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Griffin M.
Griffin M.

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Installing Node.js on browser server

I'm building a multiplayer game with node.js and socket.io and uploading it to itch.io. I can install node.js on my windows computer but how do I install it on the server that I'm using? Thanks!

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NZT
NZT

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The server that you would be using for deploying and running your app is just another machine(with OS) at a remote location- hence a remote server!

Now coming to your question- what you need to connect, install and run node.js on your server is a SSH client such as Putty (http://www.putty.org/).

You download and run putty on your windows machine and then enter your server's Hostname/IP-address. You will be able to see your server's terminal window once connected. Now you can go ahead and install node.js in it. Depending upon which operating system your server machine is running, you can install node.js accordingly.

Also, you probably want to transfer your project files that you created using node.js and Socket.io - for that you will need an FTP client such as FileZilla (https://filezilla-project.org/).

Once all that is done and your project is running- you can host it on your given website.

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