Nginx PM2 Strapi v4 - atabegruslan/Notes GitHub Wiki

Run Strapi using PM2

Run either via server.js or via ecosystem.config.js

Typical ecosystem.config.js

module.exports = {
  apps: [
    {
      name: 'strapi',
      cwd: '/home/strapiuser/Strapi', // Path where Strapi is present
      script: 'npm',
      args: 'start',
      env: {
        NODE_ENV: 'production',
        DATABASE_HOST: 'localhost', // database endpoint
        DATABASE_PORT: '',
        DATABASE_NAME: '', // DB name
        DATABASE_USERNAME: '', // your username for psql
        DATABASE_PASSWORD: '', // your password for psql
      },
    },
  ],
};

Restart:

pm2 list

pm2 restart {number}

Nginx proxy setup

server {
    listen 80;
    listen [::]:80;

    server_name your.domain.com;

    location / {
        proxy_pass http://127.0.0.1:1338;
        proxy_set_header Host $http_host;
        proxy_set_header X-Real-IP $remote_addr;
        proxy_set_header X-Forwarded-For $proxy_add_x_forwarded_for;
        proxy_set_header X-Forwarded-Proto $scheme;
        proxy_http_version 1.1;
        proxy_set_header Upgrade $http_upgrade;
        proxy_set_header Connection "upgrade";
    }
}

Add an A Entry to your DNS settings

HTTPS

sudo certbot --nginx -d your.domain.com -n -m [email protected] --agree-tos

server {
    server_name your.domain.com;

    location / {
        proxy_pass http://127.0.0.1:1338;
        proxy_set_header Host $http_host;
        proxy_set_header X-Real-IP $remote_addr;
        proxy_set_header X-Forwarded-For $proxy_add_x_forwarded_for;
        proxy_set_header X-Forwarded-Proto $scheme;
        proxy_http_version 1.1;
        proxy_set_header Upgrade $http_upgrade;
        proxy_set_header Connection "upgrade";
    }

    listen [::]:443 ssl ipv6only=on; # managed by Certbot
    listen 443 ssl; # managed by Certbot
    ssl_certificate /etc/letsencrypt/live/your.domain.com/fullchain.pem; # managed by Certbot
    ssl_certificate_key /etc/letsencrypt/live/your.domain.com/privkey.pem; # managed by Certbot
    include /etc/letsencrypt/options-ssl-nginx.conf; # managed by Certbot
    ssl_dhparam /etc/letsencrypt/ssl-dhparams.pem; # managed by Certbot
}
server {
    if ($host = your.domain.com) {
        return 301 https://$host$request_uri;
    } # managed by Certbot


    listen 80;
    listen [::]:80;

    server_name your.domain.com;
    return 404; # managed by Certbot
}

Check config file: nginx -t

Older server OSs: service nginx restart

Newer server OSs: systemctl restart nginx

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