I have ssh into my VPS and created the initial react app on the server with npx create-react-app test . I then run command npm start
I then with another terminal that is also ssh, curl to curl http://localhost:3000 and receive the correct response.
I then close the initial sever that had npm start. I then redo the curl http://localhost:3000 and fail to connect. Shouldn't the curl have been successful, I thought the VPS would run indefinitely as it is a sever? How do I get this sever to continuously run after I close the ssh connection?
When you run npm start, it starts a development server process that serves your React application.
To keep the server running even after you disconnect from the SSH session, you can use some process manager like pm2, forever, or screen.
But it's good idea to use nginx to run your project on the VPS server.
See this link.
[https://www.digitalocean.com/community/tutorials/how-to-install-nginx-on-ubuntu-22-04][1]