Forem: Dipu Raj

Deploying a Node.js Application on AWS EC2 with Apache

Dipu Raj — Fri, 02 Jan 2026 12:19:39 +0000

Deploying a Node.js application to a server can feel daunting if you're just getting started with infrastructure. While managed services like Heroku or AWS Elastic Beanstalk exist, sometimes you want full control over your setup — especially if you're hosting multiple apps on the same machine.

In this guide, I'll walk you through how I deployed a Node.js web app to an AWS EC2 instance, kept it running reliably, and served it through Apache as a reverse proxy.

📌 This approach is still valid, but some tools and versions have evolved. I’ve updated commands to use modern Node versions.

🧱 What We’ll Do

We’ll break the deployment into three phases:

Install Node.js & set up the app
Keep the app running with a process manager
Configure Apache as a reverse proxy

🚀 Step 1: Install Node.js & Upload Your App

SSH into your EC2 instance:


bash
ssh ubuntu@your.ec2.ip.address

jQuery Smart Wizard - A free and open source step wizard plugin for jQuery

Dipu Raj — Mon, 08 Jun 2020 15:22:36 +0000

jQuery Smart Wizard is a step wizard plugin for jQuery. Provides a neat and stylish interface for your forms, checkout screen, registration steps, etc. Easy implementation, Bootstrap compatibility, customizable toolbars, themes, events and Ajax support are few of the features.

http://techlaboratory.net/jquery-smartwizard
https://github.com/techlab/jquery-smartwizard

jQuery Smart Tab - A cool jQuery tab control plugin

Dipu Raj — Tue, 02 Jun 2020 15:25:05 +0000

A free and open source jQuery plugin for easy implementation of tab interface with features like Ajax contents, themes, animation effects, event support

http://techlaboratory.net/jquery-smarttab
https://github.com/techlab/jquery-smarttab