How to Deploy and Secure Your MERN App on Linode (NGINX, PM2)

In this video, @codinginflow will show you how to deploy and secure a NodeJS/React application on a Linode server and connect it to a real domain. We will use tools such as NGINX, PM2, LetsEncrypt, and more.
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Chapters:
0:00 - Intro & resources
0:52 - Linode server & security setup
23:15 - Deploy + run MERN app with PM2 + NGINX
48:00 - Connect domain + set up SSL with Certbot
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Product: Linode, MERN, NGINX; @codinginflow

[@codinginflow]

Thank you for having me on your channel!

[@AkamaiDeveloper]

Looking forward to collaborating with you in the future!

[@tuku_mann]

Thank you man! That what I was trying to do for couple of years, it helps a lot!

[@fahrican9719]

The "Linode server & security setup" part is really good!

[@codinginflow]

Thank you very much 😊 Glad you like it

[@kaliajay7280]

Very useful tutorial in a simple language so that everyone can secure their websites. Thanks a lot

[@codinginflow]

Glad you liked it!

[@sooshil]

Everything was good until 'npm run build' in frontend folder. Then got error FATAL ERROR: Reached heap limit Allocation failed - JavaScript heap out of memory I have the exact same code and also the same setup in linode. Thank you so much Florian. You were there for me to teach Android and now teaching me Full Stack. :) Many thanks.

[@kaiiemsawat2415]

Got that issue. What I did was edit .gitignore to allow me to push build directory to git then 'npm run build' in local and push to github. With that, I skip 'npm run build' on the server.

[@teesl4240]

Thanks for your tutorial, I managed to deploy MERN app to Linode. I want to ask how to deploy another MERN app to the same Linode server?

[@olga_c]

Hi! Thank you for the detailed tutorial. I have some questions if you don't mind. 1. How do we maintain the app(push changes to the deployment) 2. What if we had next.js frontend and it was more complex, should we deploy it separately from the api? Do you guys have any strategy instructions for slightly larger apps that have to be maintained (like blog, small e-commerce)? Thanks again.

[@dmytro.turskyi]

1. It must be maintained by CI/CD. It is a next step and this topic is not covered here.

[@abdu5822]

how can we get into the server if we loose our laptop/ssh? since we disabled password log in

[@AkamaiDeveloper]

You can use Lish, the Linode Shell. It's an out-of-band connection that allows you access to the Linode to address any connectivity issues: www.linode.com/docs/guides/using-the-lish-console/

[@MCStarYT]

I know this dude!

[@codinginflow]

Me too 👌

[@inteliconn995]

Thanks but adjust the screen resolution please (the fonts are too small).

[@codinginflow]

Thanks for pointing that out! I zoomed in a little bit, but next time I'll increase font more!

[@AjayKumar-id7mb]

@@codinginflow When zoom in text are not clear

[@FredWheezy]

Linode is asking for payment details

[@JasonsLabVideos]

No linode firewall rules ?

[@codinginflow]

We use ufw (uncomplicated firewall)

[@JasonsLabVideos]

@@codinginflow interesting.