Dev Server

Setup:

Manual:

1. create ec2 instance
   1. (ubuntu, username: ubuntu)
   2. install docker (official)
   3. git clone this repo into /home/ubuntu/dev-webserver
   4. add user to docker group sudo usermod -aG docker ubuntu
   5. re-log in
   6. docker login
   7. run it (see Run below)

Set up GitHub redeploy

1. In Docker Hub
   1. Generate an Access Token
   2. Add it to ~/.docker-hub-secret
2. ssh in
   1. ssh-keygen -t ed25519 -C "your_email@example.com"
   2. Copy pub key
3. In Github Settings > Secrets and variables > Actions:
   1. Add DEV_SERVER_SSH_KEY
   2. Set up GHA ssh redeploy workflow

Tailscale exit node setup (host install)

1. Install Tailscale on the EC2 host:
   • curl -fsSL https://tailscale.com/install.sh | sh
2. Bring it up and advertise as an exit node:
   • sudo tailscale up --advertise-exit-node
3. In the Tailscale admin console, approve the device as an exit node.
4. Ensure IP forwarding + NAT is enabled on the host (required for exit nodes).

Run

• dev: docker compose -f docker-compose.yml -f docker-compose.dev.yml up
• prod: docker compose -f docker-compose.yml -f docker-compose.prod.yml up -d

Then view the traefik dashboard at: http://<public ip>:8080/