How to Deploy a Node.js App to Digital Ocean (Nginx, Ubuntu) 

Glad I could help

Howdy! Try something like this and let me know if it works server { root /var/www/example-domain.com; index index.html index.htm index.nginx-debian.html; server_name example-domain.com www.example-domain.com; location / { try_files $uri /index.html; } }

I'm not super sure, but I think if you use letsencrpt certbot, it will be http2. If you DO NOT setup HTTPS, I think its http1. If that doesnt work I think you set it like this in the code certbot generates: `listen 443 ssl http2;` And if all else fails, cloudflare CDN has http2 by default. You can check with this command in ur terminal tho: curl -I -v yourwebsite.com

same here, did you find the solution?

oh nvm i got it

Not 100% sure what you mean. You would deploy an iOS app with Apple on the app store, then deploy the NodeJS to a VPS (or something similar) and using API calls, they would talk to eachother. But yeah, this would work for the NodeJS portion.

@@Codebrah So when I was originally making my app, I followed your tutorial on the NodeJS for making the authentication system. That was a couple months ago so I am not more versed in NodeJS and I created the entire app using the same structure, and having all of my data on the MySQL server that you originally set up. If I were to follow this tutorial except use a domain of mine instead of the localhost but leave the port for the mySQL server the same in the code, would it still work. I am confused on whether I need to deploy the NodeJS and MySql portions separately or what. Thank You so much in advance.

​@@awesomecuber1222 So generally, I would setup MySQL on the VPS. Then use the VPS's localhost to connect to MySQL. This tutorial doesnt use MySql I think, but the setup process would be pretty easy. You would use the command "apt install mysql-server" to install MySQL on the server. After that run "sudo mysql_secure_installation" for security. Then use the command line to make your DB and tables (which you would want the same as the ones on your mac). Once you have all that setup, I think from there, all you would need to change is the socket path in your .env file: "SQL_SOCKET_PATH=/Applications"/MAMP/tmp/mysql/mysql.sock ... if that doesnt work you can find the socket path in "/etc/mysql/mysql.conf.d/mysqld.cnf". You would also need to change the SQL_USER and SQL_PASSWORD (in .env) if those are different. Maybe I'll try to make a video on how to actually deploy your app in that series. I'll see if I have an extra domain name to make it.

True but render can't really handle as complex apps. Not for as cheap atleast.

@@Codebrah oh thanks for clarfiying , can u please tell why u didn't use docker here

Why do you think so? So I can improve

@@Codebrah No, it looks like that because you need to enter so many commands. Someone need to have full focus and pause the video, rewind and continue to be good. Do not change anything. Anybody can config vps by looking this video. Looks like we hacking around but isnt that awesome to feel the power of linux. 😀

​@@Codebrahthe process itself is a bit frustrating but the video is great and helps make it less frustrating.