Pretty simple use case. I’m building an HTML page that uses npm during build.
When I try and upload this to my S3 instance, it fails as symlinks aren’t supported.
So I spun up a node.js instance (assuming that’s what I need for node_modules) here but I have no idea how to upload my files? Can someone please point me in the right direction? I’m really new to all of this stuff.
Thanks, Matt
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Thanks for the quick and helpful response Bobby.
Am I correct in saying that I need to do this first?
Bless you Bobby, you’ve just saved me hours of frustration.
Really appreciate it mate.
Hi there @MatthewBibby,
There are a couple of ways you could use to upload your files to your server:
- Push your project to GitHub and then use the
git clonecommand to clone the project on your server. You can follow the steps here on how to push your project to GitHub:
https://www.digitalocean.com/community/tutorials/how-to-push-an-existing-project-to-github
- You can use SFTP to upload your files directly to the server rather than going through GitHub:
https://www.digitalocean.com/docs/droplets/how-to/transfer-files/
I would recommend using GitHub, that way you will have your project stored in there as well and you will be able to track your changes.
Another option would be to try out the new DigitalOcean App platform:
https://www.digitalocean.com/docs/app-platform/languages-frameworks/node/
That way you will not have to manage the servers yourself.
Regards, Bobby
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