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Deploy SandBox NodeJs Apps

How to deploy NodeJS Apps on Eenos ?

This document will help you to deploy a NodeJs app on your eenos hosting control panel.  Eenos control panel is a modern hosting control panel designed for modern apps. 

Features Of Eenos NodeJs App Management

Eenos control panel have the following wonderful features for easy management of  nodeJs apps.

  • Manage unlimited NodeJs app domains or subdomains
  • NodeJs version Selector
  • Deploy NodeJs  App with One click
  • Set to Production or  Development Mode

Every eenos NodeJs  app have its on virtual environment.  So migration and transfer of  hosting accounts are very easy.

To start deploying NodeJS app, login to your eenos control panel and go to the following Page:

Node.Js -> Deploy Node.Js Apps

Setup NodeJs SandBox and Install Apps

Now you need to fill the simple form  as follows,

Choose Domain For Node.Js App :   Select a domain or  subdomain  for deploying a NodeJs app. This  is the website  url you are going to deploy the app.

Choose Node.Js Version :  The version of the Node.Js distribution required for your project.

NowNow, you need to set the App settings also, so that the server knows where to start the applications.

App Startup Script  :  This is the app entry point script. It is normally a javascript file in project document root ( eg :  app.js )

Public Folder Name : This is where you upload your static files like CSS, JS ,  Images, etc .

Project Publicity Type : This option will help you  to setup the project  in either production or development mode.

Install Demo App : If you wish to install a demo nodejs app, choose install.  If you already developed the app, you can select no and upload the files yourself.

Now, Click  the button  Deploy App and it will start deploying the app.

Manage NodeJs App From Shell

If your hosting account have enabled ssh access, you can easily manage your NodeJS app from the shell too. You may contact your hosting server provider and enable the ssh shell  to access this feature. 

You may login to the server with the ssh client from your desktop.

Here, we are going to use the following details to show you how to manage NodeJS app from eenos sever shell virtual environment. 

 Example eenso user :  myuser

Example NodeJs  app domain : nodejs.mydomain.com

Example  eenos ssh sever port  : 22

Document Root of the App is : ~/nodejs

Login to SSH terminal

Login to the ssh sever with the following command ,

ssh myuser@nodejs.mydomain.com -p 22

Activate NodeJs  Virtual Environment

Activate the Virtual Sandbox NodeJS environment for the domain nodejs.mydomain.com as follows,

myuser:$ ~ $ source  ~/.sandbox/nodejs/nodejs.mydomain.com/bin/activate
(nodejs.mydomain.com) myuser:$ ~ $

Done, you are on the domains NodeJs environment , and you can start working on your NodeJS app from the terminalterminal. 

See some  example commandcommands below,

Go to app document root , list NPMs and check nodejs versionversion. 

(nodejs.mydomain.com) myuser@:$ ~ $  cd nodejs/
(nodejs.mydomain.com) myuser:$ ~/nodejs $ npm list
nodejs@ /home/myuser/nodejs
├── async@3.2.3
├── express@4.17.3
├── list@2.0.19
├── lodash@4.17.21
├── rxjs@7.5.5
└── yes@1.1.1

(nodejs.mydomain.com) myuser:$ ~/nodejs $node -v
v16.13.0

Deactivate  NdoeJs Virtual Environment

You can deactivate the current working NodeJs shell virtual environment useusing the following command,

(ndoejs.mydomain.com) myuser@:$ ~ $ deactivate 
myuser@:$ ~ $

Switch NodeJs  SandBox Virtual Environment

Let us sayIf we have another NodeJs app on the  domain chat.mydomain.com on the same same eenos hosting account, we can switch to the virtual environment for the chat app as follows,

myuser:$ ~ $ source  ~/.sandbox/nodejs/chat.mydomain.com/bin/activate
(chat.mydomain.com) myuser:$ ~ $

With the above stepssteps, you can start deploying NodeJs apps.  The next session will help you to manage NodeJS NPM  modules from the eenos control panelpanel.

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