Introduction
One of the many available One-Click Apps that we have is MEAN Stack. MEAN Stack is an acronym for MongoDB, ExpressJS, AngularJS, and Node.js. From client to server to database MEAN is a full stack JavaScript.
Prerequisites
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Orbit created with MEAN Stack image
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Running Orbit
Creating Your Orbit
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To create your application, you must create a Photon. You can do so by selecting the Photon tab after selecting ‘Create Orbit’
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Once there, you will see a list of available photons that you can create. Select one and it will bring you to a detailed page
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Scroll down to the details and you can start selecting options for your photon as well as setting up credentials.
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Once everything is filled in, just press Create and you can move on to the next step
SSH into Orbit
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First we need to check some details on our orbit by first navigating to the “My Orbits” tab.
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Once there, click on the Orbit you want to connect to and check for three things:
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IP Address
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Running Status
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Source Image(Ubuntu, Debian, Centos, Fedora
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Once you have confirmed that your Orbit is running and you have the other information. Open up your console.
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Now you can SSH into your Orbit by running.
ssh image@address
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IP Address: We got this from the detail page, in this case it is “216.200.116.60”
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Image: We got this from the source image in the details page. It should be one of the following: ubuntu, debian, fedora, centos
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Note: A full command for this example would be: “ssh ubuntu@216.200.116.60”
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Starting MEAN Stack
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Once you are SSH’d into the server you will see the following:
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This welcome message displays what IP address that you need to open to setup MEAN Stack App.You will need to change directory to start your project:
cd meanstack_exp
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Now we can start the server:
npm start
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We can see our working site by opening the browser and navigating to our IP Address through port 8000:
