Setting up the instance: https://www.digitalocean.com/community/tutorials/how-to-install-ruby-2-1-0-and-sinatra-on-ubuntu-13-with-rvm Setting up the webserver: https://www.digitalocean.com/community/tutorials/how-to-deploy-sinatra-based-ruby-web-applications-on-ubuntu-13 Deploying: https://www.digitalocean.com/community/tutorials/how-to-set-up-automatic-deployment-with-git-with-a-vps If it goes down: ssh in: $cd /var/www/jeff $unicorn -c unicorn.rb -D $service nginx restart