Setting up Nginx with Passenger with Rails 4

Nginx, Passenger, Rails

Taken from: http://alexbachuk.com/launch-rails-4-application-with-passenger-and-nginx/

    ssh [email protected] SSH as root, using IP address and password you get by email
    adduser alex Create new username, because using root is not recommended.
    visudo Open sudo config file and add admin privileges to newly created user.
    alex ALL=(ALL) ALL) add this and ctrl+x to save ‘y’ and enter to overwrite
    sudo apt-get update update system packages
    curl -L get.rvm.io | bash -s stable install ruby version manager
    source ~/.rvm/scripts/rvm load RVM
    rvm requirements install all RVM dependencies
    rvm install 2.0.0 install ruby version, in this case 2
    rvm use 2.0.0 load installed ruby version as default
    rvm rubygems current install rubygems
    gem install rails install latest rails, in this case Rails 4
    gem install passenger install latest passenger
    sudo apt-get install libcurl4-openssl-dev install openssl required by nginx
    rvmsudo passenger-install-nginx-module select all default options.
    sudo apt-get install nodejs install Node.js
    sudo apt-get install npm install node package manager
    I tried to update node through npm – even after success node version was the same…
    Make nginx command availablewget -O init-deb.sh http://library.linode.com/assets/660-init-deb.sh
    sudo mv init-deb.sh /etc/init.d/nginx
    sudo chmod +x /etc/init.d/nginx
    sudo /usr/sbin/update-rc.d -f nginx defaultsafter that you can control nginx with
    sudo /etc/init.d/nginx stop
    sudo /etc/init.d/nginx start
    sudo /etc/init.d/nginx restart
    sudo nano /opt/nginx/conf/nginx.conf edit nginx configurations
    server_name – your IP or domain name, root – location of rails app public folderserver {
    listen 80;
    server_name example.com;
    passenger_enabled on;
    root /var/www/my_awesome_rails_app/public;
    }
    Don’t forget to comment out “location / { index.html }” line in config file
    sudo /etc/init.d/nginx start open IP or domain in browser and see welcome message
    sudo apt-get install mysql-server libapache2-mod-auth-mysql php5-mysql install mysql server
    sudo mysql_install_db and then sudo /usr/bin/mysql_secure_installation
    mysql -u root -p login to mysql shell with password you just set
    while in mysql shell create new database and add this to database.yml production

    CREATE DATABASE database name;
    CREATE USER 'alex'@'localhost' IDENTIFIED BY 'set_your_password_here';
    GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON your_database.* TO 'alex'@'localhost' WITH GRANT OPTION;
    exit;
    sudo apt-get install git-core install git
    sudo apt-get install libmysql-ruby libmysqlclient-dev install mysql adapter for rails
    bundle install CD to your rails app and install all dependencies
    rake db:migrate RAILS_ENV=production run all migrations in production mode
    RAILS_ENV=production bundle exec rake assets:precompile precompile all assets
    if you see permission error, run sudo chown -R alex:www-data public to gain ownership over the directory
    sudo /etc/init.d/nginx start restart nginx