Node.js 24

This image provides a clean Ubuntu 24.04 environment with Node.js 24 LTS and PM2 pre-installed. It is designed for deploying Node.js applications that need to run persistently as a managed process.

Software included

Component	Version
Node.js	24.x (LTS)
npm	Bundled with Node.js
PM2	Latest stable
Ubuntu	24.04 LTS

Getting started

1. Connect to your VM

ssh ubuntu@<your-vm-ip>

2. Verify the installation

There is no first-boot configuration. Node.js and PM2 are ready immediately.

node --version
npm --version
pm2 --version

3. Deploy your application

Upload your application files to the VM, then start your app with PM2:

# Start your app
pm2 start app.js --name my-app

# Save the process list so it survives reboots
pm2 save
pm2 startup

Run the command that pm2 startup outputs to register PM2 with systemd.

Managing your application with PM2

# List running processes
pm2 list

# View logs
pm2 logs my-app

# Restart
pm2 restart my-app

# Stop
pm2 stop my-app

# Delete from PM2
pm2 delete my-app

Security

No application ports are open by default. UFW is enabled and allows SSH (port 22) only.

To allow traffic on your application’s port:

sudo ufw allow <your-app-port>/tcp

For a web application, consider placing it behind Nginx or Caddy as a reverse proxy so you can serve HTTPS on port 443 and proxy requests to your Node.js app internally.