jsdelivrbot/virtualstocks.io-gcp

Code for Heroku server for virtualstocks.io

Generate Service Account Key

This step is necessary for node to be able to access firebase. Download the service account json file from Google Cloud Platform and store it as /keys/firebase.json.

See here for more details: https://firebase.google.com/docs/firestore/quickstart

Get SSL Certificates

Cloudflare > Crypto > Origin Certificates

Key: /keys/key.pem Cert: /keys/cert.pem

Google Cloud Platform Setup

Use Google Cloud Platform's free compute engine for free, scalable, reliable hosting.

Service File

/etc/systemd/system/virtualstocks.service

[Unit]
Description=VirtualStocks server

[Service]
ExecStart=/usr/bin/docker run --name=virtualstocks -p 443:443 thecodingwizard/virtualstocks
ExecStop=/usr/bin/docker stop virtualstocks
ExecStopPost=/usr/bin/docker rm virtualstocks
Restart=always
User=root
Group=nogroup  
Environment=PATH=/usr/bin:/usr/local/bin

[Install]
WantedBy=multi-user.target

Make sure to replace the docker registry URL with the appropriate command.

Copy to /etc/systemd/system. Start with systemctl start virtualstocks. Enable to run on boot with systemctl enable virtualstocks. See logs with journalctl -u virtualstocks.

https://stackoverflow.com/questions/4018154/how-do-i-run-a-node-js-app-as-a-background-service

Updating Docker

docker build -t virtualstocks .

docker tag virtualstocks thecodingwizard/virtualstocks

docker push thecodingwizard/virtualstocks

On GCP:

sudo systemctl stop virtualstocks

docker pull thecodingwizard/virtualstocks

sudo systemctl start virtualstocks