CNAD

Cpanel NODE auto deployment

CNAD is a package to manage auto deployment of nodejs application on cpanel

Insatllation

npm i @bitc/cnad

How it works

It watches your package.json file, once there is a changes. it install your dependencies and restart the server.

very simple right? 🙂🤩 yea.

Your nodejs on cpanel must be running with persenger. You don't need to worry all nodejs on cpanel already running with it.

Example

//server.js
const cnad = require("@bitc/cnad");

cnad.config("/home/user/nodevenv/site_file_root/node_version");

// Make CNAD listen for other files to restart the server
cnad.watch(["path/to/different/restart/file.txt", "another/path/to/restart/file.txt"]);

cnad.start();

Find your path to npm

Let cnad do the magic. just keep pushing code to your repo and cnad will do the job for you.

But if you push code to repo how will it get to cpanel?

That where you need a workflow. We already have a basic work flow for you. feel free to modify it to your need.

nextjs application

on:
    push:
        branches: [ "main" ]

name: 🚀 CNAD

jobs:

    build:
        name: Build
        runs-on: ubuntu-latest
        
        steps:
            - name: Clone repository
              uses: actions/checkout@v3

            - name: Use Node.js 16.x
              uses: actions/setup-node@v3
              with:
                node-version: 16

            - name: Install dependencies
              run: npm ci

            - name: Generate build
              run: npm run build

            - name: Upload .next folder
              uses: actions/upload-artifact@v3
              with:
                name: dot_next_folder
                path: .next/

    web-deploy:
        name: 🎉 Deploy
        runs-on: ubuntu-latest
        needs: [build]

        steps:
            - name: Clone repository
              uses: actions/checkout@v3

			# Important step, this is use to restart your server
            - name: Creating restart file
              run: |
                mkdir tmp && touch tmp/restart.txt 
                echo $RANDOM > tmp/restart.txt

            - name: download .next folder
              uses: actions/download-artifact@v3
              with:
                name: dot_next_folder
                path: .next

			# Using FTP to upload your files to cpanel
            - name: 📂 Sync files
              uses: SamKirkland/FTP-Deploy-Action@4.3.2
              with:
                server: ${{ secrets.FTP_HOST }}
                username: ${{ secrets.FTP_USER }}
                password: ${{ secrets.FTP_PASSWORD }}
                exclude: |
                    **/.next/cache/**
                    **/.github/**
                    **/.git/**
                    pages/**
                    css/**
                    layouts/**
                    components/**
                    lib/**
                    sitedata/**
                    postcss.config.js
                    tailwind.config.js
                    README.md
                    .gitignore
                    .eslintrc.json

You don't need most file in your server after build that why we added some files to exclude

express application

on:
    push:
        branches: [ "main" ]

name: 🚀 CNAD

jobs:

    web-deploy:
        name: 🎉 Deploy
        runs-on: ubuntu-latest

        steps:
            - name: Clone repository
              uses: actions/checkout@v3

			# Important step, this is use to restart your server
            - name: Creating restart file
              run: |
                mkdir tmp && touch tmp/restart.txt 
                echo $RANDOM > tmp/restart.txt

			# Using FTP to upload your files to cpanel
            - name: 📂 Sync files
              uses: SamKirkland/FTP-Deploy-Action@4.3.2
              with:
                server: ${{ secrets.FTP_HOST }}
                username: ${{ secrets.FTP_USER }}
                password: ${{ secrets.FTP_PASSWORD }}
                exclude: |
                    **/.github/**
                    **/.git/**
                    README.md
                    .gitignore
                    .eslintrc.json

Now you should be getting how to create your custom workflow

Workflow depends on what you need to build and what type of application you are running but this package will help you install your dependencies and restart your server for you.