Node.js: Configure your service

This documentation is part of the Getting started guide. You can view the complete guide here: Discover how to quickly and securely deploy a Node.js service on Stackhero.

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The main configuration step is to update your SSH public key. This key allows Stackhero to securely access your code repository.

To find your public key, run one of these commands in your terminal:

cat ~/.ssh/id_rsa.pub

or

cat ~/.ssh/id_ed25519.pub

If you do not yet have an SSH key pair, you can generate one using ssh-keygen on Linux or macOS, or ssh-keygen.exe on Windows.

Once you have your public key, log in to the Stackhero dashboard, select your Node.js service, go to the configuration section, and paste your key in the designated field.

Tip: If you would like your SSH public key to be available for all your future services, you can set it globally. Simply go to the Stackhero dashboard, click your profile picture (top right), go to "Your profile", and paste your SSH public key there.

Continue reading this guide

  1. Read the full guide: Getting started
    Discover how to quickly and securely deploy a Node.js service on Stackhero
  2. Start a Node.js service
  3. Prerequisites
  4. Clone the example
  5. Configure the remote repository
  6. Deploy your Node.js application
  7. Deploy an existing application
  8. Handle the error "failed to push some refs to '[...]'"
  9. Handle the error "src refspec main does not match any"
  10. Handle the error "Everything up-to-date" when pushing
  11. Deploy a branch other than main
  12. Deploy a tag
  13. Roll back or deploy a specific commit
  14. Deploy to multiple environments
  15. Save your SSH private key password in the macOS keychain
  16. Handle secrets
  17. Open other network ports
  18. Store files
  19. Graceful shutdown
  20. Use multiple CPU cores

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