Before we look at some common commands, I just want to note a few keyboard commands that are very helpful:
Up Arrow: Will show your last commandDown Arrow: Will show your next commandTab: Will auto-complete your commandCtrl + L: Will clear the screen
These are the steps to setup an Ubuntu server from scratch and deploy a MERN app with the PM2 process manager and Nginx. We are using Linode, but you could just as well use a different cloud provider or your own machine or VM.
Create an account at Linode
Click on Create Linode
Choose your server options (OS, region, etc)