Chapter 6. Deployment
This chapter will cover the steps needed to make our web application live. Also, you will learn how to set up an SSL certificate and how to track errors occurring in production actively. This chapter will cover the following topics:
- Setting up Modulus.io
- Setting up Compose.io
- Automatic error tracking
- Setting up an SSL certificate
Setting up Modulus
Modulus is currently the best place to host a Meteor project. Why? It is easy to set up and maintain. While there are several other services where we can obtain the same results, every single one of them requires more expertise with servers and a considerable amount of time on your end. We are not developing a server. We are developing an application.
Modulus.io provides support for sticky sessions, web sockets, and free SSL endpoints.
Keep in mind that Meteor's Galaxy hosting service is going to be released soon and will undoubtedly become the best place to host a Meteor web application. Until then, Modulus is the...