Run node src/index.js to get the API running.
Ensure that src/connection.js is populated with your database details:
module.exports = {
host: HOSTNAME,
user: USERNAME,
password: PASSWORD,
database: DATABASE,
};
Assuming npm is installed on your server, run sudo npm install -g pm2 to install PM2 globally. It will be used to keep the server running permanently.
Easiest way is using GitHub to sync the repo to public_html/[root], but you can just upload the entire repository to the folder.
Ensure that .htaccess in public_html/[root] (or where the project will live) contains the following:
DirectoryIndex disabled
RewriteEngine On
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ http://127.0.0.1:3000/$1 [P,L]
RewriteRule ^$ http://127.0.0.1:3000/ [P,L]
This ensures that all requests sent to this path will be redirected to our localhost server instead.
Run pm2 start src/index.js --name CUSTOM_NAME to start the server. Give it a custom name to make it easily identifiable if it ever stops or needs restarting.
pm2 list prints out the status of all processes. pm2 stop CUSTOM_NAME stops the server and pm2 delete CUSTOM_NAME removes it from the listing.
This ensures API requests are redirected properly to Express.