IIIT Kottayam Placement Cell Website

This repository hosts the website for the Training and Placement Cell of IIIT Kottayam.

Table of Contents

• Requirements
• Installation
• Building and Running
• Hosting with PM2 and Auto-Deployment

Requirements

To host this website, you’ll need:

• Node.js (version 18 or above)
• NPM
• Git
• PM2 (for process management)
• GitHub Webhook (for automated deployment on code changes)

Installation

1. Clone the Repository

git clone https://github.com/Aroson1/IIITK-Placement-Website.git
cd IIITK-Placement-Website

2. Install Dependencies

npm install

Building and Running

1. Build the Project

To build the project for production, run:

npm run build

Hosting with PM2 and Auto-Deployment

To host the application using PM2 and enable auto-deployment on changes to the main branch:

Step 1: Install PM2 Globally

sudo npm install -g pm2

Step 2: Start the Application with PM2

pm2 start npm --name "placement-site" -- start

Step 3: Set Up GitHub Webhook for Auto-Deployment

1. Go to your GitHub repository’s Settings > Webhooks.
2. Click Add webhook.
3. Set Payload URL to http://<server-ip>:9000/webhook (replace <server-ip> with your server’s IP).
4. Set Content type to application/json.
5. Select Just the push event.
6. Click Add webhook.

Step 4: Start Webhook Listener with PM2

Run the webhook listener using PM2 to keep it running in the background:

pm2 start webhook.js --name "webhook-listener"