# nodejs-web-app **Repository Path**: mirrors_ibm/nodejs-web-app ## Basic Information - **Project Name**: nodejs-web-app - **Description**: WARNING: This repository is no longer maintained ⚠️ This repository will not be updated. - **Primary Language**: Unknown - **License**: Apache-2.0 - **Default Branch**: master - **Homepage**: None - **GVP Project**: No ## Statistics - **Stars**: 0 - **Forks**: 0 - **Created**: 2020-11-23 - **Last Updated**: 2025-08-16 ## Categories & Tags **Categories**: Uncategorized **Tags**: None ## README # WARNING: This repository is no longer maintained :warning: > Please see the replacement repositories available for [Node.js](https://github.com/IBM/node-express-app), [Go](https://github.com/IBM/go-gin-app), [Java Liberty](https://github.com/IBM/java-liberty-app), [Java Spring](https://github.com/IBM/java-spring-app), [Python Flask](https://github.com/IBM/python-flask-app), [Python Django](https://github.com/IBM/python-django-app), and [Swift](https://github.com/IBM/swift-kitura-app). > This repository will not be updated. The repository will be kept available in read-only mode.

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# Create and deploy a Node.js web application > We have similar applications available for [Go](https://github.com/IBM/go-web-app), [Java Spring](https://github.com/IBM/spring-web-app), [Swift](https://github.com/IBM/swift-web-app), Python [Django](https://github.com/IBM/django-web-app) & [Flask](https://github.com/IBM/flask-web-app), and [Java Liberty](https://github.com/IBM/java-liberty-web-app). In this sample application, you will create a web application using Express to serve web pages in Node.js, complete with standard best practices, including a health check and application metric monitoring. This app contains an opinionated set of files for web serving: - `public/index.html` - `public/404.html` - `public/500.html` ## Steps You can [deploy this application to IBM Cloud](https://cloud.ibm.com/developer/appservice/create-app?starterKit=ab2263e9-c787-32e6-a9d7-298c20557bbb) or [build it locally](#building-locally) by cloning this repo first. Once your app is live, you can access the `/health` endpoint to build out your cloud native application. ### Deploying to IBM Cloud

Deploy to IBM Cloud

Click **Deploy to IBM Cloud** to deploy this same application to IBM Cloud. This option creates a deployment pipeline, complete with a hosted GitLab project and a DevOps toolchain. You can deploy your app to Cloud Foundry, a Kubernetes cluster, or a Red Hat OpenShift cluster. OpenShift is available only through a standard cluster, which requires you to have a billable account. [IBM Cloud DevOps](https://www.ibm.com/cloud/devops) services provides toolchains as a set of tool integrations that support development, deployment, and operations tasks inside IBM Cloud. ### Building Locally To get started building this application locally, you can either run the application natively or use the [IBM Cloud Developer Tools](https://cloud.ibm.com/docs/cli?topic=cloud-cli-getting-started) for containerization and easy deployment to IBM Cloud. #### Native Application Development - Install the latest [Node.js](https://nodejs.org/en/download/) 10+ LTS version. Once the Node toolchain has been installed, you can download the project dependencies with: ```bash npm install ``` To run your application locally: ```bash npm run start ``` Your application will be running at `http://localhost:3000`. You can access the `/health` endpoint at the host. #### IBM Cloud Developer Tools Install [IBM Cloud Developer Tools](https://cloud.ibm.com/docs/cli?topic=cloud-cli-getting-started) on your machine by running the following command: ``` curl -sL https://ibm.biz/idt-installer | bash ``` Create an application on IBM Cloud by running: ```bash ibmcloud dev create ``` This will create and download a starter application with the necessary files needed for local development and deployment. Your application will be compiled with Docker containers. To compile and run your app, run: ```bash ibmcloud dev build ibmcloud dev run ``` This will launch your application locally. When you are ready to deploy to IBM Cloud on Cloud Foundry or Kubernetes, run one of the following commands: ```bash ibmcloud dev deploy -t buildpack // to Cloud Foundry ibmcloud dev deploy -t container // to K8s cluster ``` You can build and debug your app locally with: ```bash ibmcloud dev build --debug ibmcloud dev debug ``` ##### Session Store You may see this warning when running `ibmcloud dev run`: ``` Warning: connect.session() MemoryStore is not designed for a production environment, as it will leak memory, and will not scale past a single process. ``` When deploying to production, it is best practice to configure sessions to be stored in an external persistence service. ## Next Steps * Learn more about augmenting your Node.js applications on IBM Cloud with the [Node Programming Guide](https://cloud.ibm.com/docs/node?topic=nodejs-getting-started). * Explore other [sample applications](https://cloud.ibm.com/developer/appservice/starter-kits) on IBM Cloud. ## License This sample application is licensed under the Apache License, Version 2. Separate third-party code objects invoked within this code pattern are licensed by their respective providers pursuant to their own separate licenses. Contributions are subject to the [Developer Certificate of Origin, Version 1.1](https://developercertificate.org/) and the [Apache License, Version 2](https://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0.txt). [Apache License FAQ](https://www.apache.org/foundation/license-faq.html#WhatDoesItMEAN)