Deploy Node.js Apps with Flightplan
##Setup your server (this would ideally be done with automated provisioning)
npm install -g forever
##Install flightplan
npm install -g flightplan
npm install flightplan --save-dev
var plan = require('flightplan');
var appName = 'node-app';
var username = 'deploy';
var startFile = 'bin/www';
var tmpDir = appName+'-' + new Date().getTime();
// configuration
plan.target('staging', [
{
host: '104.131.93.214',
username: username,
agent: process.env.SSH_AUTH_SOCK
}
]);
plan.target('production', [
{
host: '104.131.93.215',
username: username,
agent: process.env.SSH_AUTH_SOCK
},
//add in another server if you have more than one
// {
// host: '104.131.93.216',
// username: username,
// agent: process.env.SSH_AUTH_SOCK
// }
]);
// run commands on localhost
plan.local(function(local) {
// uncomment these if you need to run a build on your machine first
// local.log('Run build');
// local.exec('gulp build');
local.log('Copy files to remote hosts');
var filesToCopy = local.exec('git ls-files', {silent: true});
// rsync files to all the destination's hosts
local.transfer(filesToCopy, '/tmp/' + tmpDir);
});
// run commands on remote hosts (destinations)
plan.remote(function(remote) {
remote.log('Move folder to root');
remote.sudo('cp -R /tmp/' + tmpDir + ' ~', {user: username});
remote.rm('-rf /tmp/' + tmpDir);
remote.log('Install dependencies');
remote.sudo('npm --production --prefix ~/' + tmpDir + ' install ~/' + tmpDir, {user: username});
remote.log('Reload application');
remote.sudo('ln -snf ~/' + tmpDir + ' ~/'+appName, {user: username});
remote.exec('forever stop ~/'+appName+'/'+startFile, {failsafe: true});
remote.exec('forever start ~/'+appName+'/'+startFile);
});
##Deploy!
fly staging
or fly production
##Take it to the next level Run your node app as a system service so it runs after server reboots