lemp-cloud-init

Spin up a new Ubuntu, Nginx, MariaDB, PHP server on Digital Ocean

Notes

• Placeholder values are delimited with __double_underscores__

Instructions

Getting started

1. Clone this repo

git clone https://github.com/thegreatsunra/lemp-cloud-init.git

2. Generate an SSH key if you don't have one already

ssh-keygen -t rsa -b 4096 -C "email@domain.tld"

3. Copy your SSH key to your clipboard

pbcopy < ~/.ssh/id_rsa.pub

4. Open ./scripts/cloud-init.sh.txt in a text editor and replace the placeholder SSH key (around line 30) with the contents of your clipboard

      - ssh-rsa AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA== __email@domain.tld__

Be careful not to delete the indentation or - at the beginning of the line, as cloud-init needs them to recognize the command

5. Search within ./scripts/cloud-init.sh.txt and replace the following placeholder strings with your desired values:

• __username__ - the username of the primary admin user that will be created on the server (e.g. dane)
• __full_name__ - the full name of the primary admin user (e.g. Dane Petersen)
• __email@domain.tld__ - the email address of the primary admin user
• __domain.tld__ - the domain for your website that will be hosted by nginx (e.g. thegreatsunra.com)
• __temporary_password_change_me_immediately__ - a temporary, throwaway password that will live forever on your server in your cloud-init script and you will immediately change upon logging into the server

6. Save ./scripts/cloud-init.sh.txt, select all, and copy it to your clipboard

Digital Ocean

1. Log in to Digital Ocean

2. Create a new droplet

3. Under "Select additional options" check the box for "User data" and paste in the contents of ./scripts/cloud-init.sh.txt

4. Click "Create" and wait a few moments as Digital Ocean creats your new droplet

5. Once Digital Ocean finishes creating your droplet, copy the IP address for your droplet

Prepare manual commands

1. Open ./scripts/manual-commands.sh.txt in a text editor

2. Perform a search-and-replace on ./scripts/manual-commands.sh.txt, and replace the following values with the values you used in your cloud-init script, and the values provided by Digital Ocean when creating your droplet

• __REPLACE_THIS_TEXT_WITH_YOUR_ACTUAL_SERVER_IP__ - the IP address Digital Ocean assigned to your server
• __REPLACE_THIS_TEXT_WITH_YOUR_ACTUAL_USERNAME__ - the username of the primary admin user that you created on the server (e.g. dane)
• __REPLACE_THIS_TEXT_WITH_YOUR_ACTUAL_EMAIL__ - the email address of the primary admin user
• __REPLACE_THIS_TEXT_WITH_YOUR_ACTUAL_DOMAIN__ - the domain for the website that you will host on your server (e.g. thegreatsunra.com)
• __REPLACE_THIS_TEXT_WITH_YOUR_ACTUAL_SERVER_DOMAIN_NAME__ - the domain you want to assign to your server (e.g. swearengen.thegreatsunra.com)

3. Save ./scripts/manual-commands.sh.txt

SSH

1. SSH into your new server using the username you chose and the IP address provided by Digital Ocean

ssh username@ip.address.of.server

2. Go line-by-line through ./scripts/manual-commands.sh.txt, pasting each command into the Terminal to run it on your server like some kind of animal

License

The MIT License (MIT)

Copyright (c) 2017-2019 Dane Petersen