DIY node.js server on Amazon EC2

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Post by cuppster » Tue, May 17, 2011, 3:25 PM UTC

DIY node.js server on Amazon EC2
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Re: DIY node.js server on Amazon EC2

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Post by cuppster » Tue, May 17, 2011, 3:30 PM UTC

I've used this recipe for a couple sites of mine, including the blog itself. The ups and downs of beta features of other node.js hosting providers was becoming a hindrance so I decided to roll my own.

Re: DIY node.js server on Amazon EC2

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Post by danyork » Tue, May 17, 2011, 3:35 PM UTC

Great step-by-step walkthrough that will help people not familiar with all the tools. Thanks for taking the time to write this up!

Re: DIY node.js server on Amazon EC2

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Post by [deleted] » Tue, May 17, 2011, 5:39 PM UTC

cuppster wrote: post #2

I've used this recipe for a couple sites of mine, including the blog itself. The ups and downs of beta features of other node.js hosting providers was becoming a hindrance so I decided to roll my own.

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Re: DIY node.js server on Amazon EC2

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Post by doorty » Tue, May 17, 2011, 7:30 PM UTC

And the kicker: The AMI you suggest qualifies as free for a year with a new AWS account. Free hosting for a year to play around with Node. Thanks a lot!

Re: DIY node.js server on Amazon EC2

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Post by cuppster » Tue, May 17, 2011, 7:33 PM UTC

doorty wrote: post #5

And the kicker: The AMI you suggest qualifies as free for a year with a new AWS account. Free hosting for a year to play around with Node. Thanks a lot!

Yes it does, but I'm having so much fun deploying these things, I've created more than one... =)

Re: DIY node.js server on Amazon EC2

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Post by vailripper » Tue, May 17, 2011, 7:58 PM UTC

Great guide, thanks.

One issue I've run into trying to push from my windows 7 machine to my instance is a "Permission denied(publickey)" error, which I assume is due to a missing SSH key in git for my ec2 instance? Does anyone know how to tell the ec2 alias to use my instance private key when connecting?

Re: DIY node.js server on Amazon EC2

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Post by etcet » Tue, May 17, 2011, 9:16 PM UTC

doorty wrote: post #5

And the kicker: The AMI you suggest qualifies as free for a year with a new AWS account. Free hosting for a year to play around with Node. Thanks a lot!

The last time I checked I remember all the Ubuntu images were too big to be completely free. They required more storage than the free tier allowed. Please, correct me if I'm wrong.

Re: DIY node.js server on Amazon EC2

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Post by doorty » Tue, May 17, 2011, 9:28 PM UTC

etcet wrote: post #8

doorty wrote: post #5

And the kicker: The AMI you suggest qualifies as free for a year with a new AWS account. Free hosting for a year to play around with Node. Thanks a lot!

The last time I checked I remember all the Ubuntu images were too big to be completely free. They required more storage than the free tier allowed. Please, correct me if I'm wrong.

The AMI is 8GB. The free, micro instance provides 10GB as described here: http://aws.amazon.com/free/.

Re: DIY node.js server on Amazon EC2

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Post by cmurphycode » Tue, May 17, 2011, 11:18 PM UTC

vailripper wrote: post #7

Great guide, thanks. One issue I've run into trying to push from my windows 7 machine to my instance is a "Permission denied(publickey)" error, which I assume is due to a missing SSH key in git for my ec2 instance? Does anyone know how to tell the ec2 alias to use my instance private key when connecting?

If you're having issues with ssh picking up your keys, you can always call it out explicitly: ssh -i path/to/key.pem ec2-user@blah.amazonaws.com