A full-stack https application boilerplate made with Docker, LetsEncrypt, Nginx, React, and Express

1. Docker
2. Docker Compose
3. Domain name with DNS records pointing at target machine

1. Clone project

git clone https://github.com/munikeraragon/react-express-letsencrypt-nginx-boilerplate.git

2. cd into folder

cd react-express-letsencrypt-nginx-boilerplate

3. Edit init-letsecncrypt.sh by replacing "example.com" and "www.example.com" with your domain name

4. Edit ./data/nginx/app.conf by replacing "example.com" with your domain name

5. Edit ./server/index.js by replacing "example.com" with your domain name

6. Generate Letsencrypt certificates

sudo ./init-letsencrypt.sh

4. Create "nodecert" group to allow Express server to read letsencrypt certifictes

# Create group "nodecert" with gid=1024
sudo groupadd nodecert -g 1024

# Add root to the group "nodecert"
sudo usermod -a -G nodecert root

# make group "nodecert" owner of files recursively 
sudo chgrp -R nodecert data/certbot/conf/live
sudo chgrp -R nodecert data/certbot/conf/archive

# change permission of files to be accesible by group "nodecert"
sudo chmod -R 750 data/certbot/conf/live
sudo chmod -R 750 data/certbot/conf/archive

5. Build docker-compose services

docker-compose build

1. Run docker-compose services

docker-compose up

2. Access React client at https://your_domain_name.com and Express server at https://your_domain_name.com:5000

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