@@ -21,6 +21,11 @@ Make sure you fully understand the instructions as you go through them step by s If you find mistakes or have suggestions for improvement, please get in touch with me at peter@marklunds.com. +Peter Marklund +Friday, August 10, 2008 +Stockholm +http://marklunds.com + ################################################################### # # BASIC SERVER SETUP @@ -56,6 +61,7 @@ visudo ############################ su deploy +# Press enter three times ssh-keygen exit exit @@ -80,7 +86,7 @@ ssh <name-of-your-server> ############################ # Check out which apt-get sources you are dealing with -cat /etc/apt/sources.list +sudo emacs /etc/apt/sources.list # You might want to add hardy-security so that the file becomes: # deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ hardy main restricted universe # deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ hardy-updates main restricted universe @@ -100,10 +106,8 @@ sudo apt-get install build-essential man # Install Git and Subversion ############################ -sudo apt-get install git-core - -# Install Subversion (not everyone uses Git, yet) -sudo apt-get install subversion subversion-tools +# We include Subversion since not everyone uses Git, yet, you know +sudo apt-get install git-core subversion subversion-tools ############################ # Setup deploy User Environment @@ -112,9 +116,9 @@ sudo apt-get install subversion subversion-tools cd git clone git://github.com/peter/rails-on-ubuntu.git mv .bashrc .bashrc.orig -ln -s rails-on-ubuntu/.bashrc +cp rails-on-ubuntu/.bashrc . source ~/.bashrc -ln -s rails-on-ubuntu/.emacs +cp rails-on-ubuntu/.emacs . ############################ # Set the Timezone and Keep the Time Synced @@ -156,13 +160,17 @@ ssh <name-of-your-server> sudo apt-get install iptables sudo mkdir /usr/local/scripts sudo cp ~/rails-on-ubuntu/fw /usr/local/scripts -# Edit the firewall config and change <your-ssh-port> to reflect your ssh port +# Edit the firewall config and change <your-ssh-port> to your port number sudo emacs /usr/local/scripts/fw sudo /sbin/iptables-restore < /usr/local/scripts/fw # Test the firewall exit -telnet <ip-of-your-server> <standard-ssh-port> +# Should not be able to connect to default port +telnet <ip-of-your-server> 22 +# Should be able to connect this time telnet <ip-of-your-server> <your-ssh-port> +# Note: if you have locked yourself out of your server at GleSYS# +# you can reset the firewall in the web admin panel. ssh <name-of-your-server> ################################################################### @@ -218,8 +226,9 @@ show databases; exit # Install MySQL C Driver for Ruby -sudo apt-get install make sudo gem install mysql +# NOTE: if you have issues compiling the MySQL driver related to make, try: +# sudo apt-get install make ############################ # Ruby Gems that we Need @@ -259,7 +268,8 @@ sudo /etc/init.d/nginx start # Sending SMTP from localhost ############################ -# Install Postfix so we can send SMTP from localhost +# Install Postfix so we can send SMTP from localhost. +# You can get away with accepting the defaults during install. sudo apt-get install postfix ############################ @@ -300,10 +310,14 @@ sudo chown deploy.deploy /var/www/apps exit cd <path-to-your-local-rails-app> # If you haven't capified your up, run "capify ." +# If you don't have Capistrano: sudo gem install capistrano # There is an example app here: http://svn.marklunds.com/my_app/ # Edit config/deploy.rb, for an example, see: # http://svn.marklunds.com/my_app/config/deploy.rb cap deploy:setup +# Capistrano sets up the files as root, however later we need to access them as the deploy +# user. Change ownership to the deploy user: +cap invoke COMMAND="sudo chown -R deploy.deploy /var/www/apps/my_app" ############################ # Setup the database @@ -315,7 +329,7 @@ sudo /etc/init.d/mysql stop sudo cp /etc/mysql/my.cnf /etc/mysql/my.cnf.orig sudo cp ~/rails-on-ubuntu/my.cnf /etc/mysql sudo /etc/init.d/mysql start -mysqladmin -u root -pglr2008 create my_app_production +mysqladmin -u root -p<mysql-password> create my_app_production ############################ # Deploy @@ -331,7 +345,3 @@ cap deploy:cold Hit http://<your-server-ip-or-domain> in your browser. Good luck! - -Peter Marklund -Friday, August 10, 2008 -Stockholm README 8ae0178603381842bf4f19ec510c8e7c026327ea Peter Marklund peter_marklund@fastmail.fm http://github.com/peter/rails-on-ubuntu/commit/1fad4798d9a10e20a5f558b78324fabc224cef6f 1fad4798d9a10e20a5f558b78324fabc224cef6f 2008-08-10T06:22:50-07:00 2008-08-10T06:22:50-07:00 README: minor tweaks of the instructions a5484b1acfb7e8bcd4018c5d9a73daa2708c12cb Peter Marklund peter_marklund@fastmail.fm