📘Deploy an Express.js Application on Clouddley Triggr

Learn how to deploy an Express.js App on Triggr.

Clouddley Triggr makes it easy to deploy your Express.js application easily, ensuring zero downtime on your server. Express.js is a lightweight and flexible Node.js framework designed for building fast and scalable web applications. In this guide, we will walk you through the deployment process, showing you why Clouddley Triggr is the perfect choice for your deployments. So, let's begin!

Prerequisites

• A GitHub or Bitbucket Account.

• A Clouddley account.

• An Express.js application.

• A virtual machine on a Cloud platform or bare metal server.

Deploy an Express.js Application

Accessing Clouddley Triggr

• Open your web browser, log in to your Clouddley account

• Navigate to Triggr Apps and click on Deploy App

Accessing Triggr Apps

Step 1: Configure Service

• Choose your Git hosting service; either GitHub or Bitbucket. For this tutorial, we will be using GitHub.

• Click on Continue with GitHub

Choose your Git hosting service

Step 2: Configure Git

• To connect your GitHub user or organization account, click the Select username/organization dropdown and Add GitHub account.

• Select your repository and the branch from the dropdown list or quickly search.

• Click on NEXT

Setup the Express.js application repository on Triggr

Step 3: Configure your Virtual Machine

• To configure your VM, insert your VM hostname or IP address, VM user, and the VM port for SSH access.

• Use the Clouddley CLI (recommended) or connect via SSH to verify.

Clouddley CLI

The Clouddley CLI is a command-line tool that allows you to interact with the Clouddley Platform from your terminal.

• Open the command line of the remote VM you want to configure to Clouddley and install Clouddley CLI by running the command:

curl -L https://raw.githubusercontent.com/clouddley/cli/main/install.sh | sh

• To install Triggr, run the command:

clouddley triggr install

Using the CLI, you can deploy resources, manage configurations, and automate tasks efficiently.

SSH

• Download the public key to your local machine.

• Run the provided command in your local machine allowing Triggr to connect to your virtual machine.

ssh-copy-id -f -i ~/path/to/downloaded/Publickey username@ipaddress

Replace ~/path/to/downloaded/Publickey ,username and ipaddress with your actual values.

• Click on Verify. This verifies the connection.

• Click on NEXT

Configuration of virtual machine on Triggr

Step 4: Configure app settings

Insert the name of the application and its port.

Configure the App name and port

The firewall of the virtual machine should allow access to the application port.

Step 5: Configure Environment Variables

• To add environment variables, click on ➕ Add Variable
• Choose an ENV mode: either a single variable or import variables. Learn more here.

Single Variable

Single variable ENV mode

Import Variables

Import variables ENV mode

• Add the key-value pairs and Click on Save

• Click on NEXT

Adding environment variables

Step 6: Setup Notifications (optional)

• To configure the notification settings of the application, click on ➕ Add Alert
• Select the Alert type. For this tutorial, we will set up Email alerts.

• Toggle on the buttons of the deployment event (failed, timed out, or success) you want to be notified of.

• Enter the Email address where you want to receive alerts. (You can add multiple email addresses)

• Click on Save

• Click on Deploy

Notifications set up and creation of Express.js application on Triggr

Step 7: Test and Verify the app

• Click on Go to Dashboard. Your app will be visible on the Triggr apps dashboard.

• After the app deployment is complete, the app status changes from deploying to running

Express.js application dashboard overview

• Click on 🌐 Website at the top right corner of the page, this opens the URL of the deployed application in your browser.
• You can test the application functionalities.

Express.js application running from Triggr on a cloud virtual machine

The Express.js application has been successfully deployed on Triggr. You can manage it from the application dashboard by selecting the three-dot menu (…) in the top-right corner, where you will find options to Edit, Instant Rollback, Scale, Pause, or Delete the deployment.

Additionally, you can navigate through the dashboard tabs to:

• View deployment history

• Access and download logs

• Add a custom domain

• View and manage environment variables

Conclusion

You've successfully deployed an Express.js application on Clouddley Triggr! Feel free to explore the source code for this application here. Additionally, check out our how-to guides to learn more about deploying different frameworks on Clouddley Triggr.