nodejs server user data - example request: curl localhost/?workload=1000

amazon-linux-nodejs-server

#!/bin/bash

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# 1. Copy this script into EC2 User Data
# 2. Enable Cloudwatch detailed monitoring
# Usage: "curl localhost:80/?workload=1000"
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yum update -y  
curl --silent --location https://rpm.nodesource.com/setup_10.x | bash -
yum -y install nodejs git

git clone https://github.com/amcginlay/nodejs-server.git /usr/local/bin/nodejs-server/

# NOTE the server will not survive a reboot.
PORT=80 node /usr/local/bin/nodejs-server/app.js > /var/log/nodejs-server-out.log