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Jay Sheth
Jay Sheth

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Deploy Web Application using Nginx and Docker on Ubuntu

Prerequisites:

  1. Ubuntu Machine
  2. Basic Docker knowledge
  3. Node and NPM on Local Device and Ubuntu
  4. Docker on Ubuntu machine

Flow:

  • On local machine create a React App if you don't already have 1 by following command
npx create-react-app react-app
cd react-app
npm start
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NOTE: You can name your project anything, I have kept it react-app in this demo

  • Create a Dockerfileon root level of react-app directory with below content.
FROM node:lts-alpine as build  # Use Node.js LTS Alpine image as build environment

WORKDIR /app  # Set working directory inside the container to /app

COPY package*.json ./  # Copy package.json and package-lock.json files to /app directory

RUN npm ci  # Install dependencies using npm's CI mode for faster and consistent builds

COPY . .  # Copy the rest of the application files to /app directory

RUN npm run build  # Build the application using npm script

FROM nginx:latest as prod  # Use the latest Nginx image as production environment

COPY --from=build /app/build /usr/share/nginx/html  # Copy built files from the previous stage to Nginx HTML directory

COPY nginx.conf /etc/nginx/nginx.conf  # Copy custom Nginx configuration file to override default configuration

EXPOSE 80/tcp  # Expose port 80 for incoming HTTP traffic

CMD ["/usr/sbin/nginx", "-g", "daemon off;"]  # Start Nginx server with daemon off for foreground execution

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  • We will also need to create a Nginx configuration file to listen for any connection at port 80. Create a new file name nginx.confat root level of project directory.
http {

  include mime.types;

  set_real_ip_from        0.0.0.0/0;
  real_ip_recursive       on;
  real_ip_header          X-Forward-For;
  limit_req_zone          $binary_remote_addr zone=mylimit:10m rate=10r/s;

  server {
    listen 80;
    server_name localhost;
    root /proxy;
    limit_req zone=mylimit burst=70 nodelay;

    location / {
            root   /usr/share/nginx/html;
            index  index.html index.htm;
            try_files $uri /index.html;   
    }
  }
}

events {}
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  • Push this code on GitHub Repo
  • Deploy Ubuntu machine on any cloud provider if you don't have setup on local device
  • On Ubuntu machine we need to node, npm, docker installed, if it is not configured then do so.
  • After installing node, npm, docker, pull the code from GitHub Repo & run these commands to run our application on server.
  • This command will create an image for the above mentioned dockerfile. docker build -t react-app-image:1.0.0 .
  • Now we will create a container for the image we created, by running the following command. docker run -d -p 80:80 --name react-server with-docker Now our application should running on the PORT 80. If you are using cloud for ubuntu machine then search in browser public_ip_of_machine:80, if you are deploying it on local device then open localhost:80 in browser.

BYE πŸ‘‹πŸ‘‹

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