Question
Running static reactjs server from nodejs App Platform
- Posted on June 14, 2023
- DigitalOcean App PlatformNode.jsReact
Asked by anthony browne
Hi, I have a React application on the App Platform and wish to serve the static build file. Within settings you can set the #### Commands, there’s two at current on the platform. Build Commands and Run Commands.
I’m currently running an ##### Ubuntu 18.04 stack with Node.js [latest].
I want to be able to run the serve build command as suggested in https://create-react-app.dev/docs/deployment/ for deploying a create-react-app. However, I am unsure if I’m able to globally install and run the npm package serve and have it serve the build directory for my app.
At current I just have the run command running npm start which runs the local development create-react-app server.
Any ideas? Thanks
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Hi there,
Indeed, rather than deploy your React app as a web service to the App Platform and running the development server with
npm start, you can deploy your app as a static website.You can follow this step-by-step tutorial on how to do that here:
Mainly follow step 3, which describes how to configure your component as a static website that will run
npm run buildand deploy the build assets rather running the development server.Hope that this helps!
Let me know if you have any questions!
Best,
Bobby