Blogify is a simple blog web application built using Node.js, Express, and MongoDB Atlas, and deployed on AWS Elastic Beanstalk.
This project was created as a trial deployment project to test and understand the complete deployment flow of a Node.js application on AWS.

The focus of this project was learning cloud deployment, environment configuration, and database integration, rather than building a feature-heavy product.

• Backend: Node.js, Express.js
• Templating: EJS
• Database: MongoDB Atlas
• Cloud & Deployment: AWS Elastic Beanstalk (EC2, IAM)

• Deployed using AWS Elastic Beanstalk (Web Server environment)
• Single-instance setup for simplicity
• Application packaged as a ZIP (excluding node_modules and .env)
• Environment variables (MONGO_URI, PORT) managed via Elastic Beanstalk

• MongoDB Atlas used as a cloud database
• Connected using Mongoose and SRV connection string
• Database credentials managed securely via environment variables

This project was built to:

• Practice deploying Node.js apps on AWS
• Learn Elastic Beanstalk workflows
• Integrate a cloud-hosted database
• Debug real-world deployment and authentication issues

Project inspiration taken from Piyush Garg’s YouTube content,
with independent implementation and deployment.

Punyaa Dixit