You probably it and are here! Okey, no more time waste (for MYSELF in future)… Googled it Let’s see how to setup app with SSL on a VPS node DigitalOcean Install Heroku for it’s versioning feature Git push the app to Heroku Setup a drop let Generate SSH keys Setup git bash for SSH-ing to droplet Connect to Droplet using SSH keys Install node Confirm node installation using node -v Install MongoDB if the app needs to persist data Confirm if mongodb is running using the command sudo systemctl status mongodb Setup and configure pm2 to orchestrate the node app Confirm pm2 installation using pm2 -v Clone to a location in the server Start the node app for first cut testing Start node app as a process Install nginx Make sure that the nginx service is running using command sudo systemctl status nginx Make sure that UFW is enabled Setup nginx reverse proxy to the port on which the app is running When reverse-proxying nginx server, keep inside if absolutely necessary inside try_files $uri $uri/ =404; location /etc/nginx/sites-available/default Purchase a domain Set up SSL with Let’s Encrypt for the purchased domain Keep a (and all other important stuff) to revert back in case of an backup of default nginx configuration earthquack Notice that we shall use services like instead of the globally famous for version control to keep code closed source. heroku’s git feature github Originally published at xameeramir.github.io .
