Sammy welcomes you to your Droplet!

Things to do with this script

This message is coming to you via a simple NodeJS application that's live on your Droplet.

Run all pm2 commands using the nodejs user or a second instance of pm2 will start.

This app is running at port 3001, and is being served to you by nginx, which has mapped it to port 80.

SSH into your Droplet and modify this script at /var/www/html/hello.js
Run pm2 list to see code scheduled to start at boot time
Run pm2 delete hello to stop running this script and pm2 save to remove it from startup.

cd into the directory where your NodeJS code lives, and install any dependencies.
Launch your app by calling pm2 start <your-file>, then map the port your app runs on to an HTTP URL.
Call sudo systemctl restart nginx to enable your new nginx config.
Call pm2 save to schedule your code to run at launch.
Repeat these steps for any other NodeJS apps that need to run concurrently -- schedule them to run at boot time on whatever internal port you like using PM2, then map that port to an HTTP/HTTPS URL in the nginx config.

There's a lot you'll want to do to make sure you're production-ready.

Set up a non-root user for day-to-day use.
Review your firewall settings by calling sudo ufw status, and make any changes you need.
Register a custom domain
Have data needs? You can mount a volume to this server to expand the filesystem, provision a database cluster (that runs MySQL, Redis, or PostgreSQL), or use a Space, which is an S3-compatible bucket for storing objects.