surafino/README.md

📰 Surafino

Modern blog / news platform built with Next.js (App Router), MariaDB, Tailwind CSS, PM2 + Nginx, with full admin panel, authentication, and image & video uploads.

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✨ Features

• 📰 News & blog posts
• ✍️ Rich text editor (bold, italic, images, videos)
• 🧑‍💼 Admin panel (/manager)
• 🔐 Authentication using JWT (cookies)
• 🌙 Light / Dark mode (saved in cookies)
• 📱 Fully responsive (mobile & desktop)
• 🚀 Production-ready (PM2 + Nginx + SSL)
• 🗄️ MariaDB database

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🧰 Tech Stack

• Next.js 16 (App Router)
• TypeScript
• Tailwind CSS
• MariaDB
• PM2
• Nginx
• Let’s Encrypt (Certbot)

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📦 Requirements

• Ubuntu 22.04+ VPS
• Root or sudo access
• Domain pointing to your VPS IP
• Ports 80 and 443 open

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🚀 Installation (VPS)

1️⃣ Clone repository

git clone https://github.com/YOUR_GITHUB_USERNAME/surafino.git](https://github.com/Jetomit-Bio/Surafino.git
cd surafino

2️⃣ Run installer

chmod +x installer/install.sh
./installer/install.sh

The installer will:

Install Node.js 20 LTS

Install Nginx

Install PM2

Install Certbot

Create .env

Setup MariaDB database

Import SQL schema

Configure Nginx

Generate SSL certificate

Build and start the app

🔐 Default Admin Account

Username: admin Password: admin

⚠️ Change the password immediately after first login. 🌍 Access

Website:
https://yourdomain.com

Admin panel:
https://yourdomain.com/manager

📁 Environment Variables

Created automatically during installation in .env:

DB_HOST=127.0.0.1
DB_PORT=3306
DB_USER=your_db_user
DB_PASSWORD=your_db_password
DB_NAME=your_db_name

JWT_SECRET=auto_generated_secret
APP_URL=https://yourdomain.com

❗ .env is ignored by Git and must never be committed. 🖼️ Uploads (Images & Videos)

Uploaded files are stored in:

public/uploads/

Nginx serves them directly via /uploads/*.

Supported formats:

Images: JPG, PNG, WEBP

Videos: MP4, WEBM

🧑‍💼 Admin Panel

Available routes:

/manager /manager/create /manager/edit/:id /manager/users /manager/users/add

Admin features:

Create / edit / delete posts

Upload images & videos

Manage users

Logout

🧠 Development

Run locally:

npm install
npm run dev

Local URL:

http://localhost:3000

🏗️ Production

Build and start manually:

npm run build
pm2 start npm --name surafino -- start

Check status:

pm2 status
pm2 logs surafino

🔒 SSL (HTTPS)

SSL is handled automatically using Certbot.

Manual test:

certbot renew --dry-run

🗂️ Project Structure

src/
 ├─ app/            # Pages & routes
 ├─ components/     # UI components
 ├─ lib/            # Database & helpers
public/
 └─ uploads/        # Images & videos
installer/
 ├─ install.sh
 └─ database.sql

⚠️ Security Notes

Change default admin credentials

Never commit .env

Keep your VPS updated

Protect /manager routes

📜 License

MIT License ⭐ Credits

Created by Surafino Built with ❤️ using Next.js