This is the contents of my personal website, found at https://cmetcalfe.ca

Note that this setup uses Nginx on Debian. The steps will be similar for other setups, but might not be exactly the same.

1. Initialize a git repo on the server with

   cd [path to site]
   git init
   git config --bool receive.denyCurrentBranch false
   git config --path core.worktree ../
   

2. Setup an Nginx site configuration file that includes all configuration files in the repositories out/_config/nginx directory. Ex:

   include [path to site]/out/_config/nginx/*.conf;
   

3. Modify /etc/sudoers (with visudo) to allow the user to restart and get the status of the webserver without a password

   [user] ALL=(root) NOPASSWD: /etc/init.d/nginx restart
   [user] ALL=(root) NOPASSWD: /etc/init.d/nginx status
   

4. Link the Git post-receive hook (in .git/hooks/post-receive) to the post-receive script in the repo

   # Make something to link to intially - will be replaced on first push
   touch [path to site]/post-receive
   ln -s [path to site]/post-receive [path to site]/.git/hooks/post-receive
   

5. Set up a cronjob to automatically renew Let's Encrypt certificates on the 1st of every month

   crontab -e
   0 0 1 * * ROOT=[path to site] [path to site]/scripts/renew
   

6. Locally add the remote repository to your local git remotes with

   git remote add deploy ssh://[user]@[server]:[port]/[path to site]
   

7. To update the website, commit changes then run git push deploy