Is it possible to install a MERN web application on a VPS

Virtualmin
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SYSTEM INFORMATION
OS type and version CentOS Linux 7.9.2009
Webmin version 2.013
Virtualmin version 7.5

Sorry for my english, I want to install a web application on a new virtual privet server. Knowing that there are already 7 virtual server working on CMS 's ( Joomla and Wordpresse).

If I install a MERN stack application will it disturbe the hole system already fonctionning

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Sure, it’s no different than on any other system. You proxy to it, just like you would any other Node.js (or Django, or RoR, or whatever).

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Is there a manual that I can follow, beacause i tried on my own but I need to install first Nginx. Knowing Apache is already present what should I do please

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You should not install nginx on a system that also has Apache.

Either learn to do it with Apache, or start over with a fresh Virtualmin installation, using the --bundle LEMP option. (See: Automated Virtualmin Installation – Virtualmin)

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first understand what a MERN stack actually is.

  • MongoDB — document database
  • Express(.js) — Node.js web framework
  • React(.js) — a client-side JavaScript framework
  • Node(.js) — the premier JavaScript web server

Virtualmin comes with none of these. But they are all easy to install on a VS once you have it set up on your box. It requires a webserver (Virtual min can be configured on installation with either Apache or Nginx. Personally I think Nginx is easier to use. Once you have installed NodeJS and MongoDB (sometimes managed on a different box/server) - React(.js) and Express(.js) will be managed inside the Nodejs code of your App (in the node pakage.json) if the App is built to a static directory (one advantage of a MEAN stack) it could be a simple matter of copying the static files to the public_html. It is a whole lot of learning but not all beyond the wit of mankind.

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