In this tutorial, we are going to demonstrate how to deploy a using Section's Edge Compute Platform. distributed Node.js app at the Edge Before we get into the how-to's, you may be wondering why you would want to deploy your app at the Edge vs. a typical Cloud deployment. Well, the biggest reason is speed. Deploying your app closer to your end users reduces latency - . Aside from speed, there are additional security and scalability benefits that can be achieved by deploying your applications (or portions of your application) at the Edge. shown to be up to 7x faster than Cloud Let's do some coding! At the end of this tutorial, you will have: A website running as a subdomain at section.dev SSL certificates for your website Working knowledge of the CLI tool to deploy changes to your app sectionctl Prerequisites: You will need to sign up for a Section account Text editor Terminal app Install the CLI tool (instructions provided below). sectionctl Node.js version 10.14 or later Step 1: Set up the Section CLI tool After you have created your Section account, download the latest release of from . sectionctl Github On Linux, this looks like: wget https://github.com/section/sectionctl/releases/download/v1.1.0/sectionctl-v1.1.0-linux-amd64.tar.gz
tar zxvf sectionctl-v1.1.0-linux-amd64.tar.gz Next, you'll need to place the executable on your path and make sure that it can be executed. On Linux, this looks like: mv sectionctl /usr/ /bin/sectionctl
chmod +x /usr/ /bin/sectionctl local local Next, configure authentication by running: sectionctl login When prompted, enter your Section username and password, and security store them where can find them. sectionctl The Section CLI is now configured and ready to use. Step 2: Set up your Node.js application For this tutorial, we are going to set up a simple NuxtJS app to deploy on Section's Edge. Note: If you are on Windows, we recommend downloading and use Git Bash that comes with it, which supports the UNIX-specific commands in this tutorial. Git for Windows Open your terminal, into the directory where you wish to create your app, and clone the demo app: cd git https://github.com/section/nodejs-example clone Now, into your newly created directory called : cd nodejs-example nodejs-example cd Next, pull down the dependencies and build your app by running: npm install
npm run-script build Note: The Section platform expects that you have run both of these commands before you can deploy your app. Start your app's development server on port 8080 by running: npm run-script start You can check to see if it's working by opening in your browser. http://localhost:8080 Step 3: Deploy your Node.js app We will now take the example NuxtJS app that we set up in the previous step and deploy it across Section's Edge network. First, locate your account ID using the following command: sectionctl accounts This should return an output similar to this: | ACCOUNT ID | ACCOUNT NAME                      |
|------------|-----------------------------------|
| 1335       | g9ts24tx7gm8n12b2evf3.section.dev | Use the number value in the account ID column to list your applications: sectionctl apps list --account-id 1335 The output should look similar to this: | APP ID |    APP NAME                       |
|--------|-----------------------------------|
| 7171   | g9ts24tx7gm8n12b2evf3.section.dev | Note: The app name was automatically generated when you signed up. You will need this name for the final steps. Next, we will set up the SSL certificate for your domain. (This is a free service provided by Section.) Run the following command, substituting your account ID and app name: sectionctl certs renew --account-id 1335 --hostname g9ts24tx7gm8n12b2evf3.section.dev Wait a few minutes while Section uploads and deploys your Node.js app across the Edge network. You can now view your app running on Section by navigating to your provided app name. Congratulations! You have deployed your Node.js app on Section's Edge. Be sure to check out the in your Section Console to see how your app is performing across the globe. Traffic Monitor To learn more, check out Section Docs and/or contact a Section Edge Solutions Expert . Previously published at https://www.section.io/docs/getting-started/tutorials/launching-a-nodejs-app/

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