Part 1 - Dependencies

This tutorial will assume you are starting with a barebone Debian 7.0 64-bit box.

Pre Steps

Let's just update the system and grab zip + curl.

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sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get upgrade
sudo apt-get install zip
sudo apt-get install curl
sudo apt-get install mcrypt php5-mcrypt

Then uncompress the taskfort.tar.gz:

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mkdir /opt/workspace
mkdir /opt/workspace/taskfort
cd /opt/workspace/taskfort
tar zxvf [location_of_taskfort.tar.gz]

1. Install Nginx

Execute these commands in the terminal:

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sudo apt-get install nginx
sudo /etc/init.d/nginx start

Check version of Nginx:

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nginx -v

If the version is less than 1.3, you will need to upgrade nginx :

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echo "deb http://ftp.de.debian.org/debian/ wheezy-backports main contrib non-free" >> /etc/apt/sources.list

sudo aptitude update
sudo aptitude -t wheezy-backports install nginx

Test to see if nginx was installed navigate to http://your_server_ip

You should see a "Welcome to nginx" screen

2. Install MySQL Server

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sudo apt-get install mysql-server

Enter your database credentials.

Your server will auto-start.

3. Install PHP

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sudo apt-get install php5-fpm php5-mysql php5-curl php5-cli php5-gd php5-dev

Modify /etc/php5/fpm/php.ini and set cgi.fix_pathinfo value from 1 to 0:

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cgi.fix_pathinfo=0

Modify /etc/php5/fpm/pool.d/www.conf and set listen = 127.0.0.1:9000 to /var/run/php5-fpm.sock:

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listen = /var/run/php5-fpm.sock

Then restart php5-fpm:

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sudo service php5-fpm restart

4. Install Redis

We have only tested with redis 2.8.9. If newer versions work, let us know!

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sudo apt-get install make
sudo apt-get install build-essential
sudo apt-get install tcl8.5


wget http://download.redis.io/releases/redis-2.8.9.tar.gz
tar xvzf redis-2.8.9.tar.gz
cd redis-2.8.9
make
sudo make install
cd utils
sudo ./install_server.sh

Press enter for all the default values.

5. Install PHP-Redis

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cd ~

wget https://github.com/nicolasff/phpredis/archive/master.zip
unzip master.zip
cd phpredis-master

phpize
./configure
make && make install

If PHP 5.3 / 5.4 is installed execute:

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touch /etc/php5/conf.d/redis.ini
echo extension=redis.so > /etc/php5/conf.d/redis.ini

Otherwise if you are running PHP 5.5+ run:

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touch /etc/php5/conf.d/redis.ini
touch /etc/php5/mods-available/redis.ini
echo extension=redis.so > /etc/php5/mods-available/redis.ini
ln -s /etc/php5/mods-available/redis.ini /etc/php5/cli/conf.d

Restart php-fpm:

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sudo /etc/init.d/php-fpm restart

6. Install NodeJS

As user root run:

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curl -sL https://deb.nodesource.com/setup | bash -
apt-get install -y build-essential
apt-get install -y nodejs

7. Install Forever

This will ensure our nodejs application will continue to run even if it crashes.

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sudo npm install forever --global

References

1] https://www.digitalocean.com/community/tutorials/how-to-install-linux-nginx-mysql-php-lemp-stack-on-debian-7

2] http://anton.logvinenko.name/en/blog/how-to-install-redis-and-redis-php-client.html

3] http://serverfault.com/questions/597756/how-to-upgrade-nginx-from-1-2-to-1-6-on-debian-7

4] https://github.com/joyent/node/wiki/installing-node.js-via-package-manager