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AWS API Gateway - EC2 Integration (Console + Terraform | Backend | Endpoint | HTTP | Node JS)

  • You can find the source code for this video in my GitHub Repo.

Intro

In this video, I'll show you how to integrate AWS API Gateway with EC2 instances using AWS console and terraform.

Install Expres App on Ubuntu

Secure private key.

sudo chmod 600 ~/Downloads/devops.pem

SSH to the Ubuntu.

ssh -i ~/Downloads/devops.pem ubuntu@<ip>

Update package list.

sudo apt update

Install NodeJS and npm package manager.

sudo apt -y install nodejs npm

Clone GitHub repo.

cd /opt
sudo git clone -b 118 https://github.com/antonputra/tutorials.git

Update owner on the folder.

sudo chown -R ubuntu:ubuntu /opt/tutorials/

Install dependencies.

cd tutorials/lessons/118/my-app/
npm ci

Create systemd file.

sudo vim /etc/systemd/system/my-app.service
/etc/systemd/system/my-app.service
[Unit]
Description=My App

[Service]
Type=simple
ExecStart=/usr/bin/node /opt/tutorials/lessons/118/my-app/app.js
WorkingDirectory=/opt/tutorials/lessons/118/my-app/

User=nobody
Group=nogroup

# Environment variables:
Environment=NODE_ENV=production

# Allow many incoming connections
LimitNOFILE=infinity

# Allow core dumps for debugging
LimitCORE=infinity

StandardInput=null
StandardOutput=syslog
StandardError=syslog
SyslogIdentifier=my-app

# Restart service after 10 seconds if node service crashes
Restart=always
RestartSec=10

[Install]
WantedBy=multi-user.target

Enable the service.

sudo systemctl enable my-app.service

Start the service.

sudo systemctl start my-app.service

Check status of the service.

sudo systemctl status my-app.service

Check log for errors.

journalctl -u my-app -f --no-pager

The rest of the tutorial you can find in the video and the source code in my github repository.

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