How to Deploy This Repo to Production (Hostinger + NGINX)

[vipul-gupta-ebizon]

Hi team,
First of all, thanks for this great repo!
I was able to successfully run the project on my local server, and now I’m planning to deploy it to a production environment.
Here’s my current plan:

• Hosting provider: Hostinger (Shared/VPS)
• Web server: NGINX
• Tech stack: Node.js backend + Vite/React frontend
• Use case: Shopify embedded app

🔧 Issue:
I'm having difficulty configuring the frontend and backend correctly in production. Specifically:

• How should I structure the entry points for the frontend (Vite build) and backend (Node/Express)?
• How do I configure NGINX to serve both?
• Are there any additional deployment steps or scripts I should be aware of?
• Among scripts, the file "_developer/updateDashboard.js" is missing, see the screenshot below for the reference.

• Also, I was not able to authenticate the shopify CLI, getting this error -

I tried hitting the auth url in my host device but still not able to authenticate. It always say login successfull bu the CLI never got authenticated.

I’m relatively new to Node.js and Shopify app development, so a little guidance would be super helpful.

🧠 What I've done so far:

• Installed Node.js and dependencies.
• Built the frontend using vite build.
• Tried serving the backend via node server/index.js.
• Set up a basic NGINX config, but unsure how to proxy both frontend and backend correctly.

PS: on local server everything is working fine, it's just I need guidance for prod deployment.

Would love to get suggestions or an example NGINX config + folder structure that works well for this repo in production.
Thanks in advance! 🙌

[kinngh]

1. I don't deploy on VPS' so sadly of not much help here. Would recommend looking into tutorials on YouTube.
2. You don't need to use the CLI in your hosting environment - just setup the env file properly and push the TOML updates locally and you're good to go