How to host nodejs services into nginx server in VirtualMachine?

Question

I wrote some nodejs services in my ubuntu local.Now I want to deploy my nodejs services into nginx server in my seperate VM.I set up the nginx in my virtual machine.How can I pull my nodejs services to nginx server and how to connect these api's through postman. I getting confusion at nginx config file.

Answer 1

You should setup a reverse proxy with nginx to redirect the traffic to you node application. Install node on your VM, copy your application and install all the dependencies using npm install . Afterwards, you should start the node application using node index.js where index.js is the entry point of your application. You could also use a process manager such as pm2 to start the application. Then, you have to setup the reverse proxy with nginx which is redirecting the traffic to the port of your application. (In your sample code 3000 ). The application should now be available on the IP of your VM. Below you find a minimal example configuration for nginx.

server {
    listen 80;

    server_name domain.com;

    location / {
        proxy_pass http://127.0.0.1:3000;
        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;
    }
}