Setting up Coauthor on a new Lighsail instance

Setup: Ubuntu 14.04 Lightsail instance with static IP address, DNS type A record linking the static IP to domain name (ravivakil.org)

SSH into the server by running $ ssh -i /path/to/private/key [email protected]
Securely move the private key onto the server (is this safe?) $ scp -i /path/to/private/key /path/to/private/key [email protected]:home/ubuntu/
Install node.js, version 12.x.x (see https://github.com/nodesource/distributions/blob/master/README.md) by running $ curl -sL https://deb.nodesource.com/setup_12.x | sudo -E bash - followed by $ sudo apt-get install -y nodejs
Download meteor by running $ curl https://install.meteor.com/ | sh
Download Coauthor via git by running $ cd ~ && git clone https://github.com/edemaine/coauthor.git. Also create a build directory for later: $ cd ~ && mkdir coauthor-build
Setup SSL certificates by following the instructions here: https://certbot.eff.org/lets-encrypt/ubuntuxenial-other
Enter the deploy directory by running $ cd ~/coauthor/.deploy
Modify the mup.js file so it looks like:

module.exports = {
  servers: {
    one: {
      host: 'ravivakil.org',
      username: 'ubuntu',
      pem: "/home/ubuntu/privatekey.pem"
    }
  },
  // Meteor server
  meteor: {
    name: 'coauthor',
    //path: '/home/ubuntu/coauthor',
    path: '../',
    servers: {
      one: {}
    },
    docker: {
      image: 'abernix/meteord:node-12-base',
      stopAppDuringPrepareBundle: false,
    },
    buildOptions: {
      serverOnly: true,
      buildLocation: '/home/ubuntu/coauthor-build'
    },
    env: {
      ROOT_URL: 'https://ravivakil.org',
      MAIL_URL: 'smtp://email-smtp.us-west-2.amazonaws.com:587',
      //MAIL_FROM: '[email protected]',
      MONGO_URL: 'mongodb://mongodb/meteor',
      MONGO_OPLOG_URL: 'mongodb://mongodb/local',
      NODE_OPTIONS: '--trace-warnings'
    },
    deployCheckWaitTime: 200,
    deployCheckPort: 80,
    enableUploadProgressBar: true
  },

  // Mongo server
  mongo: {
    oplog: true,
    port: 27017,
    servers: {
      one: {},
    },
  },

  // Reverse proxy for SSL
  proxy: {
    domains: 'ravivakil.org',
    ssl: {
      crt: '/etc/letsencrypt/live/ravivakil.org/fullchain.pem',
      key: '/etc/letsencrypt/live/ravivakil.org/privkey.pem',
      forceSSL: true,
    },
    clientUploadLimit: '0', // disable upload limit
    nginxServerConfig: '../.proxy.config',
  },

  // Run 'npm install' before deploying, to ensure packages are up-to-date
  hooks: {
    'pre.deploy': {
      localCommand: 'npm install'
    }
  },
};

Run sudo mup setup

Output:

Started TaskList: Setup Docker
[ravivakil.org] - Setup Docker
[ravivakil.org] - Setup Docker: SUCCESS

Started TaskList: Setup Meteor
[ravivakil.org] - Setup Environment
[ravivakil.org] - Setup Environment: SUCCESS

Started TaskList: Setup Mongo
[ravivakil.org] - Setup Environment
[ravivakil.org] - Setup Environment: SUCCESS
[ravivakil.org] - Copying Mongo Config
[ravivakil.org] - Copying Mongo Config: SUCCESS

Started TaskList: Start Mongo
[ravivakil.org] - Start Mongo
[ravivakil.org] - Start Mongo: SUCCESS

Started TaskList: Setup proxy
[ravivakil.org] - Setup Environment
[ravivakil.org] - Setup Environment: SUCCESS
[ravivakil.org] - Pushing the Startup Script
[ravivakil.org] - Pushing the Startup Script: SUCCESS
[ravivakil.org] - Pushing Nginx Config Template
[ravivakil.org] - Pushing Nginx Config Template: SUCCESS
[ravivakil.org] - Pushing Nginx Config
[ravivakil.org] - Pushing Nginx Config: SUCCESS
[ravivakil.org] - Cleaning Up SSL Certificates
[ravivakil.org] - Cleaning Up SSL Certificates: SUCCESS
[ravivakil.org] - Copying SSL Certificate Bundle
[ravivakil.org] - Copying SSL Certificate Bundle: SUCCESS
[ravivakil.org] - Copying SSL Private Key
[ravivakil.org] - Copying SSL Private Key: SUCCESS
[ravivakil.org] - Setup SSL Certificates for Domains
[ravivakil.org] - Setup SSL Certificates for Domains: SUCCESS
[ravivakil.org] - Configure Nginx Upstream
[ravivakil.org] - Configure Nginx Upstream: SUCCESS

Started TaskList: Start proxy
[ravivakil.org] - Start proxy
[ravivakil.org] - Start proxy: SUCCESS

Next, you should run:
    mup deploy

Run mup deploy

Output (edited for brevity)

> Running hook default.deploy "npm install"

> [email protected] postinstall /home/ubuntu/coauthor
> node node_modules/grunt/bin/grunt --gruntfile .Gruntfile.coffee

...

Done.
audited 357 packages in 6.768s

4 packages are looking for funding
  run `npm fund` for details

found 0 vulnerabilities

Building App Bundle Locally
Browserslist: caniuse-lite is outdated. Please run next command `npm update`

Started TaskList: Pushing Meteor App
[ravivakil.org] - Pushing Meteor App Bundle to the Server
[ravivakil.org] - Pushing Meteor App Bundle to the Server: SUCCESS
[ravivakil.org] - Prepare Bundle
[ravivakil.org] - Prepare Bundle: SUCCESS

Started TaskList: Configuring App
[ravivakil.org] - Pushing the Startup Script
[ravivakil.org] - Pushing the Startup Script: SUCCESS
[ravivakil.org] - Sending Environment Variables
[ravivakil.org] - Sending Environment Variables: SUCCESS

Started TaskList: Start Meteor
[ravivakil.org] - Start Meteor
[ravivakil.org] - Start Meteor: SUCCESS
[ravivakil.org] - Verifying Deployment
[ravivakil.org] - Verifying Deployment: SUCCESS

The MAIL_URL is set to a dummy value; a working Postfix server is also running on this machine (it is connected to Amazon's mail service), but I'd like to use Amazon's SMTP server directly.

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Setting up Coauthor on a new Lighsail instance