Steps to deploy a Node.js app to DigitalOcean using PM2, NGINX as a reverse proxy and an SSL from LetsEncrypt
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I will be using the root user, but would suggest creating a new user
| # Ask for the user password | |
| # Script only works if sudo caches the password for a few minutes | |
| sudo true | |
| # Install kernel extra's to enable docker aufs support | |
| # sudo apt-get -y install linux-image-extra-$(uname -r) | |
| # Add Docker PPA and install latest version | |
| # sudo apt-key adv --keyserver hkp://keyserver.ubuntu.com:80 --recv-keys 36A1D7869245C8950F966E92D8576A8BA88D21E9 | |
| # sudo sh -c "echo deb https://get.docker.io/ubuntu docker main > /etc/apt/sources.list.d/docker.list" |