Question

I’m using ssh root to a VPS Ubuntu 10.04 server from Linode that has Node.JS, Express, MongoDB, etc. installed.

What I’m wondering is if I have a file called test-file.js with code:

var express = require('express');

var app = express.createServer();

// Configuration
app.configure( function() {
});

// Routes
app.get('/', function(req, res) {
    res.send('Hello World');
});

app.listen(3000);

How do I upload the file or make it work with the server?

Answer 1

Use the scp (secure copy) command to copy the file over to the linode box.

scp path/to/test-file.js root@linodebox:/root

Remember to replace linodebox with the ip address of your linode server.

This will put test-file.js in the /root directory and you can use node test-file.js to run the file. Grant that nodejs and express is installed correctly.