Setting up RamNode VPS for Node.JS Development

Recently I had to get a VPS (virtual private server) for remote development.

Below are my steps:

Once I signed-up for RamNode, I chose their $3.50 a month, 512mb plan. Dirt cheap for web development.

I went with Ubuntu, seems like CentOS was the default.

SSH in, (I’m using Secure Shell for Chrome)

since you don’t want to use root as your main account.

(replace username, with what you want your username to be)

useradd -m username (create home directory
adduser username sudo
passwd username

chsh username

(change default shell to /bin/bash)

sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install git

— add ssh key–

–add key to bitbucket–

then install your framework, currently in my case, Ember.