Standard Rails 5.* setup for Ubuntu 14.04 LTS

_ubuntu_steps.sh

# As root user
sudo su

# Update the OS
sudo apt-get update -y

# Add this to ~/.bashrc to remove timezone warnings
echo 'export LC_ALL="en_US.UTF-8"' >> ~/.bashrc
source ~/.bashrc

# Install Rails Requirements
sudo apt-get install build-essential zlib1g-dev curl git-core python-software-properties software-properties-common libssl-dev openssl libreadline-dev -y
# useful extras: libgeoip-dev

# Add Deployment User
groupadd admin
adduser deployer --ingroup admin
su deployer

# (logout)

# brew install ssh-copy-id
# ssh-copy-id deployer@SERVER_IP
# ssh deployer@SERVER_IP

# Say hello to git (expect response: Permission denied (publickey).)
ssh git@github.com

# generate ssh keys for github if private repo
ssh-keygen -t rsa -b 4096 -C "YOUR_EMAIL"
eval "$(ssh-agent -s)"
ssh-add ~/.ssh/id_rsa
cat ~/.ssh/id_rsa.pub # paste in https://github.com/settings/ssh
ssh -T git@github.com

capistrano.sh

# capistrano 3 (to run locally)
cap production deploy:setup_config
cap production deploy

java8.sh

# java 8
sudo apt-add-repository ppa:webupd8team/java
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install oracle-java8-installer

letsencrypt_nginx.sh

git clone https://github.com/letsencrypt/letsencrypt
cd letsencrypt
./letsencrypt-auto certonly

# edit nginx conf (e.g. /etc/nginx/sites-enabled/default)
server {
  listen 443 ssl;
  server_name YOURDOMAIN.COM;
  ssl_certificate_key /etc/letsencrypt/live/YOURDOMAIN.COM/privkey.pem;
  ssl_certificate /etc/letsencrypt/live/YOURDOMAIN.COM/fullchain.pem;

  # root /var/www/html;
  # index index.html index.htm index.nginx-debian.html;
  # location / {
  #  try_files $uri $uri/ =404;
  # }
}

# every 90 days
./letsencrypt-auto certonly

mysql.sh

sudo apt-get install mysql-server
sudo mysql_install_db
sudo mysql_secure_installation

nginx.sh

# Install latest stable Nginx
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:nginx/stable
sudo apt-get update -y
sudo apt-get install nginx -y
service nginx restart

node.sh

# Install Node
curl -sL https://deb.nodesource.com/setup_6.x | sudo bash -
sudo apt-get update -y
sudo apt-get install nodejs -y

postgres.sh

# Install Postgres 9.6
sudo sh -c "echo 'deb http://apt.postgresql.org/pub/repos/apt/ trusty-pgdg main' > /etc/apt/sources.list.d/pgdg.list"
wget --quiet -O - http://apt.postgresql.org/pub/repos/apt/ACCC4CF8.asc | sudo apt-key add -
sudo apt-get update -y --fix-missing
sudo apt-get install -y libpq-dev postgresql-9.6

sudo -u postgres psql
\password # enter a root user password
create user <appname> with password 'secret';
create database <appname>_production owner <appname>;
\q

ruby.sh

# Install rbenv
git clone https://github.com/sstephenson/rbenv.git ~/.rbenv
echo 'export PATH="$HOME/.rbenv/bin:$PATH"' >> ~/.profile
echo 'eval "$(rbenv init -)"' >> ~/.profile
exec $SHELL -l

# Install Ruby 2.4.1
git clone https://github.com/sstephenson/ruby-build.git ~/.rbenv/plugins/ruby-build
rbenv rehash
rbenv install 2.4.1
# ^ go and get a coffee, rbenv install takes a while
rbenv global 2.4.1

# Check installation went OK
ruby -v

# Install Bundler
echo "gem: --no-ri --no-rdoc" > ~/.gemrc
gem install bundler
rbenv rehash

ufw.sh

# Install Firewall
apt-get install ufw -y
ufw enable
# enable ssh, either on default 22 or a port you change it to
ufw allow 22
# enable http etc...
ufw allow 80