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ssh administrator@your_vps_ip

sudo -i

apt update && apt upgrade -y
apt autoremove -y

curl -fsSL https://deb.nodesource.com/setup_18.x | bash -
apt install -y nodejs
npm install --global yarn

node -v
yarn -v

apt install -y git build-essential libssl-dev libreadline-dev zlib1g-dev libsqlite3-dev libffi-dev libxml2-dev libxslt1-dev libpq-dev

git clone https://github.com/rbenv/rbenv.git ~/.rbenv
echo 'export PATH="$HOME/.rbenv/bin:$PATH"' >> ~/.bashrc
echo 'eval "$(rbenv init -)"' >> ~/.bashrc
source ~/.bashrc
git clone https://github.com/rbenv/ruby-build.git ~/.rbenv/plugins/ruby-build
rbenv install 3.2.2
rbenv global 3.2.2
ruby -v

gem install bundler
gem install rails -v 7.1.4
rails -v

apt install -y postgresql postgresql-contrib
sudo -u postgres createuser -s myapp_user
sudo -u postgres createdb myapp_production -O myapp_user

systemctl enable postgresql

git clone your_repo_url
cd your_app
bundle install --deployment
RAILS_ENV=production rails db:setup
RAILS_ENV=production rails assets:precompile

bundle exec puma -C config/puma.rb

nano /etc/systemd/system/puma.service
# Add a service configuration pointing to your app directory and RAILS_ENV=production
systemctl enable puma
systemctl start puma

apt install -y nginx
nano /etc/nginx/sites-available/your_app
ln -s /etc/nginx/sites-available/your_app /etc/nginx/sites-enabled/
nginx -t
systemctl restart nginx

server {
    listen 80;
    server_name yourdomain.com;

    root /home/administrator/your_app/public;

    location / {
        proxy_pass http://unix:/home/administrator/your_app/tmp/sockets/puma.sock;
        proxy_set_header Host $host;
        proxy_set_header X-Forwarded-For $proxy_add_x_forwarded_for;
        proxy_set_header X-Forwarded-Proto $scheme;
        proxy_redirect off;
    }
}

apt install -y certbot python3-certbot-nginx
certbot --nginx -d yourdomain.com --redirect
certbot renew --dry-run

systemctl restart puma
journalctl -u puma -f
tail -f log/production.log