Update ubuntu and install nginx

1. sudo apt-get update
2. sudo apt-get upgrade
3. sudo apt-get install htop git python-software-properties curl libm17n-0 rcconf dialog graphicsmagick build-essential openssl libssl-dev libpcre3 libpcre3-dev zlib1g-dev
4. sudo apt-get install libgoogle-perftools-dev google-perftools
5. wget http://nginx.org/download/nginx-1.10.1.tar.gz
6. tar zxvf nginx-1.10.1.tar.gz
7. rm nginx-1.10.1.tar.gz
8. cd nginx-1.10.1
9. sudo ./configure --with-google_perftools_module --with-http_stub_status_module --with-http_ssl_module
10. sudo make
11. sudo make install
12. sudo ln -s /usr/local/nginx/sbin/nginx /usr/bin/nginx
13. Add /etc/init/nginx.conf with info from https://www.nginx.com/resources/wiki/start/topics/examples/ubuntuupstart/#
14. In above script, may need to change DAEMON to env DAEMON=/usr/bin/nginx
15. sudo initctl list | grep nginx
16. sudo initctl start nginx
17. Visit http://{ip_address} to verify successful nginx install
18. Create your web directory: sudo mkdir -p /var/www/{site}/html
19. Configure permissions: sudo chown -R $USER:$USER /var/www/{site}/html
20. sudo chmod -R 755 /var/www

Install Git, checkout repo

1. sudo apt-get install git
2. git config --global user.name "name"
3. git config --global user.email "email"
4. Create ssh keys, upload to git user's account
5. Clone your repo to /var/www/{site}/html

Install node and npm

1. Install nvm from https://github.com/creationix/nvm
2. nvm install 4.4.7
3. nvm use 4.4.7
4. nvm alias default 4.4.7
5. Update npm: cd ~/.nvm/versions/node/v4.4.7/lib and then npm install npm

Install PM2

1. npm install pm2 -g
2. pm2 startup ubuntu
3. pm2 start app.js
4. pm2 startup ubuntu
5. Follow instructions from CLI

Nginx configuration

1. Tweak the config from https://keymetrics.io/2014/06/17/high-performance-server-configuration-with-ubuntunginxpm2/

Rotate logs

1. Create file in /etc/logrotate.d/nginx.
2. Paste and modify the following:

/var/log/nginx/*.log {
        daily
        missingok
        rotate 52
        compress
        delaycompress
        notifempty
        create 640 nginx adm
        sharedscripts
        postrotate
                [ -f /var/run/nginx.pid ] && kill -USR1 `cat /var/run/nginx.pid`
        endscript
}

4. Run sudo logrotate -f /etc/logrotate.d/nginx to confirm that your log rotate works.

Installing php7

1. sudo add-apt-repository ppa:ondrej/php
2. sudo apt-get update
3. sudo apt-get install php7.0 php7.0-cli php7.0-fpm php7.0-gd php7.0-json php7.0-mysql php7.0-readline php7.0-pdo
4. sudo apt-get install mcrypt php7.0-mcrypt
5. sudo apt-get install php-curl
6. sudo apt-get install php7.0-mbstring
7. sudo apt-get install php7.0-zip
8. sudo apt-get install php7.0-xml
9. sudo apt-get install php7.0-sybase
10. Don't know why, but apache2 got installed. Uninstall with sudo service apache2 stop, and then sudo apt-get autoremove apache2, and then sudo apt-get purge apache2*.
11. Install composer: curl -sS https://getcomposer.org/installer | sudo php -- --install-dir=/usr/local/bin --filename=composer