NginX and Node

After installing ubuntu somewhere, I use the VPS of ovh.com (ubuntu 18.04 french actually)

Connect to your VPS

ssh [email protected]

Then install nginx (no need to update on ovh it's all uptodate)

root@vps726492:~# apt install nginx

You can connect to your site via its IP adress

Check if it works It works too

Install nodejs and npm

root@vps726492:~# sudo apt install nodejs 

root@vps726492:~# sudo apt install npm 

Next steps is to create an application

Install the correspondant node packages here it's expressjs (should look at the correspondant wiki page)

Nodejs also works ;)

Now we just need to make the right redirrections with a domain name to localhost:3000

so I have bought a domain name called ethical-hacking-resources.com

root@vps726492:/# sudo vim /etc/nginx/sites-available/ethical-hacking-resources

So here is what contain the file

upstream ethical-hacking-resources.com {
    server localhost:3000;
}

server {

        listen 80;
        listen [::]:80;
        server_name ethical-hacking-resources.com;

    location / {
            proxy_pass http://ethical-hacking-resources.com;
    }
}

We enable the site

root@vps726492:/# sudo ln -s /etc/nginx/sites-available/ethical-hacking-resources /etc/nginx/sites-enabled/ethical-hacking-resources

test if the nginx config is okey

root@vps726492:/# sudo nginx -t

Will say everything is okey

at this time if you do sudo service nginx reload the domaine name will point to a 500 error so we need to run the app

#sudo service nginx reload

so going to the folder where the app is located and

#node app.js

now the app must be run with forever or pm2 so we choose pm2

 #sudo npm install pm2 -g

now you just need to run

#pm2 start app.js 

and your done YEY

what you see is that I have just cloned an app in the folder you just have seen otherwise it will be in the same name as the creator to be clean in work