How To Build a Node.js Application with Docker: Leveraging The Power Of Terraform

Introduction

This project focuses on leveraging Terraform to automate the deployment and management of a Node.js application within a Docker container on an AWS EC2 instance.

By utilizing Terraform’s Infrastructure as Code (IaC) approach, we want to achieve consistent, repeatable, and scalable infrastructure provisioning.

The project showcases how to define and configure cloud resources, automate software installation, and deploy applications, highlighting the benefits of reduced manual intervention and improved collaboration and reliability in managing cloud infrastructure.

Get all the code from my Git Repo by clicking here.

Step 1: Set Up Your Node.js Application

Initialize Node.js Project

mkdir t2s-node-app
cd t2s-node-app

Let’s create a simple server

To do so, create an index.js file.

nano index.js

Then, add the following content:

const http = require('http');
const port = process.env.PORT || 3000;
const server = http.createServer((req, res) => {…