Dockerized Click Counter app app to deploy at AWS EC2 ubuntu instance

Get the source code here

Stack

• React
• Nodejs
• MongoDB

Docker notes

If docker is installed you can build and run images locally.

docker-compose up --build

Set the REACT_APP_API_URL variable in .env, based on your need.

Create a new EC2 instance (Ubuntu 18.04)

• Go to AWS EC2
• Launch instance
• Chose Ubuntu 18.04 64 bit ( you can choose as your need )
• Select Free tier eligible ( recommended for testing )
• In Configure Security Group add All traffic rule and allow from anywhere ( for testing only )
• Leave all settings as default
• Launch
• Create a key pair, and download it.

Connect EC2 instance from Windows machine

• Install PuTTY
• Open PuTTYgen, Load the downloaded *.pem file
• Save private key ( this will save a *.ppk file )
• Go to the AWS EC2
• Select the instance
• Click on connect
• Copy the name from ssh ( the part should start with ubuntu and end with .com )
• Open PuTTY ( NOT PuTTYgen! )
• Go Session, paste the copied name in Host Name (or IP address) leave port as 22
• Go Connection > SSH > Auth and browse the saved private key ( *.ppk ) in Private key file for authentication
• Click Open
• Click Yes ( if anything prompt up )

Configure docker in EC2 (Ubuntu 18.04)

Run the following commands to install docker and docker compose

sudo apt-get update

sudo apt-get install \
    apt-transport-https \
    ca-certificates \
    curl \
    gnupg-agent \
    software-properties-common

curl -fsSL https://download.docker.com/linux/ubuntu/gpg | sudo apt-key add -

apt-cache madison docker-ce

sudo apt install docker.io

sudo apt install docker-compose

Run this repo in AWS EC2 by following commands

git clone https://github.com/kamal-hossain/MERN-docker-ec2-deploy-practice

cd MERN-docker-ec2-deploy-practice

sudo docker-compose up --build

You can also run it background by adding -d flag

sudo docker-compose up --build -d

Confirm it by

sudo docker ps

Stop the containers

sudo docker-compose down

To access the app from browser do the followings:

• Select the instance in AWS EC2
• Copy the Public IPv4 address from Details
• Open it on browser

You can't access the IP if All traffic is not enabled in Security group from anywhere. (Or simillar settings)

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