pg-rest-api/doc/deployment-with-pm2.md

Deployment with pm2

• archive project and copy onto host system

cd ..
tar -czvf <archive name>.tar.gz --exclude={"postgres-gtfs-rest-api/.git","postgres-gtfs-rest-api/node_modules"} postgres-gtfs-rest-api/
scp -P <host ssh port> <archive name>.tar.gz  <user>@<host>.<domain>:~

• Setup Node.js and NPM on target system

• copy service source into the working folder

sudo tar -xzf ~/<archive name>.tar.gz -C /opt/

• install dependencies

cd /opt/<archive name>
npm i

• set up service environment on host system

sudo vi /opt/<archive name>/.env

• define the following environment variables

DB_HOST=<host running database>
DB_PORT=<port of host running database>
DB_USER=<user granted permissions for database>
DB_PASSWORD=<user key>
DB_NAME=<database name>
NODE_ENV=<node environment mode>
PORT=<port offering this service>

• setup pm2 like this

• configure web server as proxy for instance with this example config file for Apache2

• if service shall be provided to other consumers than localhost, adjust firewall accordingsly