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+name: Setup EC2 Tools
+
+on:
+  workflow_dispatch: # Allows you to trigger this manually from the Forgejo Actions UI
+
+jobs:
+  setup-server:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+
+    steps:
+      - name: Install LEMP Stack and Tools on EC2
+        uses: appleboy/ssh-action@v1.0.3
+        with:
+          host: ${{ secrets.BETA_EC2_HOST }}
+          username: ${{ secrets.BETA_EC2_USERNAME }}
+          key: ${{ secrets.BETA_EC2_SSH_KEY }}
+          script: |
+            echo "Starting EC2 Server Setup..."
+
+            # 1. Update package list
+            sudo apt-get update -y
+            sudo apt-get upgrade -y
+            sudo apt-get install -y software-properties-common curl git unzip nginx supervisor redis-server
+
+            # 2. Add PHP repository and install PHP 8.2 with required extensions
+            sudo add-apt-repository -y ppa:ondrej/php
+            sudo apt-get update -y
+            sudo apt-get install -y php8.2-fpm php8.2-cli php8.2-pgsql php8.2-mbstring php8.2-xml php8.2-curl php8.2-zip php8.2-bcmath php8.2-intl php8.2-redis
+
+            # 3. Install Composer (PHP Package Manager)
+            if ! command -v composer &> /dev/null; then
+              echo "Installing Composer..."
+              EXPECTED_CHECKSUM="$(php -r 'copy("https://composer.github.io/installer.sig", "php://stdout");')"
+              php -r "copy('https://getcomposer.org/installer', 'composer-setup.php');"
+              ACTUAL_CHECKSUM="$(php -r "echo hash_file('sha384', 'composer-setup.php');")"
+              if [ "$EXPECTED_CHECKSUM" != "$ACTUAL_CHECKSUM" ]; then
+                  >&2 echo 'ERROR: Invalid installer checksum'
+                  rm composer-setup.php
+                  exit 1
+              fi
+              sudo php composer-setup.php --install-dir=/usr/local/bin --filename=composer
+              rm composer-setup.php
+            fi
+
+            # 4. Install Node.js (v20) and NPM for building frontend assets
+            if ! command -v node &> /dev/null; then
+              echo "Installing Node.js..."
+              curl -fsSL https://deb.nodesource.com/setup_20.x | sudo -E bash -
+              sudo apt-get install -y nodejs
+            fi
+
+            # 5. Create web directory and set basic permissions
+            sudo mkdir -p /var/www/trypost
+            sudo chown -R $USER:$USER /var/www/trypost
+
+            echo "Setup Complete! Tools installed: Nginx, PHP 8.2, Composer, Node.js, Supervisor, Redis"