This is a guide to setup remote server development enviroment (Ubuntu LTS) use the following:
1. zsh
2. Tmux
3. Neovim
4. Docker
The goal of this setup is to get rid of all dependencies that are caused by the end operating system, and hardware limitation. As long as you have a Linux-based machine, you can basically use any device to get access everything on that machine and start developing. This way, you can even use ipad to develop without any overheads of workflows such as IDEs, keymappings, environments, etc. At the same time, your code is able to run anywhere that supports docker.
Install Zsh
First, update your system’s package repository to ensure you have the latest information:
sudo apt update
sudo apt install zsh -y
If you want to set Zsh as your default shell, use the following command:
chsh -s $(which zsh)
Enable SSH on your server
sudo apt update
sudo apt install openssh-server
Check if it is running
sudo service ssh status
Install Tmux
sudo apt install tmux
Install Neovim
via appimage
In Downloads folder
wget https://github.com/neovim/neovim/releases/download/stable/nvim.appimage
mv nvim.appimage ~/Softwares/
chmod u+x nvim.appimage
If no FUSE, run via:
./nvim.appimage --appimage-extract
and you can execute with ./squashfs-root/usr/bin/nvim
To add it to .profile, add the following in .profile
PATH=$PATH:/$HOME/Softwares/squashfs-root/usr/bin
Apply configuration
Install starship:
curl -sS https://starship.rs/install.sh | sh
Install stow to sync all the dot files
sudo apt install stow
Get the dotfiles
git clone https://github.com/tiankaixie/dotfiles.git
and then stow what ever you need
cd dotfiles
stow tmux
stow nvim
Or, apply all configurations
stow */
Install Docker
Uninstall old versions
sudo apt-get remove docker docker-engine docker.io containerd runc
Install using the apt repository
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install ca-certificates curl gnupg
sudo install -m 0755 -d /etc/apt/keyrings
curl -fsSL https://download.docker.com/linux/ubuntu/gpg | sudo gpg --dearmor -o /etc/apt/keyrings/docker.gpg
sudo chmod a+r /etc/apt/keyrings/docker.gpg
echo \
"deb [arch="$(dpkg --print-architecture)" signed-by=/etc/apt/keyrings/docker.gpg] https://download.docker.com/linux/ubuntu \
"$(. /etc/os-release && echo "$VERSION_CODENAME")" stable" | \
sudo tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/docker.list > /dev/null
Install
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install docker-ce docker-ce-cli containerd.io docker-buildx-plugin docker-compose-plugin
If get permission problem, try the following to avoid sudo every time:
sudo usermod -aG docker $USER