Setting up a server for HG Platform using NGINX PHP5 MySQL required installations apt-get update apt-get install subversion postfix emacs portmap nfs-common Fresh Ubuntu Install 1. Edit /etc/apt/source.list and remove the comment on universe package for nginx then do an apt-get update 2. Install using this guide - http://www.howtoforge.com/installing-nginx-with-php5-and-mysql-support-on-ubuntu-8.10 3. Install subversion - check out the latest version to /var/www 4. create folder /mnt/Media then add mount point in fstab and rc.local for reboot *** /etc/fstab 192.168.137.96:/var/www/imageserv/Media /mnt/Media nfs rsize=8192,wsize=8192,timeo=14,intr *** /etc/rc.local mount /mnt/Media 5. create symbolic link to released version - make sure Media folder does not exists or else it will be placed inside media folder ln -s /mnt/Media /var/www/hg_release_betaX/document_root/Media