Hosting backend on EC2 with Github actions

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Create AWS EC2 Instance

• Go to the AWS Management Console. Launch a new EC2 instance.

• Set security rules:

  • Click on "Security" in the EC2 dashboard.
  • Click "Security Groups."
  • Select your security group and click "Edit Inbound Rules."
  • Click "Add Rules."
  • Set the type to "Custom TCP."
  • Set the port range to '80.'
  • Set the source to '0.0.0.0.'
  • Save the rules.
  • Check the EC2 instance and click "Connect."

• Click "SSH Client" and run the SSH command with sudo to connect to the EC2 instance.

• Set up GitHub Actions Runner

• On GitHub:

  • Go to your repository settings.
  • Click on "Actions" and then "Runner."

• Follow these instructions to install GitHub Actions on your EC2 instance:

SSH into your EC2 instance. Run the following commands on the EC2 instance:

sudo apt update
sudo apt install nodejs npm nginx
sudo npm install -g pm2
sudo ./svc.sh install
sudo ./svc.sh start
cd _work  # Move to that directory
sudo pm2 start dist/main.js --name=<app-name>
sudo pm2 restart <app-name>
cd etc/nginx/sites-available
sudo nano default

• Add the following code to the Nginx configuration: nginx

location /api/ {
    proxy_pass  http://localhost:3000/;
    proxy_set_header Host $host;
    proxy_set_header X-Real-IP $remote_addr;
    proxy_set_header X-Forwarded-For $proxy_add_x_forwarded_for;
}

Restart Nginx:

  sudo systemctl restart nginx

Voila, your GitHub Actions runner should now be set up on your EC2 instance!