Getting started with Node.js on Digital Ocean

Question

Node.js

Good day to all!
There is quite a lot of experience in PHP development, very little experience in Node.js development (although during this time I managed to write something more or less decent). I have an application written in node.js running locally. There is a domain name site.com. No experience with Linux-like operating systems.
On the Internet, Digital Ocean cloud hosting is highly praised (I have no experience with cloud services). Can you advise what direction to go if I want to transfer my site from my local computer to cloud hosting? I tried to understand the Digital Ocean documentation, but unfortunately I didn’t find anything related to Windows, and indeed there is a lot of information there, as they say, “you can’t figure it out without a bottle.”
If you need specifics, then I need to:
- Build a Node.js server based on Digital Ocean
- Transfer the existing application to this server
- Actually, launch the site :)
Thanks in advance for the advice.

Answer 1

Digital Ocean is not very different from any VDS / VPS: log in via ssh to the machine, set the required one, fill in the sorts and go.
Quite a lot of information on Linux and nodejs in their help: https://digitalocean.com/community/community_tags/...
https://digitalocean.com/community/community_tags/...

Answer 2

install a virtual box with Linux (server debian/ubuntu) and try to deploy everything on them using an ssh connection.

Answer 3

Have fun with Vagrant .

Answer 4

The NodeJS website has a man page on how to install it on Linux