deploy a Node.JS application

In this article, we’ll explain how to get started with the Node.JS application Strapi.

Activate a Node.JS hosting package and SSL

1. For your domain name, order a Node.JS hosting package (currently only available for BETA testers)
2. In Plesk, make sure Let’s Encrypt is active for the domain name

Configure your git repository

1. Follow the git repository setup section on this page
2. Write down your Github Repository URL

Add your git Repository

1. Klik in het Plesk Dashboard op Install application en daarna op Deploy using Git
2. Click on the Add Repository button
3. As Repository URL, enter your Github Repository URL, for example: https://github.com/janjansen/strapi-plesk
4. Click Create
   

Create a database

1. In the Plesk Dashboard, click Databases
2. Create a database and remember the database name, username and password
   Look here for help regarding creating a database.

configure the hosting package

1. In Plesk, open the File Management page and open the httpdocs folder
2. Rename .env.example to .env
3. Open the file .env
4. Now fill in all the details

5. OST=0.0.0.0
   
   PORT=1337
   
   
   
   # `sqlite` or `mysql`
   
   DATABASE_CONNECTION_NAME=mysql
   
   
   
   DATABASE_HOST=localhost
   
   DATABASE_PORT=3306
   
   DATABASE_NAME=app_apidb
   
   DATABASE_USERNAME=app_apidbuser
   
   DATABASE_PASSWORD=XJX3yxt6gmx!due2twn
   
   
   
   # node -e "console.log(require('crypto').randomBytes(64).toString('base64'))"
   
   JWT_SECRET=
   
   ADMIN_JWT_SECRET
   
   

Starting your Node.JS application

1. In Plesk, click Install application again and then Node.js
   1. Select as Document Root folder the document.root folder in the httpdocs folder
   2. As the Application Startup File , select the file server.js
      
2. Click on Enable Node.JS button
   
   
3. Strapi has now started
   
   

install dependencies

1. In Plesk, click Node.JS and then NPM Install to install all dependencies