Setup Strapi and Laravel on AWS Lightsail (Nginx)

strapi-laravel-aws-lightsail.txt

-- SSH to AWS Lightsail Server --

curl -sL https://deb.nodesource.com/setup_12.x | sudo -E bash -
sudo apt-get install nodejs
node -v && npm -v
cd ~
mkdir ~/.npm-global
npm config set prefix '~/.npm-global'
sudo nano ~/.profile
source ~/.profile

-- Clone your Strapi Project --

git clone URL
cd ./project-folder
npm install 
NODE_ENV=production npm run build
npm install pm2@latest -g
cd ~
pm2 init
sudo nano ecosystem.config.js
pm2 start ecosystem.config.js
pm2 startup systemd
sudo env PATH=$PATH:/usr/bin /home/ubuntu/.npm-global/lib/node_modules/pm2/bin/pm2 startup systemd -u ubuntu --hp /home/ubuntu
pm2 save
pm2 restart ecosystem.config.js

If you get a status of 'errored' after restarting, run the command below
pm2 del 0
pm2 save
pm2 update
pm2 restart ecosystem.config.js

-- Install Database (SQLite) --
sudo apt install sqlite
pm2 restart ecosystem.config.js

-- Install Laravel --

composer global require laravel/installer
echo 'PATH=$PATH:$HOME/.config/composer/vendor/bin' | sudo tee -a /etc/profile
export PATH=PATH=$PATH:$HOME/.config/composer/vendor/bin
sudo mkdir -p /opt/bitnami/projects
sudo chown $USER /opt/bitnami/projects
cd /opt/bitnami/projects
laravel new APPNAME
sudo chown daemon:daemon /opt/bitnami/projects/APPNAME/storage

sudo nano /opt/bitnami/nginx/conf/server_blocks/APPNAME-server-block.conf

server {
      # Port to listen on, can also be set in IP:PORT format
      listen 80 default_server;
      root /opt/bitnami/myapp/public;
      # Catch-all server block
      # See: https://nginx.org/en/docs/http/server_names.html#miscellaneous_names
      server_name _;
      include  "/opt/bitnami/nginx/conf/bitnami/*.conf";
}

sudo nano /opt/bitnami/nginx/conf/server_blocks/APPNAME-https-server-block.conf

 server {
      # Port to listen on, can also be set in IP:PORT format
      listen 443 ssl default_server;
      root /opt/bitnami/myapp/public;
      # Catch-all server block
      # See: https://nginx.org/en/docs/http/server_names.html#miscellaneous_names
      server_name _;
      ssl_certificate      bitnami/certs/server.crt;
      ssl_certificate_key  bitnami/certs/server.key;
      include  "/opt/bitnami/nginx/conf/bitnami/*.conf";
}

sudo /opt/bitnami/ctlscript.sh restart nginx