How to deploy node.js applications #1 - spin up a server @learncodeacademy

Uploaded December 2014 | Updated September 2026, 1 week ago

This 3-part series covers deployment of nodejs applications.
- You'll spin up and provision a server on digital ocean
Promo Link for $10 server credits: digitalocean.com/?refcode=e9550355a3d6
- Setup automated deployment
- Then refine the deployment of your app to run as an upstart service

Prerequisite video!
- SSH Tutorial: youtube.com/watch?v=DbPDraCYju8

What we're doing in these videos is called automated-deployment. It's a part of devOps. DevOps is a set of tools/practices that focus on having a streamlined, heavily automated and reliable strategy development, deployment & monitoring of web applications.

We're going to setup a way to deploy our node app with a single command.

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