'Do you need a web server to run a production build of a react app on a VPS?
I have built a react app using a truffle box that uses create-react app. I can get the app running on my local host but I can't see it on my VPS when I go to the IP address of my VPS and I run exactly the same commands and I get the same output in the terminal. I go in to my client dir and run npm start. I have tried to make a build and run the build through an http server in the client dir and the root folder of the VPS.
I run
serve -s build
All I can see is the index of the build in the browser when I try and serve the build through a webserver. When I run npm start on my localhost I can view my app but it doesn't work on my VPS. Please help me I've been struggling with this for days and its the last part of my project.
Solution 1:[1]
You need a webserver in any case. When you do a local development, you do use webpack dev server (which is inside of create react app). For the production, you need to make a production build and serve it for example by nginx. Here some details how to create production build with CRA https://create-react-app.dev/docs/production-build
On your screenshot, you don't see your site, because there is no entry point in your folder. By default it should be index.html
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| Solution 1 | Eugene |