pronature-platform/.docs/server-installation.md

ProNature Server and Application Installation

Services to install

Mongo DB Community 8+

sudo apt-get install gnupg curl
curl -fsSL https://www.mongodb.org/static/pgp/server-8.0.asc |
sudo gpg -o /usr/share/keyrings/mongodb-server-8.0.gpg
--dearmor
echo "deb [ arch=amd64,arm64 signed-by=/usr/share/keyrings/mongodb-server-8.0.gpg ] https://repo.mongodb.org/apt/ubuntu noble/mongodb-org/8.0 multiverse" | sudo tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/mongodb-org-8.0.list
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install -y mongodb-org sudo systemctl start mongod
sudo systemctl status mongod sudo systemctl enable mongod

NodeJS

curl -fsSL https://fnm.vercel.app/install | bash
source ~/.bashrc
fnm use --install-if-missing 22
node -v # should print v22.11.0
npm -v # should print 10.9.0

PM2

npm install pm2 -g
pm2 startup

2. NGINX. Important config - set redirect from http to https. Virtual host config example - nginx.your_dl_name.conf
3. PM2. Install and enable the process manager for nodejs (after NodeJS and NPM are installed). Config and run using the nonroot user.
4. SPHINX. Install in /opt/sphinx. Create a service using config in sphinx.service. Copy to sphinx bin/ folder and configure FTS indexes in sphinx.conf template. Make sure all paths are available. /opt/sphinx should be owned by the nonroot user.

Tools to install

1. Let's Encrypt CertBot, for certificates issuing and renewal. The certificate is installed using the following command: certbot certonly -d your.server.name. Use --nginx or --apache in order to have automatic renewal
2. ffmpeg - for converting video and audio content
3. ghostscript - for creating thumbnails for PDF files
4. OpenSSH Server - to be able to access the server remotely
5. UFW - Firewall, configure to allow access only on 443, 80, and 22 (if possible, only for specific hosts)
6. rsync - for backup
7. fail2ban - to protect from SSH attacks
8. postfix - in order to get CRON jobs notifications
9. mailutils - CRON jobs mail notifications
10. In order to enable web server monitoring you can install and run:
    • Linux Dash using this instruction. You can run it using pm2 start ecosystem.config.js (on https://your.server.name/host-monitor/) OR
    • Netdata - wget -O /tmp/netdata-kickstart.sh https://my-netdata.io/kickstart.sh && sh /tmp/netdata-kickstart.sh --stable-channel