Steps to deploy a Node.js app to DigitalOcean using PM2, NGINX as a reverse proxy and an SSL from LetsEncrypt
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I will be using the root user, but would suggest creating a new user
In this guide I will go through all the steps to create a VPS, secure it and deploy a Django application. This is a summarized document from this digital ocean doc
Any commands with "$" at the beginning run on your local machine and any "#" run when logged into the server
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We need to create a virtual env for our app to run in: More Here Run this command in whatever folder you want to create your venv folder
python -m venv ./venv
$ ssh brad@192.168.1.29
$ mkdir test
$ cd test