Meteor.js is a framework for JavaScript that allows us to write JavaScript code reusable in both client and server-side. Whereas, pm2-meteor is a CLI tool that will establish the Meteor app as a Node.js bundle and run with PM2.

I have seen many developers face issues in deploying the code in meteor.js. Some of my colleagues have asked for my help on several occasions. This gave a birth to an idea of creating a blog post for the same. So without further ado, let me share an effective solution in easy steps to deploy code with only one command :)

Note:After reading this blog, you’ll be able to learn following things:

1. How to install node.js through command prompt?
2. How to install npm ?
3. How to install pm2 ?
4. How to install nginx ?
5. How to install pm2-meteor ?
6. How to deploy code with pm2-meteor ?

Requirements: Before you start the pm2-meteor setup and configuration, you must have these things in your host:

Install nodejs and npm

$ ssh host
$ sudo apt-get install nodejs
$ sudo apt-get install npm

Install pm2

$ sudo npm i -g pm2

Install nginx

$ sudo apt-get install nginx

Here is a step by step guide to learn ways to deploy your code either from local environment or from any git account.

Step1: Firstly, on the host you have to configure nginx to use ssl and redirection to meteor port. The whole process of setting Nginx in host is given here

Step2: Mogodb setup in host / Install MongoDB server

$ sudo apt-get install mongodb-server

Step3: Setup local system

• Install pm2-meteor in local

$ npm i pm2-meteor -g

• Create pm2-meteor config file in json extension that will execute to deploy the code to server. Here I am creating a folder in project and putting the json file there.

$ cd path-to-meteor-app
$ mkdir .deployment && cd .deployment

• Init pm2-meteor setting file

$ pm2-meteor init

• Edit the created pm2-meteor.json in the .deployment folder

{
 "appName": "meteor-app",
 "appLocation": {
  "local": "path-to-meteor-app"
 },
 // Path to the meteor settings
 "meteorSettingsLocation": "path-to-meteor-app/settings.json",
 "meteorBuildFlags": "--architecture os.linux.x86_64",
 "env": {
  "ROOT_URL": "https://example.com",
  "PORT": 8000,
  "MONGO_URL": "mongodb://mongodbuser:**password**@27017/meteor-app"
 },
 "server": {
  "host": "example.com",
  "username": "ubuntu",
  "pem": "~/.ssh/my-key.pem",
  "deploymentDir": "/home/ubuntu/meteor-apps",
  "loadProfile": "",
  "exec_mode": "cluster_mode",
  "instances": 2
 }
}

Step 4: Use deploy command of pm2-meteor from local to deploy, for this you have to go to your .deployment folder and run the following command:

$ pm2-meteor deploy

Above command will deploy your code to server.

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