Instructions:

1. Deploy a server
2. Point domain name to server IP address
3. Install Dependencies
4. Copy/clone source code into server
5. Copy sample.env to .env and edit variables
6. Bring containers up: docker-compose up -d
7. Run certbot (requires .env file and working domain): docker-compose exec nginx /bin/certbot.sh

Setup a renewal cronjob

1. Open crontab: docker-compose exec nginx crontab -e
2. At the bottom, add: @daily sleep $[ ( $RANDOM % 9000 ) + 1 ]s; certbot renew

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Dependencies

Docker

Ubuntu:

1. sudo apt-get update
2. curl -fsSL https://download.docker.com/linux/ubuntu/gpg | sudo apt-key add -
3. sudo add-apt-repository "deb [arch=amd64] https://download.docker.com/linux/ubuntu $(lsb_release -cs) stable"
4. sudo apt-get update
5. sudo apt-get install -y docker-ce
6. sudo usermod -aG docker $USER
7. Restart terminal session (logout and back in)

CentOS (AWS Linux AMI):

1. sudo yum update -y
2. sudo yum install -y docker
3. sudo service docker start
4. sudo usermod -aG docker $USER
5. Restart terminal session (logout and back in)

Docker-compose

Linux:

1. sudo curl -L "https://github.com/docker/compose/releases/download/1.22.0/docker-compose-$(uname -s)-$(uname -m)" -o /usr/local/bin/docker-compose
2. sudo chmod +x /usr/local/bin/docker-compose

Git

Ubuntu:

1. sudo apt-get install -y git-core

CentOS (AWS Linux AMI):

1. sudo yum install -y git

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Helpful Commands

• Add Git submodule: git submodule add <git project url>
• NPM install in all submodules: git submodule foreach npm install
• Update submodules: git submodule update --remote
• Ignore dirty submodule: Add ignore = dirty to the submodule config for the specific one.
• Restart containers: docker-compose restart
• Rebuild containers: docker-compose build
• Request certificates: docker-compose exec nginx certbot certonly --webroot -w /var/lib/certbot/ --agree-tos --non-interactive --text -d example.com --email you@example.com
• Renew certificates: docker-compose exec nginx certbot renew
• Restart NGINX: docker-compose exec nginx nginx -s reload
• Access terminal: docker-compose exec nginx /bin/bash