Setup email subscriptions server virtual machine on DigitalOcean

[guylepage3]

Description
Setup email subscriptions server virtual machine on DigitalOcean.

Virtual Machine Setup Tasks

• Setup SSH keys. (See #14 Setup SSH keys for Digital Ocean)
• Create droplet on Digital Ocean.
  • Ubuntu 18.04.3 (LTS) x64.
• Connect to Droplet on DigitalOcean with SSH. How to Connect to Droplets with SSH
  • ssh root@[Droplet’s IP address]
• Make sure Ubuntu is up to date by running;
  • apt update
  • apt upgrade
• Install nvm.
  • Test that nvm is installed correctly. Run nvm --version. If it's not see install instructions here.
• Install the latest LTS (stable) version of Node.js with nvm install --lts.
  • Make sure the correct LTS/stable version installed is correct by running node -v. Output should match.

Email Subscriptions Server Setup

• Clone the repository
  git clone https://github.com/universelabs/universe-email-subscriptions.git.
• Install dependencies npm i.
• Add secrets to env.
  • $ export [secret]
• Setup production Node environment by running export NODE_ENV=production.

References

• Screen is a tool for leaving things running in the background.
  • Restore - $ screen -r.
  • Exit - control+a + control+d.

[guylepage3]

I'll tackle this bad boy in the morning. Night.

[faddat]

Screen is a tool for leaving things running in the background.

To restore screens run...
$ screen -r

In order to exit a screen hit control+a and then control+d

[guylepage3]

Done