Deploy on AWS EC2

Prerequisite

• Create AWS EC2 instance and allow the HTTP (80) and HTTPS (443) connection.
• Configure domain with SSL enabled.

Local Storage

• Install the dependencies and software

  sudo apt update
  sudo apt install -y git vim gnupg jq
  

• Install docker and docker-compose

• Clone the Gaia repository

  git clone <https://github.com/stacks-network/gaia.git> && cd gaia/deploy/docker
  

• Copy and edit .env file

  export MYGAIADOMAIN=<gaia domain name>
  export MYGAIAEMAIL=<gaia email address>
  cp sample-disk.env disk.env 
  sed -i 's/my-domain.com/'"$MYGAIADOMAIN"'/g' disk.env 
  sed -i 's/my-email@example.com/'"$MYGAIAEMAIL"'/g' disk.env
  

• Start Gaia Hub service

  ./gaiahub.sh start
  

• Stop Gaia Hub service

  ./gaiahub.sh stop
  

• Verify the server works locally

  curl -sk <https://localhost/hub_info> | jq
  

• Test the deployed Gaia server

  npm install
  node ./deploy/gaia_test.js <https://yourgaiaurl>
  

AWS S3

When using the S3 as Gaia storage driver, you need to make some modifications on .env file and gaiahub.sh file. This is how our .env file and gaiahub.sh file should be look like.

aws.env

##### REQUIRED #####
# CHANGE THIS TO YOUR DOMAIN
DOMAIN_NAME="dev2.gaia.togggle.io"

# CHANGE THIS TO YOUR EMAIL - USED FOR LETSENCRYPT CERT ACQUISITION
CERTBOT_EMAIL="fritzsima0018@outlook.com"

**GAIA_DRIVER="aws"
GAIA_BUCKET_NAME="<S3 Bucket Name>"
GAIA_S3_ACCESS_KEY_ID="<S3 Access Key ID>"
GAIA_S3_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY="<S3 Secret Access Key>"**

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gaiahub.sh