Web Resources

Documentation of BCI 4 Kids web resources hosted on a digital ocean virtual machine or “droplet”. Includes information on current applications, deployment infrastructure, and maintenance.

Index

Quick Reference

• static site content: /var/www/<sitename>/
• droplet service content: /var/www/droplet.bci4kids.ca/<service>/

Nginx

• server block configuration file: /etc/nginx/sites-available/<sitename>
• enable site: sudo ln -s /etc/nginx/sites-available/<sitename> /etc/nginx/sites-enabled
• disable site: sudo rm /etc/nginx/sites-enabled/<sitename>
• verify configuration: sudo nginx -t
• apply updated configuration: sudo systemctl restart nginx

Certbot

• add certificates and http redirects to configured server block: sudo certbot --nginx -d <sitename> -d www.<sitename>
• change reminder email: sudo certbot update_account --email <email_address>

PM2

• start process: pm2 start <entry_script> <service_name>
• list processes running for current user: pm2 list
• restart process: pm2 restart <service_name>
• restart all: pm2 restart all
• stop and remove process: pm2 delete <service_name