Deploy with Nginx

Host BentoPDF on your own server using Nginx.

Prerequisites

• Ubuntu/Debian server
• Nginx installed
• SSL certificate (recommended: Let's Encrypt)

Step 1: Build the Project

git clone https://github.com/alam00000/bentopdf.git
cd bentopdf
npm install
npm run build

Step 2: Copy Files

sudo mkdir -p /var/www/bentopdf
sudo cp -r dist/* /var/www/bentopdf/
sudo chown -R www-data:www-data /var/www/bentopdf

Step 3: Nginx Configuration

Create /etc/nginx/sites-available/bentopdf:

server {
    listen 80;
    server_name your-domain.com;
    return 301 https://$server_name$request_uri;
}

server {
    listen 443 ssl http2;
    server_name your-domain.com;

    # SSL Configuration
    ssl_certificate /etc/letsencrypt/live/your-domain.com/fullchain.pem;
    ssl_certificate_key /etc/letsencrypt/live/your-domain.com/privkey.pem;

    root /var/www/bentopdf;
    index index.html;

    # Gzip compression
    gzip on;
    gzip_types text/plain text/css application/json application/javascript text/xml application/xml application/wasm;
    gzip_min_length 1000;

    # WASM MIME type
    types {
        application/wasm wasm;
    }

    # Cache static assets
    location ~* \.(js|css|png|jpg|jpeg|gif|ico|svg|woff|woff2|wasm)$ {
        expires 1y;
        add_header Cache-Control "public, immutable";
    }

    # SPA routing - serve index.html for all routes
    location / {
        try_files $uri $uri/ /index.html;
    }

    # Security headers
    add_header X-Frame-Options "SAMEORIGIN" always;
    add_header X-Content-Type-Options "nosniff" always;
    add_header X-XSS-Protection "1; mode=block" always;
}

Step 4: Enable the Site

sudo ln -s /etc/nginx/sites-available/bentopdf /etc/nginx/sites-enabled/
sudo nginx -t
sudo systemctl reload nginx

Step 5: SSL with Let's Encrypt

sudo apt install certbot python3-certbot-nginx
sudo certbot --nginx -d your-domain.com

Subdirectory Deployment

To host at /pdf/:

location /pdf/ {
    alias /var/www/bentopdf/;
    try_files $uri $uri/ /pdf/index.html;
}

Build with:

BASE_URL=/pdf/ npm run build

Performance Tuning

Add to nginx.conf:

http {
    # Enable sendfile
    sendfile on;
    tcp_nopush on;
    tcp_nodelay on;

    # Increase buffer sizes
    client_max_body_size 100M;
    
    # Worker connections
    worker_connections 2048;
}

Troubleshooting

WASM Not Loading

Ensure MIME type is set:

types {
    application/wasm wasm;
}

502 Bad Gateway

Check Nginx error logs:

sudo tail -f /var/log/nginx/error.log