Requirements

node 0.10.x npm 1.4.14 mysql 5.5.x redis 2.2.12

NVM install

$ curl https://raw.githubusercontent.com/creationix/nvm/v0.7.0/install.sh | sh
$ nvm install 0.10
$ cd %project_dir%
$ nvm use

Now you can check your node version

$ node -v

Sails install

$ npm -g install sails

Run app

$ npm install
$ sails lift

Start app

Once

$ npm -g install forever

$ cd www/public-speech-picnic
$ forever start -a -l /home/picnic/www/public-speech-picnic/logs/forever.log -o /home/picnic/www/public-speech-picnic/logs/out.log -e /home/picnic/www/public-speech-picnic/logs/err.log app.js

Stop app

$ forever stop app.js

Start admin

$ forever start -a -l /home/picnic/www/public-speech-picnic/logs/admin/forever.log -o /home/picnic/www/public-speech-picnic/logs/admin/out.log -e /home/picnic/www/public-speech-picnic/logs/admin/err.log node_modules/express-admin/app.js admin/config/

Redeploy app

Deploy as picnic user

$ cd www/public-speech-picnic
$ nvm use
$ forever stop app.js
$ forever stop node_modules/express-admin/app.js
$ git checkout .
$ git pull origin master
$ npm install
// may be some sql migrations
$ forever start -a -l /home/picnic/www/public-speech-picnic/logs/forever.log -o /home/picnic/www/public-speech-picnic/logs/out.log -e /home/picnic/www/public-speech-picnic/logs/err.log app.js
$ forever start -a -l /home/picnic/www/public-speech-picnic/logs/admin/forever.log -o /home/picnic/www/public-speech-picnic/logs/admin/out.log -e /home/picnic/www/public-speech-picnic/logs/admin/err.log node_modules/express-admin/app.js admin/config/

From zero

Don't deploy from root. Create new user.

sudo useradd picnic -m -s /bin/bash -G sudo
sudo passwd picnic

All actions below from picnic user.

mkdir /home/picnic/www/
mkdir /home/picnic/www/picnic

Install git and checkout the project to the created picnic forlder. Install NVM and node (look above). All actions below from nvm's node. Install sails and forever (look above). Install mysql and run create_db.sql, init.sql. Install redis and create local.js file by local.js.template. Change mysql credentials in admin/config/config.json Run app and admin with forever (look above). Create log folder for forever if you need. Check that there are no errors in log files. Install nginx and configure virtual host (see example from test server).