{"id":1141,"date":"2022-08-27T13:10:05","date_gmt":"2022-08-27T13:10:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hosting-marketers.com\/news\/?p=1141"},"modified":"2022-08-27T13:13:16","modified_gmt":"2022-08-27T13:13:16","slug":"node-js-creating-an-application-on-our-cpanel-application-manager","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hosting-marketers.com\/news\/2022\/08\/27\/node-js-creating-an-application-on-our-cpanel-application-manager\/","title":{"rendered":"Node JS: Creating an Application on our CPANEL Application Manager"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Creating an Application in the cPanel Application Manager<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Hosting applications with cPanel is a two-step process:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

  1. Install the app on the server.\u00c2\u00a0<\/li>
  2. Register it with\u00c2\u00a0the Application Manager<\/em>.<\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n

    We\u00e2\u20ac\u2122ll look at registering an application in the next section, but first, we need to install it on the server. Users of the Git\u00e2\u201e\u00a2 version control system could clone a repository with its command-line client or cPanel\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s\u00c2\u00a0Git Version Control<\/em>\u00c2\u00a0interface. However, to illustrate the process, we\u00e2\u20ac\u2122ll create a simple single-file application.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    Log in with SSH\u00c2\u00a0( you need to login to our customer dashboard and open a ticket<\/a> asking to open the ssh on your account ) as a cPanel user and create a new directory in their home directory.\u00c2\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    mkdir nodejsapp<\/code><\/pre>\n\n\n\n
    You can call the directory anything you want. This is where your app\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s code files will live. Create a file called app.js <\/em>in this directory with your preferred text editor. cPanel expects the application\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s entry point to be called app.js<\/em>, so it\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s best to stick with the standard naming convention unless you have a good reason to change it. <\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n
    Paste the following code and save the new file. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
    const http = require('http')\nconst hostname = '127.0.0.1';\nconst port = 3000;\n\nconst server = http.createServer((req, res) => {\n  res.statusCode = 200;\n  res.setHeader('Content-Type', 'text\/plain');\n  res.end('Hello World! I am your new NodeJS app! \\n');\n});\n\nserver.listen(port, hostname, () => {\n  console.log(`Server running at http:\/\/${hostname}:${port}\/`);\n});<\/code><\/pre>\n\n\n\n
    The code sets up an HTTP server on port 3000. It responds to web requests with the message: \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Hello World! I am your new NodeJS app!\u00e2\u20ac\u009d  <\/p>\n\n\n\n
    We could go straight to the registration step, but let\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s make sure the app works first. Run the following command, which executes our mini-app with EasyApache\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s Node.js installation. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
    \/opt\/cpanel\/ea-nodejs10\/bin\/node app.js<\/code><\/pre>\n\n\n\n
    All being well, you will see a message that says:<\/p>\n\n\n\n
    Server running at http:\/\/127.0.0.1:3000<\/code><\/pre>\n\n\n\n
    Finally, open a new terminal window and log in to your server as the same cPanel user. We\u00e2\u20ac\u2122ll use the curl <\/em>HTTP client to send the app a request. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
    curl http:\/\/127.0.0.1:3000<\/code><\/pre>\n\n\n\n
    If it responds with \u00e2\u20ac\u0153\u00e2\u20ac\u2122Hello World! I am a NodeJS app on cPanel,\u00e2\u20ac\u009d you can move on to the next stage: registering your Node.js app with cPanel. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
    Registering Your Node.JS Application in the cPanel Application Manager<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n
    Registering tells the Passenger app manager and cPanel where to find your application and which domain you want to use.\u00c2\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n
    In cPanel, open the Application Manager, <\/em>which you\u00e2\u20ac\u2122ll find under Software <\/em>on the main page. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
    \"application<\/figure>\n\n\n\n
    Click the Register Application <\/em>button.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
    \"\"<\/figure>\n\n\n\n
    In the Application Configuration<\/em> table, we need to provide four pieces of information:<\/p>\n\n\n\n
    \"\"<\/figure>\n\n\n\n