Deploying node, react apps to ionos cloud

Plan

• install node / npm
• install nginx to cloud
• create site in nginx
• manually deploy typescript node app after build
• install let's encrypt
• Test node app in SSL
• Create github action to deploy site from main branch
• Create github action to deploy site to Azure WebApps from develop branch
• Decide where to keep database
• test deployment end to end
• repat steps for the react app

Action

Installing node / npm

curl -o- https://raw.githubusercontent.com/nvm-sh/nvm/v0.39.3/install.sh | bash

restart the terminal and to install

nvm install 22

Install Nginx

sudo apt update
sudo apt install nginx

sudo systemctl start nginx

Install PM2

sudo npm install -g pm2

pm2 startup systemd

Change Owner of a folder

sudo chown -R username path 

Create Self-Hosted Runners of Github

cd /var/www/api.logicmade.co.uk
mkdir live
cd live
sudo -s

This command below is a runner cmd in github/repo/settings/action/runner and select OS

curl -o actions-runner-linux-x64-2.316.1.tar.gz -L https://github.com/actions/runner/releases/download/v2.316.1/actions-runner-linux-x64-2.316.1.tar.gz

to run the next command in github you may see permission problems and to fix them run commands below

tar xzf ./actions-runner-linux-x64-2.316.1.tar.gz
$ sudo -s
# chmod o+w .
# exit

Github command next

 ./config.sh --url https://github.com/Aliiybar/logicmade_api --token ABKE7DQYNVTH3NWQYOP6BPTGIEZJK

fill the tags To activate it

sudo ./svc.sh install
sudo ./svc.sh start

Removing / uninstalling a runner

• In the Github repo go to Settings/Actions/Runners and click three dots then click remove.
• You'll get removing command (./config...)
• Goto the folder where it's installed on the server and run this

sudo ./svc.sh uninstall

run the command you get from github above

./config.sh remove --token <TOKEN PROVIDED BY GITHUB>

Install let's encrypt

 apt-get update
 sudo apt-get install certbot
 apt-get install python3-certbot-nginx

 sudo nginx -t
 sudo systemctl reload nginx

 sudo certbot --nginx -d api.logicmade.co.uk -d apitest.logicwiki.co.uk

sudo systemctl status certbot.timer
sudo certbot renew --dry-run

https://www.digitalocean.com/community/tutorials/how-to-secure-nginx-with-let-s-encrypt-on-ubuntu-20-04

Environment variables

edit /etc/environment file in the server to set environment variables and activate it with source or "."

sudo nano /etc/environment
. /etc/environment