Deploy a Loopback API
Loopback is a highly-extensible, open-source Node.js framework that enables you to create dynamic end-to-end REST APIs with little or no coding.
Prerequisite
Install Loopback on server
When building your app in production, depending on how you have your build script setup in package.json, you may need to install Loopback's CLI on your
server. If so, SSH into your server and run the following:
npm i -g @loopback/cli
Step 1: Add A NodeJS SSR Site
On an existing server, click Add Site to add a new site to your server.
Select the NodeJS SSR option and enter the remainder site details and click Add to create the new site on your server.
Cleavr will automatically install NodeJS on your server if NodeJS has not already been installed.
Step 2: Configure Deployment Workflow
After the site has successfully installed, you'll now need to create a deployment workflow and deploy out your application.
In the deployment workflow section, you'll notice that a new deployment workflow was automatically created after the NodeJS site was added. This is a basic deployment workflow shell that you can use to complete the setup of your deployment workflow. Click on Complete Setup on the deployment workflow.
Configure the VC Provider, Repository, and Branch To Deploy fields on the Settings > Code Repository tab and then click Update.
Next, on the NPM Build tab, add the following:
- Entry Point: index.js
- Build Command: npm run build --production
- CWD Path: append
/distto the end Click Update.
You may need to update the entry point, arguments, build command, and/or cwd path fields based on your package.json file settings. The above works for the standard defaults.
Step 3: Deploy!
If everything looks good, go to the deployments section and deploy! 🚀