Nodester Node.JS + Express + Mongo App Part 1

The Running Node.JS Application on a Nodester

I am still working on putting up a full application for the tutorial. Also I will try the same application on Nodejitsu, CloudFoundry and Heroku.

The following are the basic steps for working with Nodester. It is very similiar to all the other command-line PaaS interfaces. I am running this on
Windows, but it will work in most environments.

npm install nodester-cli -g
nodester user setup &lt;username&gt; &lt;password&gt;
nodester user setkey c:.sshid_rsa.pub
nodester app create &lt;appname&gt;
nodester app init &lt;appname&gt;
nodester npm install express
nodester npm install mongoose
nodester npm install socket.io

git add .
git commit -am "Ready to deploy"
git push nodester master

nodester app info
nodester app stop|start|restart
nodester app logs

For nodester they push to master for Nodester to get a new build.

Log into your Application List Page on the Administration Site for Nodester and you will see your newly added Application. Nodester has a good help system that will be useful to you while learning. The git commands are standard GIT which makes using all the cloud systems pretty similiar.

After uploading, I check the logs for errors:

nodester app logs
nodester info Showing logs for: rollerderby
New PID: 18884
chroot_runner
chroot_runner
Spawing /app/server.js
Running node v-0.8.1
:: nodester ::

App listening on port 19885

nodester info ok!