Using my primitive cloud server for an HTMLified project
Channel: Sean
Date: 2020-04-29

Instructions for starting up a local custom cloud server using my primitive cloud server: https://github.com/SheepTester/primitive-cloud-server

NOTE: This server won't be globally accessible without port forwarding. These instructions are mainly for local development. If you want it to be global, you'll have to set up port forwarding or host it on some server host, which are beyond the scope of this video.

You need to install Node to run the server: https://nodejs.org/

On Windows, you can install Git to clone (download) the repository: https://git-scm.com/ This isn't actually necessary; you can just download the repository as a .zip from Github and unzip on your computer. Macs have Git preinstalled, I believe.

Then open command line ("Command Prompt" on Windows; "Terminal" on Mac), then type:

git clone https://github.com/SheepTester/primitive-cloud-server.git
cd primitive-cloud-server
npm install
npm start

This downloads the code for the primitive cloud server, then makes the command line operate inside the folder containing the code. Then it downloads the necessary code for running the server and starts the server.