What are the steps for deploying a Node js app, with express.js framework and MongoDB as database on AWS? This is my first such activity and I am not able to find any reliable source over the net.
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First thing you should know is how AWS EC2 works (Talking about ubuntu OS / Linux). This link would help you to install node.js digitalocean.com/community/tutorials/… For mongoDB digitalocean.com/community/tutorials/…Crazy Engineer– Crazy Engineer2016-11-01 17:11:45 +00:00Commented Nov 1, 2016 at 17:11
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I am working on a windows machine.Would this still be helpful?Nimit Bedi– Nimit Bedi2016-11-01 17:17:54 +00:00Commented Nov 1, 2016 at 17:17
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1No It is for Linux only. For windows server everything is already defined on their websites for Mongo DB (docs.mongodb.com/v3.0/tutorial/install-mongodb-on-windows) Personally I wont suggest Windows Server because its really a pain. I would suggest to work on Linux serverCrazy Engineer– Crazy Engineer2016-11-01 17:23:37 +00:00Commented Nov 1, 2016 at 17:23
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Deploy nodejs-express-mongoDB backend on AWS EC2 Ubuntu(16.04)
Back-end is a private repo on Gitlab.
Steps: 1: Create EC2 Ubuntu server on AWS,
2: Connect personal computer with AWS server - use to control cloud Ubuntu server on personal computer,
Connecting Linux Instance from Windows Using PuTTY
3: Clone repo from Gitlab to Ubuntu server,
Configure ssh key on linux server
Clone gitlab repo to linux server
4: Install Nodejs and MongoDB on Ubuntu server,
5: Launch MongoDB and run Nodejs to start node server,
6: Test back-end server using Postman or Browser.
Other useful linkYouTube
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magnump0
This is a very basic setup - just launch a server image and ssh into it and do the setup. Do you know if there's a CloudFormation template or something similar ready for a basic but scalable configuration?
AWS has a full documentation for this on their website. These documentations are extremely thorough and you should read these first.
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magnump0
I have to admit that these docs are poorly explaining some failures a developer may encounter during the step-by-step configuration and if he want to, for example, create another S3 bucket name for same stack. It requires not a single day to actually learn how to use CloudFormation... But unfortunately I can't advise anything better. MongoDB team (Atlas etc) and AWS are now in hot competition since DocumentDB was introduced.
stromyc
Yes, the docs get you started, but they really just lead you down a rabbit hole of new links to terms and other services you may or may not need. If you are operating under the Free Tier, and you are new to working with AWS, I would strongly suggest that you pay attention to what your costs would be with out the free tier plan.