vps-steps.markdown

Create Linode: Ubuntu LTS

Gaining SSH Access

1. Login with set password
2. mkdir ~/.ssh
3. chmod go-w ~/.ssh
4. exit
5. scp /.ssh/id_rsa.pub SERVER:/.ssh/authorized_keys

Setting up hostname and timezone

1. echo "servername" > /etc/hostname
2. hostname -F /etc/hostname
3. dpkg-reconfigure tzdata (follows on screen steps)

Updating system

1. apt-get update
2. apt-get upgrade --show-upgraded

Installing NGINX (https://library.linode.com/lemp-guides/ubuntu-12.04-precise-pangolin)

1. Download the key and add to APT:
2. wget http://nginx.org/keys/nginx_signing.key
3. apt-key add nginx_signing.key
4. echo "deb http://nginx.org/packages/ubuntu/ precise nginx" >> /etc/apt/sources.list
5. echo "deb-src http://nginx.org/packages/ubuntu/ precise nginx" >> /etc/apt/sources.list
6. apt-get update
7. apt-get install nginx

Installing PostgreSQL

1. Download the key and add to APT:
2. wget https://www.postgresql.org/media/keys/ACCC4CF8.asc
3. apt-key add ACCC4CF8.asc
4. echo "deb http://apt.postgresql.org/pub/repos/apt/ precise-pgdg main" >> /etc/apt/sources.list
5. apt-get update
6. apt-get install

Installing Ruby

1. Download the key and add to APT:
2. http://apt.hellobits.com/hellobits.key
3. echo "deb http://apt.hellobits.com/ precise main" >> /etc/apt/sources.list
4. apt-get update
5. apt-get install ruby-2.1

Creating a deploy user

1. adduser --ingroup www-data deploy
2. Upload your public key to ~/.ssh/authorized_keys