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In this article, we’ll explain how to install Gatsby on Ubuntu 22.04.

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This article will guide you with the installation process and deploying default starter Gatsby site.

Prerequisites

• A Ubuntu 22.04 installed dedicated server or KVM VPS.
• A root user or normal user with sudo administrator privileges.

Install Gatsby on Ubuntu 22.04

Step 1 – User management

Add user

# adduser

It will ask you to enter the password for the new user.

Add user in sudo group

# usermod -aG sudo block

Login with new user

# su – <username>

Step 2 – Keep the server up to date

$ sudo apt update -y && apt upgrade -y

Step 3 – Install NodeJS and NPM

Install the latest stable release of NodeJS.

$ sudo curl -sL https://deb.nodesource.com/setup_16.x | sudo -E bash –

$ sudo apt-get install -y nodejs

Verify the installation is successful.

$ node -v && npm -v

Output:

v16.17.0
8.19.2

Step 4 – Install gatsby-cli

The Gatsby CLI (gatsby-cli) is packaged as an executable that can be used globally. The Gatsby CLI is available via npm. Run following command to install gatsby-cli:

$ sudo npm install -g gatsby-cli

Verify the installation:

$ gatsby –version

Output:

Gatsby CLI version: 4.23.1

Step 5 – Deploy new site

To generate new Gatsby site, run following command:

$ gatsby new

Output:

create-gatsby version 0.5.1

Welcome to Gatsby!

This command will generate a new Gatsby site for you in /root with the setup you select. Let’s answer some
questions:

What would you like to call your site?
✔ · My Gatsby Site

The CLI will run an interactive shell asking for these options before creating a Gatsby site for you. Choose and fill as per your website requirements. It will create an Gatsby site and directory in /root.

See all commands at https://www.gatsbyjs.com/docs/gatsby-cli/

Creating a site from a starter

To Create a Gatsby site named my-awesome-site using the default starter, run following command:

$ gatsby new my-awesome-site

Above command will create a my-awesome-site directory in /root.

See the Gatsby starters docs for more details.

Develop

Once you’ve installed a Gatsby site, go to the root directory of your project and start the development server using following command:

$ cd my-awesome-site

$ gatsby develop -H 0.0.0.0

Options:

-H, –host Set host. Defaults to localhost
-p, –port Set port. Defaults to env.PORT or 8000
-o, –open Open the site in your (default) browser for you
-S, –https Use HTTPS
You can now view my-awesome-site in the browser.

Local: http://localhost:8000/
On Your Network: http://192.168.0.102:8000/

Build

At the root of a Gatsby site, compile your application and make it ready for deployment:

$ gatsby build

Options

–prefix-paths Build site with link paths prefixed (set pathPrefix in your config)
–no-uglify Build site without uglifying JS bundles (for debugging)
–profile Build site with react profiling. See Profiling Site Performance with React Profiler
–open-tracing-config-file Tracer configuration file (OpenTracing compatible). See Performance Tracing
–graphql-tracing Trace (see above) every graphql resolver, may have performance implications.
–no-color, –no-colors Disables colored terminal output

That’s it. In this article we’ve seen how install Gatsby on Ubuntu 22.04.