Steps to Configure Amazon EC2 for Nodejs app deployment

Angularcode

Sep 15, 2019

2 min read

• #nodejs
• #amazon ec2
• #pm2
• #mongodb

In this tutorial I will show you, how to configure Amazon EC2 server for an NodeJS app. Login to your Amazon EC2 server and execute the following commands.

Install NodeJS

sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install -y python-software-properties python g++ make
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:chris-lea/node.js
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install nodejs
sudo apt-get install git
sudo npm install forever -g

Initialize the remote git repo

cd ~/
mkdir repo/
cd repo
git init --bare

Configure hooks

cd repo/hooks/
cat > post-receive #!/bin/sh GIT_WORK_TREE=/home/ec2-user/www export GIT_WORK_TREE git checkout -f cd $HOME/www ./start.sh

chmod +x post-receive

Automate the deployment process

mkdir www/
cd ~/www/
cat > start.sh # this file is execute by post-receive everytime a Git Commit is made # Path: /home/ec2-user/repo/hooks/post-receive forever stopall NODE_ENV='production' forever start server

chmod +x start.sh

Copy content of C:\Users\.sshid_rsa.pub to remote Machine at .ssh folder

sudo vi .ssh/authorized_keys

Add the following line to Local Machine (dist/.git/config)

[remote "origin"] url = ssh://ec2-user@<your_server_ip>/home/ec2-user/repo fetch = +refs/heads/*:refs/remotes/repo/* puttykeyfile = C:Users<your_username>.sshaws.ppk </your_username></your_server_ip>

Local Machine: Git push

Open http port from ec2 dashboard Check with the command NODE_ENV=production node server

Configure IP tables to redirect all incoming connections to port 8080

sudo iptables -t nat -A PREROUTING -p tcp --dport 80 -j REDIRECT --to-ports 8080
sudo iptables -t nat -L -n --line-number

Install MongoDB at amazon-ec2 [How to install Mongo Database at amazon-ec2] (https://docs.mongodb.org/ecosystem/platforms/amazon-ec2/)