Sakibdevlekar / nodeJs-deployment-setup

How to deploy NodeJS App to AWS EC2 intance

NodeJs Deployment Setup for AWS

1. Update system

sudo apt-get update

sudo apt-get upgrade

2. Check system time and set proper time

i. To check time

sudo timedatectl

ii. To change time zone

sudo timedatectl set-timezone Asia/Kolkata

3. Install Node and NPM

sudo curl -sL https://deb.nodesource.com/setup_20.x | sudo -E bash - 

sudo apt install nodejs

node --version 

4. Clone your project from Github

sudo git clone <user repo link>

5. Install pm2 (run app in background)

Follow the instructions to install and configure pm2

i. Installing Pm2 package globally

sudo npm i pm2 -g

ii. Running server with Pm2 package

sudo pm2 start index.js

To make sure app starts when reboot pm2 startup ubuntu

iii. To restart server with Pm2 package

sudo pm2 startup

iv. Other pm2 commands

a. Shows the list of app running using Pm2 package

pm2 show app 

b. For checking status of app

pm2 status

c. To restart pm2

pm2 restart app

d. To stop pm2

pm2 stop app

e. Show log stream

pm2 logs       

f. Clear logs

pm2 flush 

6. Change security setting for accessing your website

Then click on [edit inbound rule] and add some rules

• Add rule and edit port number as per your need

7. Install NGINX and configure

sudo apt install nginx

sudo nano /etc/nginx/conf.d/server.conf

• Add the following to the location part of the server block

server {
  listen 80;
  server_name <here add your domain name>; 

  location / {
      proxy_pass http://127.0.0.1:8000; # here your port number 
      proxy_set_header Host $host;
      proxy_set_header X-Real-IP $remote_addr;
      proxy_set_header X-Forwarded-For $proxy_add_x_forwarded_for;
      proxy_set_header X-Forwarded-Proto $scheme;
  }
}

• Check NGINX config

sudo nginx -t

• Restart NGINX

sudo systemctl restart nginx

• Check status of NGINX

sudo systemctl status nginx

8. Add SSL with LetsEncrypt

• Go to this website Certboat Instructions

Just select the operating system and your server setup in my case Os - Ubuntu20, Server - Nginx and follow there instructions

9. Your nodeJs application deployed successfully 🚀

- Thank you ✨