Setting up node js server with Nginx Reverse Proxy

Steps

1. Run EC2 Instance
2. Setup Security Group
3. Install node & yarn
4. Deploy the code
5. Install nginx
6. Setup nginx
7. Voila!!! your express server is live.

Pre Requisite for this Activity

1. Amazon Account as we will be deploying the app using Amazon EC2 Service

Out-fo-Scope

1. Domain Registration using AWS Router53
2. Configuring NS/Hosted zones

Change to root user

sudo su -

Update Package

yum update -y

Install Git

yum install -y git

Clone the Repo

git clone https://github.com/dham6983/sample-nodejs-with-nginx.git

Installing node

sudo curl --silent --location https://rpm.nodesource.com/setup_16.x | bash -
sudo yum -y install nodejs

Installing yarn

curl -sL https://dl.yarnpkg.com/rpm/yarn.repo -o /etc/yum.repos.d/yarn.repo
sudo yum install yarn -y

Checking node version

node --version

Checking yarn version

yarn --version

Install process manager (pm)

yarn add  pm2 -g

Installing the dependency

yarn install

Running the server with process manager

./node_modules/.bin/pm2 start src/server.js

Checking the status

./node_modules/.bin/pm2 status

Enable pm2 at boot level

./node_modules/.bin/pm2 startup

Installing Nginx

sudo amazon-linux-extras list | grep nginx

sudo amazon-linux-extras enable nginx1

sudo yum clean metadata

sudo yum -y install nginx

Update /etc/nginx/nginx.conf and copy paste the content fron nginx.conf file in this repo

    proxy_set_header Host $host;
    proxy_set_header X-Real-IP $remote_addr;

Check the sysntax of nginx config file

nginx -t

Checking the status of nginx service on Amazon Linux 2

systemctl status nginx

Starting Nginx Server

systemctl start nginx

Enable Nginx Server on system bootup

systemctl start nginx

Reference: Important NginX Doc