setting-up-node-server

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Installed VPM server, connected via SSH

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Used Putty to sign in to server, installed node

curl -o- https://raw.githubusercontent.com/nvm-sh/nvm/v0.39.1/install.sh | bash

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Load NVM

export NVM_DIR="$HOME/.nvm"
[ -s "$NVM_DIR/nvm.sh" ] && \. "$NVM_DIR/nvm.sh"  # loads nvm
[ -s "$NVM_DIR/bash_completion" ] && \. "$NVM_DIR/bash_completion"  # loads nvm bash_completion

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Install NVM and Node :

nvm install node  # installs latest Node.js version
nvm use node      # use installed node

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Install PM2 - You can just use node but PM2 has some good features like auto-restart if server goes down :

npm install pm2@latest -g  # Installs PM2 globally

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Start Application :

pm2 start index.js --name "app name"  # I used index.js but it might be server.js or app.js - and insert your app name from package

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Test Endpoint :

curl http://localhost:3000/resume

If it comes back with  the correct message everything is working - I had an error so I removed everything except a basic messsage. Everything works now so will slowly be adding everything back

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Set up auto-start and save current list of processes

pm2 startup

```bash
pm2 save

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NEXT : Check Server Configuration - I can connect to the server via SSH but not via URL

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Update Nginx configuration

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No point paying for a VSH server when you're barely using it