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Deploy node js express application – cent os – Apache

I am trying to deploy a node js application on GoDaddy VPS hosting.

I have uploaded all the files to the server and started the server using pm2
following This Tutorial

My server is running on port 3021 which I want to run on port 80
for a particular domain.

I have completed steps till pm2 in the tutorial but from Nginx part, I cannot understand what to do next.

I have installed Nginx then running this command sudo vi /etc/nginx/sites-available/default

and adding configurations and when I am saving it an error shows [ Error writing /etc/nginx/sites-available/default: No such file or directory ]

I am running apache in the server. Is it possible to do the same using apache??

Edit

Here is my nginx config::

user nginx;
worker_processes auto;
error_log /var/log/nginx/error.log;
pid /var/run/nginx.pid;


include /usr/share/nginx/modules/*.conf;

events {
    worker_connections  1024;
}


http {
    log_format  main  '$remote_addr - $remote_user [$time_local] "$request" '
                      '$status $body_bytes_sent "$http_referer" '
                      '"$http_user_agent" "$http_x_forwarded_for"';

    access_log  /var/log/nginx/access.log  main;

    sendfile            on;
    tcp_nopush          on;
    tcp_nodelay         on;
    keepalive_timeout   65;
    types_hash_max_size 2048;

    include             /etc/nginx/mime.types;
    default_type        application/octet-stream;


    include /etc/nginx/conf.d/*.conf;
}
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  1. 0

    Try to use /etc/nginx/conf.d/default.conf instead of /etc/nginx/sites-available/default to add your configuration. According to your config it should be the correct path to configure your server.

    If you want to use /etc/nginx/sites-available/defaultyou should add include /etc/nginx/sites-available/*; to your nginx.conf. 

    http {
    ...
    include /etc/nginx/conf.d/*.conf;
    include /etc/nginx/sites-available/*;
}
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  2. 0

    So if you have pm2 running then you are half way through 🙂 About nginx conf. This command: sudo vi /etc/nginx/sites-available/default probably does not work because the sites-available directory does not exist. Keep in mind that sites-available and sites-enabled are not required by nginx. It’s just a good practice to have each server config in a separate file. But nginx will work without them too. If you are not planning to add any more servers, just use the /etc/nginx/nginx.conf file to configure your server. What you need to do is to create a new server block with desired configuration, e.x:

    server {
    listen       80 default_server;
    listen       [::]:80 default_server;
    server_name  yourapp.com www.yourapp.com;
    root         /var/www/html; # <- for you it can be any other dir
    index        index.html index.htm # <- or any other file which is your main file

    # You want to proxy_pass the traffic on any route to your internal app
    location ~ /(.*) { # ~ means that you are using regex
        proxy_pass http://localhost:3021/$1$is_args$args; # <- proxy_pass to your internal app
        proxy_redirect off;
        proxy_read_timeout 60s;
        proxy_set_header X-Real-IP $remote_addr;
        proxy_set_header X-Forwarded-For $proxy_add_x_forwarded_for;
        proxy_set_header Host $http_host;
        proxy_set_header X-NginX-Proxy true;
    }
}

    Just place the above config into /etc/nginx/nginx.conf inside http block.

    Now check your nginx config:

    nginx -t

    If it’s successful, your nginx config is done.

    It’s not over yet. One more thing to do- open port 80 in the firewall, like so:

    firewall-cmd --zone=public --add-port=80/tcp --permanent
firewall-cmd --reload

    You can check if it’s open:

    firewall-cmd --list-ports

    Open your browser at http://yourapp.com/ and see if it works.

    Remember to keep an eye on nginx and your app’s logs:

    tail -f /var/logs/nginx/access.log # or error.log to see nginx access/error log
pm2 logs # to see your app logs

    Hope it helps. Do not hesitate to share more info if you encounter any more problems

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