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Website deployment

Website Extraction​

  • First you have to extract the reel-boost-web.zip then you will get two zip files.

    • reel-boost-admin.zip
    • reel-boost-website.zip
    • reel-boost-backend.zip

  • Create reelboost_web folder with below command

     mkdir -p /var/www/reelboost_web

  • Upload reel-boost-website.zip to a location where you want to deploy Project using FileZilla

    • /var/www/reelboost_web (This is the recommended location)

  • Extract reel-boost-website.zip to /var/www/reelboost_web

  • Here you will get all the files of website.

Configure Environment Variables​

  • Edit the .env file in the root directory of your project. This step is mandatory to ensure the application can connect to your server.

  • Update the following lines in the .env file with your actual server and database credentials:

    NEXT_PUBLIC_API_URL={{your_server_ip}}:{{port}}/api
    NEXT_PUBLIC_GOOGLE_SIGNIN_ID="Google Sign-In Client ID"
    NEXT_PUBLIC_SOCKET_URL={{your_server_ip}}:{{port}}/
    NEXT_PUBLIC_GOOGLE_MAP_KEY="Google Map API Key"
    NEXT_PUBLIC_GIF_API_KEY="Giphy API Key"

Server Starting​

  • After editing the .env file, you have to create build of website.
  • Every time you change the code you have to create build of website and restart the server.
  npm run build
  • After that you have start the server on port 3005.
  pm2 start "npm run start -- -p {{Port}}}" --name {{Project_Name}}
  • If you want to stop the server then use below command.
  pm2 stop {{Project_Name}}
  • If you want to restart the server then use below command.
  pm2 restart {{Project_Name}}
  • you have to open your browser and go to http://{{server_ip}}:{{Port}} to see the website.