• Download Bonsai
• Install Requirements
• Setup Servers

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Download Bonsai

Go to Github and download Bonsai using your preferred method.

v0.0.1 (from tutorial)

Lastest Release

 

Requirements

Setup SSH Keys

• Setup Digital Ocean Account
• Add SSH Key to DigitalOcean
• Generate SSH Key
• Publish SSH Key to DigitalOcean
• Setup Github Account
• Add SSH Key to Github

 

Install Requirements

• Run: cd ~/sites/Bonsai/site/scripts && chmod -R 777 . && ./requirements.sh

This will install the following:

• Xcode Developer Tools
• PHP >= 7.2
• Homebrew
• Node.js >= 8
• Ansible >= 2.8
• Virtualbox >= 4.3.10
• Vagrant >= 2.1.0
• Composer
• Yarn

 

Setup Servers

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First, check:

• Remove unnecessary Virtualbox Machines
• Clear: ~/.ssh/known_hosts file of any duplicates or old hosts
• Clear: ~/../../etc/hosts

Nameservers:

• ns1.digitalocean.com
• ns2.digitalocean.com
• ns3.digitalocean.com

Create Droplets:

• Staging-Droplet
• Production-Droplet

Setup DNS:

• Go to DigitalOcean’s Dashboard > Networking
• Add new domain or click on existing one
• A Record: subdomain.domain.com
• CNAME: *.subdomain.domain.com

Configure Etc/Hosts

Add IP and domains to etc/hosts, run: sudo vim ~/../../etc/hosts

111.11.111.111 subdomain.example.com
555.55.555.555 example.com www.example.com

Configure ~/.ssh/config:

Add IP and hostname to ~/.ssh/config, run: sudo vim ~/.ssh/config

Host bonsai-staging
        HostName 111.11.111.11
        Port 22
        User root
        IdentityFile ~/.ssh/id_rsa

Host bonsai-production
        HostName 555.55.555.555
        Port 22
        User root
        IdentityFile ~/.ssh/id_rsa

Test SSH Connection:

Make sure that your SSH connections are working by SSH’ing into the servers:

• Staging, run: ssh root@subdomain.example.com
• Production, run: ssh root@example.com

If it connects successfully, you’re good to go.