Web Hosting With Nodejs and MongoDB

Web Hosting with Nodejs and MongoDB

When it comes to website hosting with Node.js and MongoDB, there are various options available to you both on your computer or online. There are managed platforms like Heroku, Kamatera or Nodechef where the infrastructure and operating system is managed for you at lower costs; on the other hand there are providers who offer virtual machines or VDS where everything must be set up and maintained on your own hardware – depending on your preferences, budget and skill levels it’s important to select your host wisely!

First, we must prepare our MongoDB cluster for our application. This can be accomplished by logging in to Atlas and selecting the “Cluster” option; select “Create Cluster” and follow its instructions to create a free tier cluster. When finished, visit “Network Access” and add your hostname as one of the IP addresses allowed – giving your app direct access to its database.

Rancher requires us to label our hosts so it knows which belong to the app service. To do so, click on the Options button and choose Edit; enter app in the Host label input, followed by loadbalancer in Value input to designate it as load balancer host; repeat this process for all remaining hosts using database/application labels as appropriate.

Now we need to launch the application service on one of these hosts. This can be achieved by creating a new container within our application stack and specifying its Service parameter. Afterward, we must create a service that connects our application directly to MongoDB cluster.