How To Deploy NodeJS API (Linode)

This video will show you excatly how to deploy your NodeJS API on any VPS. For this tutorial we will be using Linode Ubuntu VPS to deploy our API and make it live on the internet. We will be setting a this API with SSL from Let's Encrypt and reverse proxy with Nginx.
Hope you enjoy this tutorial if you did please remember to LIKE and SUBSCRIBE if you haven't already😎👍
List of commands used in tutorial:
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touch
cd
ls
ssh-keygen -t rsa
apt-get update
apt-get upgrade
apt-get install npm
npm i -g n
n install lts
apt-get install nginx
nginx -t
systemctl restart nginx
Nginx location block code:
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location / {
proxy_pass 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;
}
Basic API Github Link:
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github.com/LloydJanseVanRensb...
Linode Link:
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www.linode.com/
Certbot Commands:
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certbot.eff.org/instructions?...
Hardening up server even more:
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www.linode.com/docs/guides/se...
Timestamps:
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00:00 Intro
02:21 Building Basic Express API
07:14 Setting up VPS with Linode
12:18 Login into server & updating
14:51 Installing Node and Npm
19:12 Copy project to server
30:10 Setting up PM2
34:02 Setting up Reverse Proxy with Nginx
44:00 Adding Server Firewalls
45:46 Setting up domain name and SSL
54:22 Outro
My website link:
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www.thefullstackjunkie.com

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[@the_full_stack_junkie]

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[@RylanTech]

I use this guide every time I set up an express server. This is amazing, thank you so much.

[@fleskimiso]

Thanks so much, I succefully deployed an app on linode using external domain name with ssl cert. I actually needed wait few minutes for dns changes to propagate.

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Nice Video ( i used this to set up my API ) and am currently wondering can you create another video which teachers on how to run multiple NODEJS api on one server :)

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its a best video to understand linode nginx server with domain setup. If you can make new video for setup sub domain with linode than it it will cover full server setup tutorial. Good job : 👍

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[@the_full_stack_junkie]

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[@the_full_stack_junkie]

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[@the_full_stack_junkie]

Wow great to hear champ, thanks for comment.

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Nah boet this helped me a lot hey. Managed to deploy my API with ease

[@zenocode]

thank you so much

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You absolutely killed it with this tutorial, earned a sub from me and probably many others too. I do have a question, is there a way to deploy a separate frontend in the same vps? Is it just a matter of adding another configuration in nginx? would be great if I could get in touch with you too. Cheers!

[@the_full_stack_junkie]

Yes it is possible will actually show how to do it in the next video. You will use a package called serve and nginx for routing

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this is absolutely the best video i've ever watched on youtube about deployment espacially since it ends with a free ssl certificate method

[@the_full_stack_junkie]

Thanks champ, check out my latest deployment video on my channel maybe that could be a good next step to deployment

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Really hope the video helps. If you get stuck anywhere along the line let me know🤓🤘

[@n-0-1]

It would be awesome if you could make a tutorial on how to deploy a MERN or React app to Linode. I'm not sure how I can use a single domain for my node API and React front-end.

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[@the_full_stack_junkie]

Thanks🤓🤘

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Very good, thank you

[@the_full_stack_junkie]

You are welcome

[@joshyee7384]

Hi, thanks for this video! It was super helpful! I have one issue though, after I created the reverse proxy and had my custom domain set up, every time I do a POST request it creates a 500 error. But if I go to my linode ip address / port directly, the website works flawlessly. Any ideas? Is it a NGINX configuration issue? Thanks!

[@the_full_stack_junkie]

So 500 is server error are you getting any logs from you api?

[@joshyee7384]

@@the_full_stack_junkie I was finally able to figure it out. It was pretty simple in the end, for the NGINX configuration file, under the location I have to include the location to the route I was trying to POST to, which makes sense... but yea, thanks again for the tutorial!

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would I able to know how to create more than one api? Since I have an issue of using same PORT Error, given that my localhost is working with same PORT:3000

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Please make a tutorial on the use of Redux Toolkit + JWT http Authentication with MERN

[@asifali-hk6gb]

hello sir, after deploying when we will add new code then how it will update

[@vannymenghong6013]

post request force to get method, can anyone tell me how fix this error ? really appreciate all your recommend :)

[@hakanaki]

After running the server and visited my_ip_address:port the browser was loading forever. Any idea why?

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Make a video on sequelize with postgres and React sir please 🥺🙂

[@the_full_stack_junkie]

Deployment of these? Or how to use them?

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Please make video on digital ocean also

[@the_full_stack_junkie]

It is basically exactly the same as Digital Ocean just another platform providing you with a Linux Ubuntu machine.

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@@the_full_stack_junkie what happen if I push another code on github ? Means itS auto deployment whenever new code pushed ? if no then please make how can we make it auto deployment ?

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