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+The installation script for Amazon Linux
+
+```bash
+# install node.js
+wget -qO- https://raw.githubusercontent.com/creationix/nvm/v0.33.11/install.sh | bash
+# reopen terminal
+nvm install 8.11.3
+
+mkdir jsreportapp
+cd jsreportapp
+npm i -g jsreport-cli
+curl https://intoli.com/install-google-chrome.sh | bash
+# this is less secure, but it's the only way found to get puppeteer installed on amazon linux 2.
+sudo npm i -S jsreport --unsafe-perm=true
+jsreport init
+jsreport configure
+
+# change in the jsreport.config.json the following
+# it makes chrome less secure but currently the only way on amazon linux 2
+"chrome": {
+  "launchOptions": {
+    "args": ["--no-sandbox"]
+  }
+}
+
+# install chrome dependencies
+wget -qO- https://intoli.com/install-google-chrome.sh | bash
+
+# start jsreport to see it running on port 5488
+
+jsreport start
+
+# the next steps are optional to start jsreport on boot
+npm install pm2 -g
+pm2 start server.js
+pm2 startup
+# run the output of previous command
+
+# optionally if you want to use older phantomjs for pdf rendering
+npm i jsreport-phantom-pdf --save --save-exact
+```
+