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
14.x LTS
curl -sL https://deb.nodesource.com/setup_14.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
Last updated: 4th February 2021
First published: 16th August 2018
First published: 16th August 2018