Deploy to an AWS EC2 instance with Node.js and MongoDB

This repository is intended to help you deploy a basic Node.js app with a MongoDB database. The Node.js app will serve out static content (index.html, CSS, client-side JavaScript) which point to a Node.js endpoints.

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Commands:
Update permissions on your .pem file:
sudo chmod 400 YOUR_FILE_NAME.PEM

Install Node Version Manager:
curl -o- https://raw.githubusercontent.com/nvm-sh/nvm/v0.38.0/install.sh | bash

Install Node:
nvm install node

Create redirect from port 80 to 8000:
sudo iptables -t nat -A PREROUTING -p tcp --dport 80 -j REDIRECT --to-ports 8000

cd /etc/yum.repos.d sudo touch mongo-org-5.0.repo

[mongodb-org-5.0]
name=MongoDB Repository
baseurl=https://repo.mongodb.org/yum/amazon/2/mongodb-org/5.0/x86_64/
gpgcheck=1
enabled=1
gpgkey=https://www.mongodb.org/static/pgp/server-5.0.asc

Install MongoDB:
sudo yum install -y mongodb-org

Make MongoDB directories:

cd /  
sudo mkdir data 
sudo mkdir db  

Navigate back to the home directory:
cd /home/ec2-user

Start Mongo Service:
sudo service mongod start

Use MongoDB:
mongo
use mern

Create database owner:
db.createUser({ user: "my_user", pwd: "my_pwd", roles: ["dbOwner"] })

Create database documents:

db.members.insert({ firstName: "Bill", lastName: "Smith" })
db.members.insert({ firstName: "Bob", lastName: "Smith" })

Install mongoose and express
npm install mongoose express

Install PM globally:
npm install pm2 -g

Run the app:
pm2 start server.js