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Zero-Intervention Server Setup: Automating Full MERN Infrastructure

Engineering articleBy Naveed Sohail Gung2025-09-12DevOpsShellDockerMongoDB

How Auto-Server-Script provisions a complete production MERN stack — Node.js, MongoDB, Nginx, SSL, PM2, and firewall — with a single command and zero human intervention.

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How Auto-Server-Script provisions a complete production MERN stack — Node.js, MongoDB, Nginx, SSL, PM2, and firewall — with a single command and zero human intervention.

What this article covers

The Pain Point Setting up a production MERN server from scratch involves 20+ steps: system updates, Node.js, MongoDB, Nginx reverse proxy, Let's Encrypt SSL, PM2 process manager, firewall rules, log rotation, and more. Doing this repeatedly for each new project is tedious and error-prone.

What this article covers (2)

Every missed step is a potential security vulnerability or reliability issue. Forgot to configure UFW? Your MongoDB port is exposed to the internet. Missed log rotation? Your disk fills up in three months. These aren't edge cases — they're the default outcome of manual server setup.

What this article covers (3)

One Script to Rule Them All Auto-Server-Script wraps every step into a single idempotent Bash script. Run it on a fresh Ubuntu/Debian server, answer zero prompts, and walk away with a production-ready stack.

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Naveed Sohail Gung — Full-Stack, Mobile & Infrastructure Engineer

Naveed Sohail Gung — Full-Stack, Mobile & Infrastructure Engineer

Software and infrastructure engineer building production-oriented web applications, AI-assisted workflows, ERP-enabled systems, and cloud-ready products across React, Node.js, C#, Flutter, Firebase, PostgreSQL, AWS, DevOps, and cybersecurity.

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Full-stack product delivery for internal tools, portals, e-commerce platforms, and interactive applications.
AI-assisted workflows using RAG patterns, prompt orchestration, embeddings, and agent-style automation where they improve product outcomes.
Cloud and DevOps implementation for deployment workflows, Firebase-backed applications, and infrastructure-aware delivery.
Security-informed engineering supported by hands-on lab work, walkthroughs, and defensive guidance.

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Full-Stack Engineer (Contract) — Auvia, Beirut, Lebanon (Nov 2025 – Present). Promoted after internship; production enterprise systems — full-stack modules with .NET, C#, Angular, REST APIs, SQL Server, Odoo CRM customization, RBAC, and bilingual Arabic/English (RTL/LTR) interfaces.
Frontend & Mobile Developer Intern — Auvia, Beirut, Lebanon (Aug 2025 – Nov 2025). Frontend and mobile work across NDA-covered projects (speech-to-text and facial-analysis apps); frontend reference point for the AI development team across Odoo (web) and Flutter (mobile). Flutter, Dart, React Native, OWL, C#, .NET, Blazor, ABP.
MERN Stack Developer — ITSC, Remote (Feb 2025 – Apr 2025). Delivered two production apps end-to-end: EduFlow, a MERN e-learning platform (JWT + Google OAuth, role-based admin/student portals, video courses, quizzes, certificates), and Shelfie, a React + Firebase book-collection manager (real-time sync, advanced filtering). REST APIs with Express and MongoDB, responsive frontends, deployment.

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Bachelor of Management Information Systems — University, Beirut, Lebanon (Sep 2025 – Present)

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PWR Store — E-commerce platform for digital services and subscriptions
2048 Game — Modern implementation of the classic 2048 puzzle game
Bazaar — Cutting-edge e-commerce experience
Code Playground — Multilingual browser-based IDE
EduFlow — Full-stack e-learning platform
Elite Showroom — Blender-authored luxury car showroom with React Three Fiber
Shelfie Collector — Digital collection management application

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React, Node.js, Python, Java, C#, Flutter, React Native, Docker, AWS, Azure, Firebase, MongoDB, PostgreSQL, MySQL, Git, Cybersecurity, DevOps, Machine Learning, AI Agents

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