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

Question

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

Answer

1. Log into Plesk.

2. Go to Domains > example.com > File Manager.

3. Create a file app.js in httpdocs directory and remove index.html file:

   

4. 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...');

5. 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

6. Enable Node.js:

   

7. Open in a browser the http://example.com page to see how is it working:

   CONFIG_TEXT: Hello, World!