How to deploy front-end (AngularJS, Angular, ReactJS...) and nodejs to AWS EC2 Linux

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How to deploy front-end (AngularJS, Angular, ReactJS...) and nodejs to AWS EC2 Linux

Preparation

• PEM file containing private key from AWS server.
• A domain to server
• GIT Bash (In Window, can't use command line tool or powershell).

Steps:

Step 1: Connect to server:

• In Window, open GIT Bash and run: $ ssh -i <path-to-pem-file> <root/ubuntu/ec2-user/centos>@<server domain>
• For example $ ssh -i pemfile.pem ubuntu@ec2-52-53-185-37.us-west-1.compute.amazonaws.com

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Connect is success in case your commandline changed to your remote server machine ip and name.

Step 2: Installing Stubs:

We need

• node for environment.
• npm for installing packages from your project.
• git for version controlling (or pull push).
• unzip for unzip compressed files (*.zip).
• http-server for running server.

Step 2.1 Install NodeJS Latest version

Running following command in order

• Delete old nodejs: $ sudo apt-get purge nodejs npm
• Add nodejs 6 source: $ curl -sL https://deb.nodesource.com/setup_6.x | sudo -E bash -
• Install nodejs: $ sudo apt-get install -y nodejs
• To use node command: $ sudo ln -s /usr/bin/nodejs /usr/bin/node

Step 2.2 Install npm, git, unzip

Run commands:

$ sudo apt-get install git

$ sudo apt-get install npm

$ sudo apt-get install unzip

$ npm i http-server -g

Step 3: Upload local file

Step 3.1: Create a new folder to contain our project files

Step 3.2: zip whole current project in your local machine

Step 3.3: We run: $ scp -i <path-to-pem-file> <path-to-zip-file> <root/ubuntu/ec2-user/centos>@<server domain>:<folder-name-in-server>

Step 3.4: Unzip file on server using command: unzip <path-to-zip-file>.

Step 4: Install and run

Step 4.1: Go to folder of code, run npm install to install packages.

Step 4.2: Run http-server -p 80

Keep that running and enjoy by going to domain and check. ☺️

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