Production Container Helpers

Nginx container

Nodejs Application container

Nginx serves the application as a reverse proxy.

host-machine:8001 -> nginx:80 -> nodejs:3001

Usage

Change the configuration files labelled with your domain

Start containers: docker-compose up

Stop and remove containers: ./kill_production.sh

Generate new keys with certbot:

-Check using `sudo certbot renew --dry-run`
-Run the commands inside the `generatekeys.sh`
-DO NOT run `generatekeys.sh` as a script
-Run the `./rebuild.sh` script to use the new keys

First Run

1. install certbot
2. run sudo certbot certonly
3. use temporary http challenge mode
4. make sure ufw exposes port 80
5. copy over the pem files to your nginx keys directory (see renew_keys.sh)