Microservices Part 1: Deploy a Frontend, Two APIs and a Database

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Full tutorial with screenshots: https://blog.light-cloud.com/tutorials/microservices-on-light-cloud-part-1-deploy

Part 1 of 6 of the series Microservices on Light Cloud.

Deploy a React frontend, a Node.js API, a Python FastAPI API and PostgreSQL from one GitHub monorepo on Light Cloud, step by step, with every screen shown.

Level: Beginner · Time: about 20 minutes · Plan: Starter · Stack: React, Vite, Node.js, Express, Python, FastAPI, PostgreSQL

Steps

• Step 1: Fork the repository
• Step 2: Create a folder for the project
• Step 3: Create the PostgreSQL database
• Step 4: Copy the connection string
• Step 5: Deploy catalog-api
• Step 6: Check that catalog-api works
• Step 7: Deploy orders-api
• Step 8: Deploy the web frontend
• Step 9: Allow the frontend to call the APIs
• Step 10: Place an order

Source code: https://github.com/light-cloud-com/tutorial-microservices
Live demo: https://main-web-examples.light-cloud.io

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