freeCodeCamp/docs/flight-manuals/02-spinning-api-instances.md

Provisioning VMs with API Code and starting up services

1. Install Node LTS.

2. Update npm and install PM2 and setup logrotate and startup on boot

   npm i -g npm
   npm i -g pm2
   pm2 install pm2-logrotate
   pm2 startup
   

3. Clone freeCodeCamp, setup env and keys, install dependencies, and make first build.

   git clone https://github.com/freeCodeCamp/freeCodeCamp.git
   cd freeCodeCamp
   

   Create the .env from the secure credentials storage.

   npm ci
   

   npm run ensure-env && npm run build:server
   

4. Start Instances

   cd api-server
   pm2 start production-start.js -i max --max-memory-restart 600M --name org
   

5. Logging, Monitoring and Reloading on updates to code changes

   pm2 logs
   

   pm2 monitor
   

   pm2 reload all --update-env && pm2 logs