server-setup.md

Server Setup

1. Skip this step if you're using AWS. If you're running as the root user, and don't have another user that you can switch to which has sudo privileges, then follow these steps:

   1. Create the user:

      read -p 'Enter the user: ' USER
      adduser $USER
      usermod -aG sudo $USER
      exit

   2. SSH back into the server using the new user.

2. If you're using AWS, set the password:

   sudo passwd ubuntu

3. Prepare for installation:

   #########################
   ## BEGIN: Install fish ##
   #########################
   
   sudo apt-add-repository -y ppa:fish-shell/release-3
   sudo apt update
   sudo apt -y install fish
   chsh -s /usr/bin/fish
   
   #######################
   ## END: Install fish ##
   #######################
   
   sudo apt -y full-upgrade
   
   sudo reboot

4. Set up the firewall.

5. Set up Node Exporter.