Deploying a static website

What you'll learn

Serving HTTPS content with NGINX
Setting up TLS certificates with Let's Encrypt
Rootless administration
Running firewalld
Automatic system updates and certificates renewals

Configuration options

`SERVER`	Virtual machine public IP
`SERVER_NAME`	Domain name (with correct DNS settings)
`EMAIL`	Email for Let's Encrypt registration
`SSH_KEY`	Path to the private SSH key
`SITE_USER`	Name for the user that will replace root for administration

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Gumroad (as of Aug 3, 2023)

I am using some scripts I downloaded from Josef Strzibny's book that are setting up Ruby on Rails deployment and automatically installing a PostgreSQL server. I am also using Dokku, but I like the idea of controlling what is happening on the server.

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Code to get you started

A static website

A static website with automatic Let's Encrypt certificates and system updates. A separate configuration and rootless deployment script.

Add server-side analytics and beat the pricing of hosted solutions.

A database-backed Ruby on Rails application
with Action Cable

A single server running a full-featured web application with UNIX sockets, PostgreSQL ident system authentication, Web Sockets, and Let's Encrypt certificates. A git-push deployment with helpful administration scripts for connecting to the server or handeling file and database backups.

Adjust for your application based on the knowledge from the book. Deploy within the same day!

A standalone PostgreSQL server

A self-sufficient PostgreSQL cluster demo with automatic system upgrades, log rotation, and TLS. Scripts for cluster-wide backups and restores.

Run a standalone database when you need more power or to host all your projects' databases in one place.

All demonstrations are scripted in Bash for RHEL 8 compatible systems such as Rocky Linux 8.