./run.sh <password>= start app- script takes 1 argument — MySQL root user password
docker compose down= stop app
- register a domain on Namecheap
- create an account on DigitalOcean
- create a project and a SSH key on settings
- create a droplet inside the project created previously and select the SSH key created on the previous step as the authentication method
- update nameservers on Namecheap to point to DigitalOcean as the DNS provider (instructions)
- NOTE: later you will revert to use Namecheap but for now using DigitalOcean is necessary to easily issue a SSL certificate
- access the droplet using SSH — example:
ssh [email protected] - create user and give they root privileges
- install docker on your server
- install docker compose on your server
- enable SSL using Let's Encrpyt
- NOTE: at section 'Step 3 - Issuing a Certificate', instead of using one of the commands provided as example, use instead (source):
sudo certbot certonly --dns-digitalocean --dns-digitalocean-credentials ~/certbot-creds.ini -d simpletables.xyz -d '*.simpletables.xyz'to acquire a wildcard certificate - NOTE: during this step you'll need to create a DigitalOcean token (instructions]
- NOTE: DigitalOcean must be the DNS provider because we're using the certbot-dns-digitalocean plugin, if using any other provider you will get the error Unable to determine base domain for simpletables.xyz
- NOTE: at section 'Step 3 - Issuing a Certificate', instead of using one of the commands provided as example, use instead (source):
- until now we used DigitalOcean as the DNS provider, however Namecheap offers functionalities DigitalOcean doesn't because of that we'll switch to Namecheap (NOTE: you'll need to switch back to DigitalOcean when it's time to renew the SSL certificate)
- on DigitalOcean, delete domain
- on Namecheap, remove DigitalOcean's nameservers by choosing 'Namecheap BasicDNS' and adding the following records:
- type: A record, host: @, value: droplet ip
- type: A record, host: *, value: droplet ip
- configure Namecheap to forward emails sent to a custom domain address (e.g.
[email protected]) to a regular email (e.g.[email protected]) — at 'REDIRECT EMAIL' section add the following record (source):- alias: admin, forwards to: [email protected]
- to be able to send emails with your custom domain, you must set up a SMTP server — sign up to SMTP2GO with a custom domain email and follow given instructions