How to run a simple node.js application in Plesk to test it working?

kb: how-to Plesk Obsidian ABT: Group B

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Log into Plesk.
Go to Domains > example.com > File Manager.
Create a file app.js in httpdocs directory and remove index.html file:
Click on the file app.js in File Manager to open it in built-in text editor and put the code below:

CONFIG_TEXT: const http = require('http');

http.createServer(function(request, response) {
response.writeHead(200, {'Content-Type': 'text/plain'});
response.end("Hello, World!\n");
}).listen(process.env.PORT);

console.log('App is running...');
Go to Domains > example.com > Node.js and make sure that Document Root and Application Root point to httpdocs directory where app.js file stored
Enable Node.js:
Open in a browser the http://example.com page to see how is it working:

CONFIG_TEXT: Hello, World!

2 comments

David Grimsley April 17, 2025 15:53 (Edited April 17, 2025 16:01)

I did this but nothing changed on my url. It still shows the index.html even though I deleted it…. When I click ‘Enable Node.js’, nothing happens. It worked in one of my domains but not the other two.

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Alexander Tsmokalyuk April 23, 2025 06:31

@David Please create a technical support ticket, the issue needs investigation

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