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Node.js

JavaScript runtime for web apps, APIs, and CLI tools

🐧 Linux🍎 Mac🪟 Windows
Reviewed: Tested on: Kubernetes 1.29 · Terraform 1.8 · Ubuntu 22.04

What is this?

Node.js runs JavaScript on the server — the foundation of npm, Express, and most frontend tooling.

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Step 01

Install Node.js

(01)Install Node.js

Linux
1curl -fsSL https://deb.nodesource.com/setup_20.x | sudo -E bash -
2sudo apt-get install -y nodejs
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Step 02

Configure Node.js

(01)Configure Node.js

Linux
1node --version
2npm init -y
3npm install express
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Step 03

Verify

(01)Verify installation

Linux
1node -e "console.log('OK')"
2npm --version

📋Config templates

1 YAML template for Node.js. Copy and deploy after setup.

1 ready-to-copy template. Expand one, copy the YAML, then run the deploy commands.

docker-compose.yml

Node API, Redis cache, MongoDB with named volumes

yaml
1services:
2  api:
3    build: .
4    ports:
5      - "3000:3000"
6    environment:
7      REDIS_URL: redis://redis:6379
8      MONGO_URL: mongodb://mongo:27017/app
9    depends_on:
10      - redis
11      - mongo
12 
13  redis:
14    image: redis:7-alpine
15    ports:
16      - "6379:6379"
17    volumes:
18      - redis_data:/data
19 
20  mongo:
21    image: mongo:7
22    ports:
23      - "27017:27017"
24    volumes:
25      - mongo_data:/data/db
26 
27volumes:
28  redis_data:
29  mongo_data:

Dockerfile

dockerfile
1FROM node:20-alpine
2WORKDIR /app
3COPY package*.json ./
4RUN npm ci --omit=dev
5COPY . .
6EXPOSE 3000
7CMD ["node", "server.js"]
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Step 01

Run Node + Redis + Mongo

(01)Start stack

Linux
1docker compose up -d --build
2docker compose ps
3docker compose logs -f

(02)Stop

Linux
1docker compose down