Install NodeJS

Below are the instructions to install nodejs on a debian based distribution such as Ubuntu.

Ubuntu 18.04 - Native Packages

sudo apt update && \
sudo apt install npm node-gyp nodejs-dev libssl1.0-dev -y

12.x LTS

curl -sL https://deb.nodesource.com/setup_12.x | sudo -E bash - \
  && sudo apt-get install -y nodejs -y

13.8

curl -sL https://deb.nodesource.com/setup_13.x | sudo -E bash - \
  && sudo apt-get install -y nodejs -y

Running the webserver

Add the bin folder to your path, then simply execute:

node [serverFile.js]

This will run node on a single thread. If you have multiple vCPUs then you may wish to run Nginx or Apache as the HTTP handler which calls node.

References

• nodejs website
• nodejs website - Installing Node.js via package manager