NodeJsDigitalOceanSetup.md

SSH SETUP

• copy and paste ssh-keygen on your local machine

initial server setup/user setup

• ssh root@your_server_ip
• adduser sammy
• usermod -aG sudo sammy - setup root privileges for the user
• ufw app list - setup a basic filewall
• ufw allow OpenSSH - setup a basic filewall
• ufw enable - setup a basic filewall
• ufw status
• rsync --archive --chown=sammy:sammy ~/.ssh /home/sammy

install nginx

• sudo apt install nginx

• sudo ufw app list

• sudo ufw enable

• sudo ufw default deny

• sudo ufw allow 'Nginx HTTP'

• sudo ufw status

• systemctl status nginx

• sudo iptables -L

installing node js

• wget -qO- https://raw.githubusercontent.com/nvm-sh/nvm/v0.36.0/install.sh | bash

• export NVM_DIR="$HOME/.nvm" [ -s "$NVM_DIR/nvm.sh" ] && . "$NVM_DIR/nvm.sh" # This loads nvm [ -s "$NVM_DIR/bash_completion" ] && . "$NVM_DIR/bash_completion" # This loads nvm bash_completion

• nvm ls-remote - checks the available version

• nvm install 12.19.0 - install node version

• npm install -g npm@latest - install npm

• sudo nginx -t

• sudo service nginx reload