Question

Full stack of commands for install node.js and app from git on the Ubuntu server (Ubuntu 12.04 on Amazon EC2)

Answer 1

#INSTALL

#install oracle java

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:webupd8team/java
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install oracle-java7-installer

#insatll git

sudo apt-get install git

#install node, npm & forever

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:chris-lea/node.js
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install nodejs npm
sudo npm install forever -g

#download server repository

:~$ mkdir webserver
:~$ cd webserver$
:~/webserver$ git init
:~/webserver$ git remote add origin https://[e-mail]/webserverteam/server.git
:~/webserver$ git config –global user.name “webserverteam”
:~/webserver$ git config –global user.email “[e-mail]”
:~/webserver$ git config –global push.default “matching”
:~/webserver$ git config –global branch.autosetuprebase always
:~/webserver$ git config –global color.status auto
:~/webserver$ git config –global color.branch auto
:~/webserver$ git config branch.master.remote origin
:~/webserver$ git config branch.master.merge refs/heads/master
:~/webserver$ git pull

#install dependencies

:~/webserver$ npm intsall

#edit settings you need (if you need)

:~/webserver$ nano app.js

#setup iptables

#trivial user have no access to 80 port, so we run server on 8080 and do redirect 80->8080
sudo iptables -t nat -A PREROUTING -p tcp –dport 80 -j REDIRECT –to-port 8080

#run web server app:

:~/webserver$ forever start app.js

#SUPPORT

#after every restart

#unfortunatly I could not “save\run after start” iptables with trivial rights
:~$ sudo iptables -t nat -A PREROUTING -p tcp –dport 80 -j REDIRECT –to-port 8080
:~$ cd webserver$
:~/webserver$ forever start app.js

#trivial update from git

:~$ cd webserver$
#check running forever processes
:~/webserver$ forever list
#kill forever process number 0
:~/webserver$ forever stop 0
:~/webserver$ git pull
:~/webserver$ forever start app.js

#full update from git

:~$ cd webserver$
:~/webserver$ forever list
:~/webserver$ forever stop 0

:~/webserver$ git fetch –all
:~/webserver$ git reset –hard origin/master
:~/webserver$ git pull
#edit settings you need (if you need)
:~/webserver$ nano app.js
:~/webserver$ forever start app.js