Node.js is a JavaScript runtime environment which lets you easily build server-side applications. This post will explain how to set up a Cloud Server running Ubuntu 16.04 so that Node.js scripts run as a service, and configure the Apache server to make the script accessible from the web.
Install Node.js
Update your server’s packages and install curl with the following commands:
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install curl
Download the Node.js PPA:
curl -sL https://deb.nodesource.com/setup_6.x -o nodesource_setup.sh
Run the nodesource_setup.sh command to add the PPA to your server’s package cache:
sudo bash nodesource_setup.sh
Note: This script will update the server automatically. There is no need to run apt-get update a second time.
Install Node.js:
sudo apt-get install nodejs
This will automatically install npm as well.
Finally, install the build-essential package for npm:
sudo apt-get install build-essential
To access the Node.js script from the web, install the Apache modules proxy and proxy_http with the commands:
sudo a2enmod proxy
sudo a2enmod proxy_http
Once the installation is complete, restart Apache for the changes to take effect:
sudo service apache2 restart
Edit this file with your editor of choice, for example with the command:
sudo nano /etc/apache2/sites-available/example.com.conf
<VirtualHost *:80>
ServerName example.com
ProxyRequests Off
ProxyPreserveHost On
ProxyVia Full
<Proxy *>
Require all granted
</Proxy>
<Location /nodejs>
ProxyPass http://127.0.0.1:8080
ProxyPassReverse http://127.0.0.1:8080
</Location>
<Directory "/var/www/example.com/html">
AllowOverride All
</Directory>
</VirtualHost>
sudo services apache2 restart
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