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+#!/bin/bash
+set -e
+
+echo "Updating system packages..."
+sudo apt update && sudo apt upgrade -y
+
+echo "Installing prerequisites..."
+sudo apt install -y apt-transport-https ca-certificates gnupg wget
+
+echo "Adding Microsoft package repository for .NET 8..."
+wget https://packages.microsoft.com/config/debian/12/packages-microsoft-prod.deb -O packages-microsoft-prod.deb
+sudo dpkg -i packages-microsoft-prod.deb
+sudo apt update
+
+echo "Installing .NET 8 SDK and runtime..."
+sudo apt install -y dotnet-sdk-8.0 aspnetcore-runtime-8.0
+
+echo "Installing PostgreSQL..."
+sudo apt install -y postgresql postgresql-contrib
+sudo systemctl enable postgresql
+sudo systemctl start postgresql
+
+echo "Creating PostgreSQL user and database..."
+sudo -u postgres psql <<EOF
+CREATE USER api WITH PASSWORD 'abcd1234';
+CREATE DATABASE apidatabase OWNER api;
+GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON DATABASE apidatabase TO api;
+EOF
+
+APP_DIR=/opt/api
+echo "Creating application directory $APP_DIR..."
+sudo mkdir -p $APP_DIR
+sudo chown $(whoami):$(whoami) $APP_DIR
+
+echo "Copy your published .NET API files (DLL, appsettings.json) into $APP_DIR now."
+read -p "Press Enter to continue after copying files..."
+
+echo "Creating systemd service file..."
+sudo tee /etc/systemd/system/mydotnetapi.service > /dev/null <<EOF
+[Unit]
+Description=My .NET Web API
+After=network.target
+
+[Service]
+WorkingDirectory=$APP_DIR
+ExecStart=/usr/bin/dotnet $APP_DIR/Taekwondo.WebApi.dll
+Restart=always
+RestartSec=10
+SyslogIdentifier=dotnet-api
+User=$(whoami)
+Environment=ASPNETCORE_ENVIRONMENT=Production
+
+[Install]
+WantedBy=multi-user.target
+EOF
+
+echo "Reloading systemd daemon and starting mydotnetapi service..."
+sudo systemctl daemon-reload
+sudo systemctl enable mydotnetapi
+sudo systemctl start mydotnetapi
+
+echo "Setup complete. Check service status with: sudo systemctl status mydotnetapi"
+echo "Test your API endpoints with curl or Postman."