Install the Sails.js framework on an Ubuntu VPS

sailsSails.js is a real-time MVC Framework for Node.js, which makes it easy to build custom, enterprise-grade Node.js apps. Sails.js is database agnostic, automatically generates a RESTful JSON API for your app, provides basic security and role-based access control by default, has automatic asset minification and many more.

In this blog post we will show you how to install the Sails.js framework on a Ubuntu VPS with Nginx as a reverse proxy.

The following command will install all necessary packages

sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install -y python-software-properties python g++ make

Install the the latest version of Nginx

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:nginx/stable
sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get install nginx

Install the latest version of Nodejs

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:chris-lea/node.js
sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get install nodejs

Install the latest stable release of Sails

sudo npm -g install sails

Create a new Sails project

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GET YOUR VPS
cd && sails new projectName

To start the server, run:

cd projectName && sails lift &

By default the server is listening on 127.0.0.1:1337

Create a new nginx virtual host

vim /etc/nginx/sites-available/your_domain.com
server {
 listen       80;
 server_name  your_domain.com;
   location / {
     proxy_pass        http://localhost:1337/;
     proxy_set_header  Host $host;
     proxy_buffering   off;
   }
 }
 
ln -s /etc/nginx/sites-available/your_domain.com /etc/nginx/sites-enabled/your_domain.com
/etc/init.d/nginx restart

That’s it. Now open your browser and navigate to your domain.

For more info about the Sails.js framework please go to: http://sailsjs.org/#!documentation

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