Deploying Sanchayam

Part of the Sanchayam series. Overview Sanchayam has two deployable components: Backend: Node.js process running as a systemd service behind nginx Frontend: Static React build deployed to S3, served via CloudFront Prerequisites A Linux server with Node.js 18+ and PostgreSQL An AWS account with an S3 bucket and CloudFront distribution for the frontend A domain with DNS pointing to your server (for TLS) A Twelve Data API key (free tier at twelvedata.com - 8 calls/minute) Backend Clone and install: ...

May 26, 2026 · 3 min · 511 words · Sagar Nayak

Deploying MediaBridge

Part of the MediaBridge series. Overview MediaBridge has two deployable components and two AWS-side components: Backend: Node.js process running as a systemd service behind nginx Frontend: Static React build deployed to S3, served via CloudFront Thumbnail Lambda: AWS Lambda handling S3 object events Archive restore pipeline: CloudTrail, EventBridge, and two Lambda functions Prerequisites A Linux server with Node.js 18+, PostgreSQL, and nginx An AWS account with at least one S3 bucket and IAM credentials for it A domain with DNS pointing to your server (for TLS) Backend Clone and install: ...

March 27, 2026 · 5 min · 954 words · Sagar Nayak

Deploying PurelyManage: systemd, nginx, and S3 Frontend

Part of the PurelyManage series. This is the end-to-end deployment guide for PurelyManage. The backend runs as a Node.js process managed by systemd. The frontend is a static React build served from S3 via CloudFront. nginx handles TLS termination and reverse proxying for the backend. Both repos are on GitHub: Backend: github.com/sagarnayak/purelymanageBackend-public Frontend: github.com/sagarnayak/purelymanageFrontend-public Prerequisites Ubuntu (or any Linux with systemd) Node.js 18 or later PostgreSQL (any recent version, local or remote) nginx certbot (for TLS) imapsync (only if you need the migration feature, see the previous post) Backend Setup Clone the repo and install dependencies: ...

January 26, 2026 · 4 min · 751 words · Sagar Nayak