Kill the Newsletter!

Convert email newsletters into Atom feeds

Running Locally

Install Node.js and run:

$ npm install
$ npm start

The web server will be running at http://localhost:8000 and the email server at smtp://localhost:2525.

Deployment

1. Create a deployment SSH key pair:

   $ ssh-keygen
   

   Private key (id_rsa): Add to GitHub as a Secret called SSH_PRIVATE_KEY.

   Public key (id_rsa.pub): Add to DigitalOcean and to GitHub as a Deploy key for the repository.

2. Create a DigitalOcean droplet:

   Image	Ubuntu 18.04.3 (LTS) x64
   Plan	Starter Standard $5/mo
   Additional options	Monitoring
   Authentication	Deployment SSH Key
   Hostname	kill-the-newsletter.com
   Backups	Enable

   Firewall

   Name	kill-the-newsletter.com
   Inbound Rules	ICMP
   	SSH	22
   	Custom	25 (SMTP)
   	HTTP	80
   	HTTPS	443

   Floating IP

3. Configure DNS in Namecheap:

   Type	Host	Value
   A	@	<droplet-ip>
   CNAME	www	kill-the-newsletter.com
   MX	@	kill-the-newsletter.com

4. Setup the server:

   $ ssh-add
   $ npx pm2 deploy package.json production setup
   

5. Migrate the existing feeds:

   $ ssh-add
   $ ssh -A root@kill-the-newsletter.com
   root@kill-the-newsletter.com $ rsync -av <path-to-previous-feeds> /root/www.kill-the-newsletter.com/current/static/feeds/
   

6. Push to GitHub, which will trigger the Action that deploys the code and starts the server.