFILE"] = File.join(root, 'Gemfile')
end
config/unicorn_init.sh
#!/bin/sh
### BEGIN INIT INFO
# Provides: unicorn
# Required-Start: $remote_fs $syslog
# Required-Stop: $remote_fs $syslog
# Default-Start: 2 3 4 5
# Default-Stop: 0 1 6
# Short-Description: Manage unicorn server
# Description: Start, stop, restart unicorn server for a specific application.
### END INIT INFO
set -e
# Feel free to change any of the following variables for your app:
TIMEOUT=${TIMEOUT-60}
APP_ROOT=/home/username/apps/projectname/current
PID=$APP_ROOT/tmp/pids/unicorn.pid
CMD="cd $APP_ROOT; bundle exec unicorn -D -c $APP_ROOT/config/unicorn.rb -E production"
AS_USER=username
set -u
OLD_PIN="$PID.oldbin"
sig () {
test -s "$PID" && kill -$1 `cat $PID`
}
oldsig () {
test -s $OLD_PIN && kill -$1 `cat $OLD_PIN`
}
run () {
if [ "$(id -un)" = "$AS_USER" ]; then
eval $1
else
su -c "$1" - $AS_USER
fi
}
case "$1" in
start)
sig 0 && echo >&2 "Already running" && exit 0
run "$CMD"
;;
stop)
sig QUIT && exit 0
echo >&2 "Not running"
;;
force-stop)
sig TERM && exit 0
echo >&2 "Not running"
;;
restart|reload)
sig HUP && echo reloaded OK && exit 0
echo >&2 "Couldn't reload, starting '$CMD' instead"
run "$CMD"
;;
upgrade)
if sig USR2 && sleep 2 && sig 0 && oldsig QUIT
then
n=$TIMEOUT
while test -s $OLD_PIN && test $n -ge 0
do
printf '.' && sleep 1 && n=$(( $n - 1 ))
done
echo
if test $n -lt 0 && test -s $OLD_PIN
then
echo >&2 "$OLD_PIN still exists after $TIMEOUT seconds"
exit 1
fi
exit 0
fi
echo >&2 "Couldn't upgrade, starting '$CMD' instead"
run "$CMD"
;;
reopen-logs)
sig USR1
;;
*)
echo >&2 "Usage: $0 <start|stop|restart|upgrade|force-stop|reopen-logs>"
exit 1
;;
esac
Add capistrano and rvm capistrano to gemfile
gem 'capistrano'
gem 'rvm-capistrano'
Create capfile & config/deploy.rb files
capify .
deploy.rb
require "bundler/capistrano"
require "rvm/capistrano"
server "123.123.123.123", :web, :app, :db, primary: true
set :application, "projectname"
set :user, "username"
set :port, 22
set :deploy_to, "/home/#{user}/apps/#{application}"
set :deploy_via, :remote_cache
set :use_sudo, false
set :scm, "git"
set :repository, "[email protected]:username/#{application}.git"
set :branch, "master"
default_run_options[:pty] = true
ssh_options[:forward_agent] = true
after "deploy", "deploy:cleanup" # keep only the last 5 releases
namespace :deploy do
%w[start stop restart].each do |command|
desc "#{command} unicorn server"
task command, roles: :app, except: {no_release: true} do
run "/etc/init.d/unicorn_#{application} #{command}"
end
end
task :setup_config, roles: :app do
sudo "ln -nfs #{current_path}/config/nginx.conf /etc/nginx/sites-enabled/#{application}"
sudo "ln -nfs #{current_path}/config/unicorn_init.sh /etc/init.d/unicorn_#{application}"
run "mkdir -p #{shared_path}/config"
put File.read("config/database./assets.yml"), "#{shared_path}/config/database.yml"
puts "Now edit the config files in #{shared_path}."
end
after "deploy:setup", "deploy:setup_config"
task :symlink_config, roles: :app do
run "ln -nfs #{shared_path}/config/database.yml #{release_path}/config/database.yml"
run "chmod +x #{release_path}/config/unicorn_init.sh"
end
after "deploy:finalize_update", "deploy:symlink_config"
desc "Make sure local git is in sync with remote."
task :check_revision, roles: :web do
unless `git rev-parse HEAD` == `git rev-parse origin/master`
puts "WARNING: HEAD is not the same as origin/master"
puts "Run `git push` to sync changes."
exit
end
end
before "deploy", "deploy:check_revision"
end
Capfile
load 'deploy'
load 'deploy/assets'
load 'config/deploy'
Shake hands with github
# follow the steps in this guide if receive permission denied(public key)
# https://help.github.com/articles/error-permission-denied-publickey
ssh [email protected]
Add ssh key to to github ssh key (no phassphrase)
ssh-keygen -t rsa -C "[email protected]"
cat ~/.ssh/id_rsa.pub
Create repo and push to github
# Add config/database.yml to .gitignore
cp config/database.yml config/database./assets.yml
git init
git add .
git commit -m "Inital Commit"
git remote add origin [email protected]:username/reponame
git push origin master
Install redis for sidekiq
cd ~
sudo apt-get install tcl8.5
wget http://redis.googlecode.com/files/redis-2.6.14.tar.gz
tar xzf redis-2.6.14.tar.gz
cd redis-2.6.14/
make && make test
sudo make install
cd utils/
sudo ./install_server.sh
deployment
cap deploy:setup
# edit /home/username/apps/projectname/shared/config/database.yml on server
cap deploy:cold
after deploy:cold
sudo rm /etc/nginx/sites-enabled/default
sudo service nginx restart
sudo update-rc.d -f unicorn_projectname defaults
Make changes and deploy
# Make changes
git add .
git commit -m "Changes"
git push origin master
cap deploy
Resources from Railscasts/digital ocean documentation.