SET 5 EXPRESS READY

myapp_express

Cafe24 Dev Language VPS starter environment

Runtime
Node.js 24 LTS
Framework
Express 5
Database
MariaDB 11.4
Process
PM2 + systemd

Start Building (Quickstart)

  1. SSH: ssh root@172.233.88.37
  2. Upload code via SFTP / FileZilla / Cyberduck: host=172.233.88.37, user=root, target=/opt/myapp_express/
  3. Ownership: chown -R appuser:appuser /opt/myapp_express
  4. Install: sudo -iu appuser → cd /opt/myapp_express → pnpm install --prod (npm or yarn work too)
  5. Restart: exit → sudo -u appuser pm2 reload myapp_express

Operate (root)

Service statussystemctl status pm2-appuser
App logssudo -u appuser pm2 logs myapp_express
Reload appsudo -u appuser pm2 reload myapp_express
DB envsudo cat /etc/myapp_express/env

Reference (paths & configs)

RuntimeNode.js 24 LTS (Express 5 needs Node 18+).
Build toolpnpm install --prod by default. npm install --omit=dev or yarn install --production work too — no compile step.
Entry point/opt/myapp_express/index.js (plain JS, no build).
PM2 config/opt/myapp_express/ecosystem.config.js — cluster mode, name=myapp_express, script=index.js. Reads /etc/myapp_express/env at start.
systemd unit/etc/systemd/system/pm2-appuser.service — auto-generated by pm2 startup; runs as appuser. PM2 then resurrects ecosystem.config.js.
DB env file/etc/myapp_express/env (mode 0640, root:appuser) — loaded by ecosystem.config.js, exposed to Express via process.env.
App port3000 (Express listen port). Nginx reverse-proxies :80 / :443 → :3000.
Logssudo -u appuser pm2 logs myapp_express (rotated under ~appuser/.pm2/logs/). systemd journal: journalctl -u pm2-appuser.
Profile / NODE_ENVadd NODE_ENV=production to /etc/myapp_express/env; ecosystem.config.js auto-loads it.
Redeployupload new source → chown -R appuser:appuser /opt/myapp_express → sudo -iu appuser → cd /opt/myapp_express → pnpm install --prod → pm2 reload myapp_express (zero-downtime in cluster mode).