📗Deploy a Nestjs Application on Clouddley Apps

Learn how to deploy a Nestjs app on Clouddley Apps

After choosing Nest.js as your framework to build a scalable Node.js application, you can leverage Clouddley Apps, a SaaS platform to deploy your application. This guide will walk you through the process of building a Nest.js application from the ground up and deploying it on AWS using Clouddley Apps.

Prerequisites

• Install NPM and Nodejs

• A Clouddley account

• In your Clouddley account, create the following:

  • Cloud secret key

  • Git connection

  • A project

• AWS account

Create and Deploy App

Step 1

Install Nestjs CLI

• In your terminal, run the command

npm i -g @nestjs/cli

Screenshot of Nestjs CLI Installation

Step 2

Create a new Nestjs project

• Type in this command in your CLI

nest new project-name

• Select the package manager of your choice. Select npm

Screenshot of creating new Nestjs app

• Wait while your template is being generated. Once it's complete, you should see the following output :

Screenshot of Successfully generated Nestjs template

Step 3

Test your Nestjs app on your browser

Screenshot of Nestjs app running locally

Step 4

Create a repository and push your code to GitHub

• Run the commands below:

echo "# nestjs-app" >> README.md
git init
git add README.md
git commit -m "first commit"
git branch -M main
git remote add origin https://github.com/username/nestjs-app.git # add your repo URL here
git push -u origin main

Feel free to explore our source code here

Step 5

Create an App on Clouddley Apps

• Sign in to your Clouddley account and navigate to the Apps section.

• Then, select Add app to initiate the creation of a new application.

Clouddley apps dashboard

Step 6

Enable Git integration for your Clouddley Apps

• Configure Git settings by selecting the Username/Organization, source code repository, and preferred branch.

Configure Git on Clouddley Apps

Step 7

Configure your Cloud Provider

• To set up the cloud provider, choose the desired Git connection for configuration.

Set up Git connection

Step 8

Configure your Application

To set up your application, follow these steps:

• Enter your application's name.

• Choose the project.

• Set the application's port.

• Select the repository type source code.

• Select the runtime; in this case, we'll use Node.js 16.

• Enter the build command:

  npm i && npm run build

• Enter the start command:

  npm run start

Step 9

Configure your App settings

• Networking: Configure how your service establishes connections with other applications, services, and resources. Within Clouddley apps, you have the option to select between Public access and VPC connections.

Public Access

Your service has the capability to transmit outgoing messages exclusively to public network endpoints. This is the default networking.

VPC Connections

Your service establishes connections to both an AWS VPC and public endpoints. A case scenario is when you have a database in an AWS VPC that your app communicates with. After clicking on the check box, set this up with the following steps;

• Click on Select the VPC connector

• Click on Add VPC Connection

• Input a name for the VPC Connector

• Select the VPC, subnets, and security groups you want to use.

• Click on the Add button

You've created a new VPC connector!Step 9

You've created a new VPC connector!

Step 10

Create your App

• Select Create App. This action will direct you to your app dashboard, and once the app deployment finishes, the app status transitions from deploying to running

• Your application is now accessible via the URL displayed on your app dashboard.

Nestjs App running on Clouddley Apps

You’ve successfully deployed your Nestjs application on Clouddley Apps.

Conclusion

With your Nest.js Application successfully deployed on Clouddley Apps, you've established a solid foundation for a smooth user experience, creating opportunities for future expansion and scalability. Now, you can enhance your application by creating additional features and customizations. You can also check out how to deploy other frameworks here.