Hosting a Full Stack Javascript Web App on Digital Ocean

This is a guide on how to host a fullstack javascript web app on a single Digital Ocean Droplet. The stack we are working with is NodeJS/ExpressJS on the back-end and ReactJS on the front-end.

Part 1 of the guide will focus on:

• Creating a Digital Ocean Droplet
• Connecting to the droplet via SSH.

Part 2 will involve:

• Pointing existing domain names to the Digital Ocean nameservers,
• Installing Nginx and configuring it to serve the domain names,

Part 3 will include:

• Deploying both the front-end and back-end
• Using Nginx as a reverse proxy to serve the Javascript apps on the domain names.