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Linux Server Setup & MERN App Deployment

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)

SSH Keys

timothykimemia

<?php

/**
 * Get a users first name from the full name
 * or return the full name if first name cannot be found
 * e.g. 
 * James Smith 	    -> James
 * James C. Smith   -> James
 * Mr James Smith   -> James
 * Mr Smith 	    -> Mr Smith

timothykimemia

server {
    listen 80;
    server_name mydomain.com;
    root "/srv/www/mydomain.com/public";

    index index.html index.htm index.php;
    charset utf-8;

    location / {
        try_files $uri d$uri/ /index.php?$query_string;