How to deploy node.js application in AWS

Question

When i tried deploying my new node.js application in AWS, iam getting an error

Failed to find package.json. Node.js may have issues starting. Verify package.json is valid or place code in a file named server.js or app.js.

I have already validated my package.json and it is showing true.

My package.json file is as below:

{
"name": "sgcp",
"private": true,
"version": "0.0.0",
"description": "a Sails application",
"dependencies": {
    "sails": "0.9.7",
    "nodemailer": "~0.6.1",
    "grunt": "0.4.1",
    "sails-disk": "~0.9.0",
    "ejs": "0.8.4",
    "optimist": "0.3.4",
    "sails-mongo": "~0.9.7"
},
"scripts": {
    "start": "node app.js",
    "debug": "node debug app.js"
},
"main": "app.js",
"repository": "[email protected]:xteam/xcp.git",
"author": "sg",
"license": "Proprietory",
"engines": {
    "node": "0.10.x"
}
}

Any help is appreciated. Thanks a lot.

Answer 1

When uploading to AWS though a zip folder, I found this thread on AWS to be useful: https://forums.aws.amazon.com/thread.jspa?threadID=130140&tstart=0

Basically make sure that you zip all the contents inside your project and not the folder that contains your project. The zip file should contain app.js/server.js and package.json directly and not a folder which holds these files.

Answer 2

While deploying .zip file (Nodejs application) in to AWS Elastic Beanstalck, zip file should not have any parent folder on top of index.js Or package.json.

We need to select all the files in the project folder folder, then zip it as shown in below screenshot.

Then upload the Nodejs(zip file) project in AWS Elastic Beanstalck.