Deploying a Meteor.JS app to digital ocean servers.

Question

Hi!

I am relatively new to server side development. But I am very interested in learning how to deploy my meteor.js app to my digital ocean account.

I am wondering if it would be possible to develop a step-by-step tutorial to guide me through this process?

Thanks!

Andrew SB · Answer

Getting set up with Meteor.JS is simple, just run:


curl https://install.meteor.com/ | sh
meteor create ~/my_cool_app
cd ~/my_cool_app
meteor

Now the bare bones app is running at http://your.ip.address:3000

There are a number of ways to deploy a Meteor app you developed locally. Check out:

http://docs.meteor.com/#deploying

If you create a bundle of your app with:


meteor bundle myapp.tgz

You can copy that to a DigitalOcean droplet and extract it there. You’ll need need node.js and MongoDB installed. You can then extract and run it with:


PORT=3000 MONGO_URL=mongodb://localhost:27017/myapp node bundle/main.js

To install node.js see:

https://www.digitalocean.com/community/articles/how-to-install-node-js-on-an-ubuntu-14-04-server

To install MongoDB, see:

https://www.digitalocean.com/community/articles/how-to-install-mongodb-on-ubuntu-12-04

Let us know how it goes!

arunodasusiripala · Answer

Use Meteor Up[0]. It it used by many developers to deploy their Meteor app specially on DO.

[0] - https://github.com/arunoda/meteor-up

JoshJoe · Answer

You might also need this command (if you are having a problem running meteorite). Also, remember that you don’t need node or npm, just run the command that Andrew gives above (curl https://install.meteor.com/ | sh) and meteor brings in node and npm. export PATH=~/.meteor/tools/latest/bin:$PATH

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