provision-vps

One command to provision a fresh Linux VPS with everything you need to deploy web apps:

• Docker + Docker Compose plugin
• Nginx (reverse proxy to your app)
• SSL via Certbot (auto-renewing)
• UFW firewall (SSH + HTTP + HTTPS only)
• Deploy user with SSH access
• GitHub Actions auto-deploy on git push main

Usage

DOMAIN=example.com [email protected] bash -c "$(curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ish86/provision-vps/main/provision.sh)"

Variables

| Variable | Required | Default | Description | |-------------|----------|-----------|---------------------------| | DOMAIN | Yes | — | Your domain name | | EMAIL | Yes | — | For Let's Encrypt / SSL | | GITHUB_REPO | No | — | Auto-deploy on push | | DEPLOY_USER | No | deploy | System user for deploys | | APP_DIR | No | /opt/app | Application directory |

After provisioning

1. Place your app's docker-compose.yml in APP_DIR (/opt/app)
2. Your app should listen on port 3000 (or edit the nginx config)
3. Push to main → auto-deploys to your VPS

What it does

apt update/upgrade → Docker → Docker Compose → Nginx → UFW → Certbot SSL → Nginx config → GitHub Actions → Done

Why

Provisioning a VPS manually takes 30+ minutes and 20 commands. This does it in one command, repeatable, every time.