Vagrant - Ubuntu 14.04/nginx/Forever/SailsJS

bootstrap.sh

#!/usr/bin/env bash

###### -- Installs NodeJS/npm, SailsJS, Forever, and nginx. It then configures nginx to proxy out via 80 for localhost:1337, the default SailsJS port

### Update Packages
apt-get update


### Install NodeJS/npm
echo -e '\n-=-=- Installing Node...'

	apt-get -y install g++ curl libssl-dev apache2-utils
	apt-get -y install git-core
	git clone git://github.com/joyent/node.git
	cd node
	./configure
	make > /dev/null
	sudo make install > /dev/null
	cd ..


### Install SailsJS and Forever via npm
echo -e '\n-=-=- Installing SailsJS and Forever...'

	sudo npm -gs install sails
	sudo npm -gs install forever


### Install nginx
echo -e '\n-=-=- Installing nginx...'

	apt-get -y install nginx > /dev/null


### Configure Virtual Hosts
echo -e '\n-=-=- Configuring Virtual Hosts...'

	# Remove the Default
	sudo rm /etc/nginx/sites-available/default
	sudo rm /etc/nginx/sites-enabled/default

	# Create SailsJS specific (port 1337), WebSockets-friendly Virtual Hosts Entry
	echo '

		upstream sails {
		    server 127.0.0.1:1337;
		    keepalive 256; # not necessary
		}
		 
		server {

		    listen 80;
		    server_name vagrant.sailsjs;

		    access_log /var/log/nginx/vagrant.sailsjs.access.log;
		    error_log /var/log/nginx/vagrant.sailsjs.error.log;

		    large_client_header_buffers 8 32k;
		 
		    location / {
		 
		        # the following is required for WebSockets
		        proxy_set_header X-Real-IP $remote_addr;
		        proxy_set_header X-Forwarded-For $proxy_add_x_forwarded_for;
		        proxy_set_header Host $http_host;
		        proxy_set_header X-NginX-Proxy true;
		  
		        proxy_buffers 8 32k;
		        proxy_buffer_size 64k;
		         
		        # the following is required
		        proxy_pass http://sails;
		        proxy_redirect off;
		  
		        # the following is required as well for WebSockets
		        proxy_http_version 1.1;
		        proxy_set_header Upgrade $http_upgrade;
		        proxy_set_header Connection "upgrade";
		 
		        tcp_nodelay on; # not necessary
		    }
		}

	' > /etc/nginx/sites-available/vagrant.sailsjs

	# Symlink into 'Sites Enabled
	ln -s /etc/nginx/sites-available/vagrant.sailsjs /etc/nginx/sites-enabled/vagrant.sailsjs

	# Restart nginx
	service nginx stop
	service nginx start

	# Add entry to Hosts
	echo '127.0.0.1 vagrant.sailsjs' >> /etc/hosts


### Fire up forever targetting our Sails app, applying a watch directive to restart when files changes are detected
echo -e '\n-=-=- All set, lift the sails!'

	forever start -w /vagrant/app.js

Vagrantfile

Vagrant.configure(2) do |config|

    config.vm.box = "ubuntu/trusty64"
    config.vm.provision :shell, path: "bootstrap.sh"
    config.vm.network :forwarded_port, host: 4567, guest: 80

	  config.vm.provider "virtualbox" do |v|
	      v.name = "SailsJS Vagrant Instance"
	      v.customize ["modifyvm", :id, "--memory", "2048"]
	  end
	  
end