Deploy Phoenix App on Ubuntu 18.04

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Server Setup

Setup nginx

Install nginx on ubuntu with:

sudo apt-get install nginx

Edit/Create config for proxy pass at /etc/nginx/sites-enabled/default

Setup Erlang with Elixir

wget https://packages.erlang-solutions.com/erlang-solutions_1.0_all.deb
sudo dpkg -i erlang-solutions_1.0_all.deb
sudo apt-get install esl-erlang elixir -y

Setup NodeJS for Asset Compile

sudo apt-get install nodejs npm

Copy Prod Secrets to Server

scp config/prod.secret.exs user@server.com:/secret/file/location/.

App Setup

Add Distillery and edeliver to Mix deps

defp deps do
  [
    {:edeliver, ">= 1.6.0"},
    {:distillery, "~> 2.0", warn_missing: false}
  ]
end

Update dependencies and generate distillery config

mix do deps.get, release.init

Setup Edeliver

Create file at .deliver/config

Deploy and turn on app!

mix edeliver update production --start-deploy