1. Create Free AWS Account Create free AWS Account at https://aws.amazon.com/ 2. Create and Launch an EC2 instance and SSH into machine I would be creating a t2.medium ubuntu machine for this demo. 3. Install Node and NPM Option 1 — Installing Node.js with Apt from the Default Repositories sudo apt update Option 2 — Installing Node Using the Node Version Manager curl -o- https://raw.githubusercontent.com/nvm-sh/nvm/v0.39.3/install.sh curl -o- https://raw.githubusercontent.com/nvm-sh/nvm/v0.39.3/install.sh | bash source ~/.bashrc nvm list-remote Output . . . v18.0.0 v18.1.0 v18.2.0 v18.3.0 v18.4.0 v18.5.0 v18.6.0 v18.7.0 v18.8.0 .... nvm install v18.17.0 nvm list Output -> v14.10.0 v14.21.2 default -> v14.10.0 iojs -> N/A (default) unstable -> N/A (default) node -> stable (-> v14.21.2) (default) stable -> 14.21 (-> v14.21.2) (default) . . . 4. Clone your project from Github git clone https://github.com/your-repo-name/project-name 5. Install dependencies and test app sudo npm i pm2 -g pm2 start index # Other pm2 commands pm2 show app pm2 status pm2 restart app pm2 stop app pm2 logs (Show log stream) pm2 flush (Clear logs) # To make sure app starts when reboot pm2 startup ubuntu 6. Install NGINX and configure sudo apt install nginx sudo nano /etc/nginx/sites-available/default Add the following to the location part of the server block server_name yourdomain.com www.yourdomain.com; location / { proxy_pass http://localhost:8001; #whatever port your app runs on proxy_http_version 1.1; proxy_set_header Upgrade $http_upgrade; proxy_set_header Connection 'upgrade'; proxy_set_header Host $host; proxy_cache_bypass $http_upgrade; } # Check NGINX config sudo nginx -t # Restart NGINX sudo nginx -s reload 8. Add SSL with LetsEncrypt Method 1) sudo apt update sudo apt install snapd -y sudo snap install core sudo snap refresh core sudo snap install --classic certbot sudo ln -s /snap/bin/certbot /usr/bin/certbot certbot --version sudo certbot --nginx Click Enter Method 2) sudo add-apt-repository ppa:certbot/certbot sudo apt-get update sudo apt-get install python3-certbot-nginx sudo certbot --nginx -d yourdomain.com -d www.yourdomain.com # Only valid for 90 days, test the renewal process with certbot renew --dry-run