Let’s see the steps to deploy Vultr node.js in this latest blog. As part of our Vultr Managed Service, we assist our customers with several Vultr queries.

Steps to Deploy node.js on Vultr

We must run the following steps in order to deploy node.js on Vultr:

1. Initially, sign up for a Vultr account.

2. Then, go to the Products page and select “Deploy New Server.”

3. Choose settings like Cloud Compute, location, OS (Ubuntu 20.04×64), and server size.

4. Click “Deploy Now” and wait for the server to be installed.

5. Now access the server by copying the server’s IP address.

6. Log in via SSH: $ ssh root@.

7. Create a new user: $ adduser .

8. Add the user to the sudo group: $ usermod -aG sudo .

9. Update packages and install Nginx:

$ sudo apt-get update
$ sudo apt-get install nginx

10. Configure Firewall and Nginx. Allow Nginx and OpenSSH through the firewall:

$ sudo ufw allow 'Nginx HTTP'
$ sudo ufw allow 'OpenSSH'
$ sudo ufw enable
$ systemctl status nginx

11. Install certbot and modify Nginx configuration:

$ sudo apt install certbot python3-certbot-nginx
$ sudo nano /etc/nginx/sites-available/default

12. Replace server_name _; with your domain name:

server_name example.com www.example.com;

13. Save and exit the file.

14. Set DNS records and create SSL certificates.

15. Install Node.js and essential tools:

$ cd ~/
$ curl -sL https://deb.nodesource.com/setup_10.x -o nodesource_setup.sh
$ sudo bash nodesource_setup.sh
$ sudo apt-get install nodejs
$ sudo apt-get install build-essential

16. Clone your repository, install dependencies, and start the server:

$ git clone https://github.com//.git
$ cd 
$ npm install
$ npm start

17. Install and configure pm2:

$ sudo npm install -g pm2
$ pm2 start .js
$ pm2 startup systemd

18. Configure Nginx for Proxying. Update Nginx config to proxy requests to your Node.js server:

$ sudo nano /etc/nginx/sites-available/default

19. Replace the location block with:

location / {
proxy_pass http://localhost:3000;
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;
}

20. Finalize Nginx Config. Test and restart Nginx:

$ sudo nginx -t
$ sudo systemctl restart nginx

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Conclusion

To sum up, our Experts went over the details of deploying node.js on Vultr in this blog.