oankarberg/minimal-typescript-express

Minimal template repo for Node.js with Typescript & Express

minimal-typescript-express

Starter repo for Node.js (with typescript) applications with Express. This template repo can also be used to accelerate deployment of PoC to GCP.

yarn

yarn run dev

Dockerize

docker build --platform=linux/amd64 -t minimal-typescript-express .

docker run -p 3000:3000 minimal-typescript-express

Deploy to GCP Cloud Run

1. Install Google Cloud CLI

2. Setup Artifact Registry for docker images in GCP

./gcp_setup_docker_repo.sh --name minimal-typescript-express --project_id your-gcp-project-id

3. Deploy to GCP Cloud Run. Creates an accessible instance.

./gcp_deploy.sh --name minimal-typescript-express --project_id your-gcp-project-id

4. Setup Load balancing and Static IP

./gcp_setup_loadbalancing.sh --name minimal-typescript-express --project_id your-gcp-project-id

5. Create A records for your domain www.example.com and example.com

   List your created Static IP. You should be able to access Cloud Run service on the IP address within 10 minutes.

gcloud compute addresses list

and setup A records on your domain registrar

www                   A        30.90.80.100
@                     A        30.90.80.100

4. Cleaning up

Delete all created resources

./gcp_cleanup.sh --name minimal-typescript-express --project_id your-gcp-project-id

Manual deploy

1. Auth to gcp

gcloud auth login

2. Set active gcp project

PROJECT_ID=my_gcp_project_id
gcloud config set project $PROJECT_ID

3. Tag docker image and push to gcp repo.

docker tag $APP_NAME eu.gcr.io/$PROJECT_ID/minimal-typescript-express
docker push eu.gcr.io/$PROJECT_ID/minimal-typescript-express

4. Deploy to Cloud Run

gcloud run deploy minimal-typescript-express --image eu.gcr.io/$PROJECT_ID/minimal-typescript-express \
        --platform managed \
        --region europe-north1 \
        --allow-unauthenticated

gcloud run services list

Deleting cloud run service

gcloud run services delete minimal-typescript-express