yvesgurcan/gloria-server

Gloria Server

Main dependencies

• Node
• Express
• Socket.io

Setup

npm i

Development

npm run dev

A Node microservice will start listening for requests at localhost:3000.

Deployment

npm version patch

AWS CLI

Follow these steps if you haven't installed the AWS CLI on your machine:

• Install the AWS CLI: https://docs.aws.amazon.com/cli/latest/userguide/install-cliv2-mac.html.
• Verify that the CLI was installed: https://docs.aws.amazon.com/cli/latest/userguide/install-cliv2-mac.html#cliv2-mac-install-confirm.
• More info about the AWS CLI: https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AWSCloudFormation/latest/UserGuide/cfn-using-cli.html

Create stack

You can deploy this microservice on AWS EC2 thanks to the AWS CLI and AWS CloudFormation.

aws cloudformation create-stack --stack-name ec2-deploy-test --template-body file://template.yml

Delete stack

If you want to delete a previously deployed stack:

aws cloudformation delete-stack --stack-name ec2-deploy-test

Deleted EC2 instances will disappear after 10-20 minutes.

Upload certificate to AWS IAM

aws iam upload-server-certificate --server-certificate-name websocket-test --certificate-body file://server.cert --private-key file://server.key

Useful links

• CloudFormation templates: https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AWSCloudFormation/latest/UserGuide/gettingstarted.templatebasics.html
• https://www.tothenew.com/blog/launching-an-aws-ec2-instance-using-cloudformation-template/
• https://flaviocopes.com/express-https-self-signed-certificate/
• https://hackernoon.com/how-to-set-up-https-for-your-domain-on-aws-8f771686603d