mern-youtube-backend

Commands to deploy a Node/React app.

instal nodejs

curl -sL https://deb.nodesource.com/setup_10.x -o nodesource_setup.sh

run the bash script

sudo bash nodesource_setup.sh

run this command to make sure node js is installed

sudo apt-get install -y nodejs

Install nginx for the server

sudo apt-get install nginx

setup for sites available

cd /etc/nginx/sites-available/

setup the proxy

sudo vim default

Bellow ’server_name _;’ paste this:

  location /api {
            proxy_pass http://localhost:5000;
            proxy_http_version 1.1;
            proxy_set_header Upgrade $http_upgrade;
            proxy_set_header Connection 'upgrade';
            proxy_set_header Host $host;
            proxy_cache_bypass $http_upgrade;
    }

    location / {
            proxy_pass http://localhost:3000;
            proxy_http_version 1.1;
            proxy_set_header Upgrade $http_upgrade;
            proxy_set_header Connection 'upgrade';
            proxy_set_header Host $host;
            proxy_cache_bypass $http_upgrade;
    }

Test that nginx is running properly

sudo nginx -t

Restart nginx system

sudo systemctl restart nginx

Install pm2

sudo npm i pm2 -g

install mongodb

sudo apt install -y mongodb

check mongoldb status

sudo systemctl status mongodb

Install the git projects in the server

Chec .env file on backend

/127.0.0.1/ instead of localhost

Check on frontend

Just leave “/api”

Server setup for the react file

filename: server.js

const express = require('express'); const compression = require('compression'); const path = require('path'); const app = express();

app.use(compression()); app.use(express.static(path.join(__dirname, 'build')));   app.get('*', function(req, res) { res.sendFile(path.join(__dirname, 'build', 'index.html')); });   const PORT = process.env.PORT || 3000;   app.listen(PORT, () => { console.log(App is running on port ${PORT}); });

#npm install both

#npm run build react prod

#pm2 both

#DONE