Setup NodeJS Server Example

setup-nodejs.sh

# Create Google Compute Engine Instance
$ gcloud deployment-manager deployments create app-server --config ./config/vm.yaml

# Connect to the instance
$ gcloud compute ssh app-server

# Create app-user
$ sudo adduser app-user
$ sudo usermod -a -G google-sudoers app-user

# Setup Nodejs
$ sudo su - app-user
$ curl https://nodejs.org/dist/v10.15.3/node-v10.15.3-linux-x64.tar.xz --output node-v10.15.3-linux-x64.tar.xz
$ sudo mkdir -p /usr/local/lib/nodejs
$ sudo tar -xJvf node-v10.15.3-linux-x64.tar.xz -C /usr/local/lib/nodejs
$ sudo chown -R arc-user:arc-user /usr/local/lib/nodejs/

$ echo "
# Nodejs
NODEJS_VERSION=v10.15.3
NODEJS_DISTRO=linux-x64
" >> ~/.bash_profile

$ source ~/.bash_profile
$ sudo ln -s /usr/local/lib/nodejs/node-$NODEJS_VERSION-$NODEJS_DISTRO/bin/node /usr/local/bin/node
$ sudo ln -s /usr/local/lib/nodejs/node-$NODEJS_VERSION-$NODEJS_DISTRO/bin/npm /usr/local/bin/npm
$ sudo ln -s /usr/local/lib/nodejs/node-$NODEJS_VERSION-$NODEJS_DISTRO/bin/npx /usr/local/bin/npx

$ node -v
$ npm version
$ npx -v

$ rm node-v10.15.3-linux-x64.tar.xz