How to host NodeJs web app on AWS Beanstalk

Daniel Mesizah
2 min readJan 5, 2023

To host a Node.js program on AWS, you will need to use a service such as AWS Elastic Beanstalk or AWS Lambda. Here is an example of how you could use AWS Elastic Beanstalk to host a Node.js program:

Step 1: Install the AWS Command Line Interface (CLI) and configure it with your AWS credentials.

Step 2: Create a new Elastic Beanstalk environment by running the following command:

aws elasticbeanstalk create-environment --application-name MyApp --environment-name MyEnv --solution-stack-name "Node.js"

Step 3: Create a file named package.json in the root of your Node.js project and add the following code:

{
"name": "my-app",
"version": "1.0.0",
"dependencies": {
"express": "^4.16.4"
},
"scripts": {
"start": "node index.js"
}
}

Step 4: Create a file named index.js in the root of your Node.js project and add the following code:

const express = require('express')
const app = express();
app.get('/', (req, res) => {
res.send('Hello, World!');
});
app.listen(3000, () => {
console.log('Listening on port 3000');
});

Step 5: Zip the contents of your Node.js project and upload it to Elastic Beanstalk by running the following command:

aws elasticbeanstalk upload-source-bundle --application-name MyApp --environment-name MyEnv --source-bundle…

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Daniel Mesizah

Coder who likes to share what he knows with the rest of the world