Node.js x AWS x Github Action

Node.js backend application

Codebase structure

├── __tests__
│ ├── api.v1.user.create.fixture.ts
│ ├── api.v1.user.create.spec.ts
├── apis
│ ├── api.v1.user.create.ts
├── core
│ ├── server.ts
│ ├── types.ts
│ ├── postgres-service.ts
├── types
│ ├── api.v1.user.ts
├── main.ts

Testing APIs

curl -X POST http://localhost:3004/api/api.v1.user.create -H "Content-Type: application/json" -d '{"name":"name" }'

curl -X POST http://localhost:3004/api/api.v1.user.getList -H "Content-Type: application/json" -d '{"q":"name"}'

Setup AWS services

Create a new EC2 instance

• Application and OS Images:

  • Ubuntu Server 24.04 LTS (HVM), SSD Volume Type

  • Architecture: 64-bit (x86)

• Allow HTTPS traffic from the internet: true

• Allow HTTP traffic from the internet: true

• Install Docker

sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get install docker.io -y && sudo systemctl start docker && sudo chmod 666 /var/run/docker.sock &&sudo systemctl enable docker

docker --version

• Setup github runner in EC2 instance

https://docs.github.com/en/actions/hosting-your-own-runners/managing-self-hosted-runners/adding-self-hosted-runners#adding-a-self-hosted-runner-to-a-repository

Create an Elastic load balancer

Create a new S3 bucket

Create a Relational Database Service

Create a ElasticCache Service

Github action and setup a github runner on EC2

Build and push docker image

docker build -t quochuydev/myapp-backend .

docker push quochuydev/myapp-backend:latest