Linode Ubuntu 10.04 (Lucid) with passenger & nginx for rails hosting

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#    A guide to setting up a linode Ubuntu VPS for              #
#    Ruby on Rails hosting with nginx & passenger               #
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#    Compiled by Chris Toomey [ctoomey.com] on Sept. 9 2011     #
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# Start with base 10.04 image. Setup the DNS for any domains you 
# want to host with this server

# SSH in and create deploy user
ssh root@<IP address>
adduser deploy
usermod -g admin deploy # add user to admin, => sudo ability
cd /home/deploy
mkdir ~/.ssh

# Update the hostnmae per this linode guide:
# http://library.linode.com/getting-started#sph_set-the-hostname
echo 'kermit' > /etc/hostname
hostname -F /etc/hostname
vim /etc/hosts # Update the ip / FQDN line

# Create the ssh key pair, then exit the linode

su deploy
ssh-keygen
exit

# Setup named connection info for the server on the dev box
vim ~/.ssh/config # Add nickname, hostname (ip), and user
# Host kermit
#     HostName <IP address>
#     User deploy

# From local machine, cat the server's new public key to the
# clipboard to then setup the server in github
ssh kermit 'cat ~/.ssh/id_rsa.pub' | pbcopy

# Add local machines public key to server
cat ~/.ssh/id_rsa.pub | ssh user@hostname "cat - >> ~/.ssh/authorized_keys"

# Setup named connection info for the server
vim ~/.ssh/config # Add nickname, hostname (ip), and user
# Host kermit
#     HostName <IP address>
#     User deploy

ssh kermit

# Remove passowrd authentication option
vim /etc/ssh/sshd_config
# Ensure the following settings
ChallengeResponseAuthentication no
PasswordAuthentication no
UsePAM no

# Update the system
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get upgrade

# Get us some git
sudo apt-get install curl git-core

# Setup rvm to manage my rubys. Single user install
bash < <(curl -s https://rvm.beginrescueend.com/install/rvm)

# Add the needed dependencies per instructions in rvm install output
sudo apt-get install build-essential bison openssl libreadline6 libreadline6-dev \
curl git-core zlib1g zlib1g-dev libssl-dev libyaml-dev libsqlite3-0 libsqlite3-dev \
sqlite3 libxml2-dev libxslt-dev autoconf libc6-dev ncurses-dev automake

# Install and set default ruby
rvm install 1.9.2
rvm use 1.9.2 --default

# Install passenger & nginx
gem install passenger
rvmsudo passenger-install-nginx-module     # Accept defaults

# Setup the init file to start and keep nginx running
# NOTE: this should be performed as root, rather than
# using sudo
su    # Switch to root user for the next few commands
curl -L http://bit.ly/nginx-ubuntu-init-file > /etc/init.d/nginx
chmod +x /etc/init.d/nginx
update-rc.d nginx defaults
/etc/init.d/nginx start

# Get zsh in there
sudo apt-get install zsh
chsh -s $(which zsh)
git clone git://github.com/robbyrussell/oh-my-zsh.git ~/.oh-my-zsh

# MySQL

sudo apt-get install mysql-server

# Github keys

# From the server, do this once

ssh git@github.com

# Capistrano

# You'll need this in config/deploy.rb to get Capistrano to work with RVM

# Add RVM's lib directory to the load path.
$:.unshift(File.expand_path('./lib', ENV['rvm_path']))

# Load RVM's capistrano plugin.    
require "rvm/capistrano"

set :rvm_ruby_string, '1.9.2'
set :rvm_type, :user  # Don't use system-wide RVM

# Rails

# You'll probably need libmysqlclient-dev in order for the MySQL Ruby adapter to work

sudo apt-get install libmysqlclient-dev