About this tag
This node.js deployment tag covers practical guidance for moving Express and similar Node.js applications from development to public service on Ubuntu VPS infrastructure. Recurring topics include installing a pinned Node.js runtime, using npm ci for reproducible locked dependencies, keeping processes running with PM2, and placing NGINX in front of the application as a reverse proxy. The discussions also address HTTPS and TLS, forwarding client and protocol headers correctly, proxy-aware application settings, persistent service configuration, and deployment paths that can fail safely. They distinguish self-managed VPS deployments from Hostinger’s managed Node.js Web App hosting and focus on correcting production details that tutorials may omit.
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    Hostinger Node.js Guide Misses npm ci and NGINX Headers

    Hostinger’s updated Node.js deployment guide lays out the familiar path from a local Express application to a public service: commit code, install Node.js, keep the process alive with PM2, put NGINX in front of it, and add HTTPS. That sequence is sound, but the production-ready version needs two...
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    Hostinger Node.js VPS: Fix npm ci, PM2 and NGINX Proxy — Megathread

    Hostinger’s updated Node.js deployment guide gets the broad sequence right—prepare the app, install Node.js, keep it alive with PM2, put NGINX in front of it, and enable TLS—but its VPS recipe still leaves out the settings that determine whether a deployment remains reproducible and behaves...
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    • hostinger vps nginx reverse proxy node.js deployment pm2 and nginx pm2 process manager ubuntu server vps security
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