Hi,
I have followed the below tutorials to get set up with an Ubuntu 16.04 server running NodeJS, NGINX, and with SSL set up via Let’s Encrypt: https://www.digitalocean.com/community/tutorials/initial-server-setup-with-ubuntu-16-04 https://www.digitalocean.com/community/tutorials/how-to-set-up-a-node-js-application-for-production-on-ubuntu-16-04 https://www.digitalocean.com/community/tutorials/how-to-secure-nginx-with-let-s-encrypt-on-ubuntu-16-04 https://www.digitalocean.com/community/tutorials/how-to-install-nginx-on-ubuntu-16-04
All works pretty well in that my own domain now points to my droplet and I can connect under SSL and get to the NGINX Welcome page.
However I have deployed my express app to /home/stuart/<project-name> but I cannot access its home route (‘/’). Locally the app runs at port 3000
var port = normalizePort(process.env.PORT || '3000');
app.set('port', port);
In NGINX my sites-available/defaults has a server block
root /var/www/html;
# Add index.php to the list if you are using PHP
index index.html index.htm index.nginx-debian.html;
server_name <mydomain> www.<mydomain>; //the actual file has my domain name in
location / {
# First attempt to serve request as file, then
# as directory, then fall back to displaying a 404.
try_files $uri $uri/ =404;
}
My sites-enabled/defaults has a server block
root /var/www/html;
# Add index.php to the list if you are using PHP
index index.html index.htm index.nginx-debian.html;
server_name <mydomain> www.<mydomain>;
location / {
# First attempt to serve request as file, then
# as directory, then fall back to displaying a 404.
try_files $uri $uri/ =404;
}
Do I need to just clone my express app into /var/www/html and modify the defaults in sites-available and sites-enabled to root /var/www/html/<appname>;
?
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ok solved this. Just had to add
in the location object of the server block