feat: add rest-express-docker-aws-ec2 deployment example

Author: DiluDevX

deployment-platforms/rest-express-docker-aws-ec2/.dockerignore

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+node_modules
+dist
+.env
+prisma/generated

deployment-platforms/rest-express-docker-aws-ec2/.env.example

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+DATABASE_URL="postgresql://USER:PASSWORD@HOST:5432/DATABASE"

deployment-platforms/rest-express-docker-aws-ec2/.github/workflows/deploy.yml

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+name: Deploy to AWS EC2
+
+on:
+  push:
+    branches:
+      - main
+
+jobs:
+  deploy:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+
+    env:
+      AWS_REGION: ${{ vars.AWS_REGION }}
+      ECR_REPOSITORY: ${{ vars.ECR_REPOSITORY }}
+      CONTAINER_NAME: ${{ vars.CONTAINER_NAME }}
+      CONTAINER_PORT: ${{ vars.CONTAINER_PORT }}
+
+    steps:
+      - name: Checkout
+        uses: actions/checkout@v4
+
+      - name: Configure AWS credentials
+        uses: aws-actions/configure-aws-credentials@v4
+        with:
+          aws-access-key-id: ${{ secrets.AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID }}
+          aws-secret-access-key: ${{ secrets.AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY }}
+          aws-region: ${{ env.AWS_REGION }}
+
+      - name: Set up Docker Buildx
+        uses: docker/setup-buildx-action@v3
+
+      - name: Login to Amazon ECR
+        id: login-ecr
+        uses: aws-actions/amazon-ecr-login@v2
+
+      - name: Build and push Docker image
+        uses: docker/build-push-action@v6
+        with:
+          context: .
+          push: true
+          tags: |
+            ${{ steps.login-ecr.outputs.registry }}/${{ env.ECR_REPOSITORY }}:${{ github.sha }}
+            ${{ steps.login-ecr.outputs.registry }}/${{ env.ECR_REPOSITORY }}:latest
+          cache-from: type=gha
+          cache-to: type=gha,mode=max
+
+      - name: Deploy to EC2
+        uses: appleboy/ssh-action@8743aa11bfbda97acb45c151ae7a2e0b203f1914
+        env:
+          ECR_REGISTRY: ${{ steps.login-ecr.outputs.registry }}
+        with:
+          host: ${{ secrets.EC2_HOST }}
+          username: ${{ secrets.EC2_USER }}
+          key: ${{ secrets.EC2_SSH_KEY }}
+          envs: ECR_REGISTRY,ECR_REPOSITORY,AWS_REGION,CONTAINER_NAME,CONTAINER_PORT
+          script: |
+            set -eu
+
+            # Auth
+            aws ecr get-login-password --region "$AWS_REGION" | \
+              docker login --username AWS --password-stdin "$ECR_REGISTRY"
+
+            # Pull latest image
+            docker pull "$ECR_REGISTRY/$ECR_REPOSITORY:${{ github.sha }}"
+
+            # Stop and remove existing container if running
+            if docker ps -a --format '{{.Names}}' | grep -q "^${CONTAINER_NAME}$"; then
+              docker stop "$CONTAINER_NAME"
+              docker rm "$CONTAINER_NAME"
+            fi
+
+            # Run new container
+            docker run -d \
+              --name "$CONTAINER_NAME" \
+              --restart unless-stopped \
+              -p "$CONTAINER_PORT:3000" \
+              -e DATABASE_URL="${{ secrets.DATABASE_URL }}" \
+              "$ECR_REGISTRY/$ECR_REPOSITORY:${{ github.sha }}"
+
+            # Verify container is running
+            sleep 5
+            if docker ps --format '{{.Names}}' | grep -q "^${CONTAINER_NAME}$"; then
+              echo "Container $CONTAINER_NAME is running"
+              docker ps --filter "name=$CONTAINER_NAME" --format "table {{.Names}}\t{{.Status}}\t{{.Ports}}"
+            else
+              echo "Container $CONTAINER_NAME failed to start"
+              docker logs "$CONTAINER_NAME" --tail 50
+              exit 1
+            fi
+
+            # Prune old images
+            docker image prune -f

deployment-platforms/rest-express-docker-aws-ec2/.gitignore

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+node_modules
+dist
+.env
+prisma/generated

deployment-platforms/rest-express-docker-aws-ec2/Dockerfile

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+# Stage 1: builder
+FROM node:20-alpine AS builder
+
+WORKDIR /app
+
+COPY package*.json ./
+COPY prisma ./prisma
+COPY prisma.config.ts ./
+RUN npm ci
+RUN npx prisma generate
+
+COPY tsconfig.json ./
+COPY src ./src
+RUN npm run build
+
+# Stage 2: runner
+FROM node:20-alpine AS runner
+
+WORKDIR /app
+
+RUN addgroup -S appgroup && adduser -S appuser -G appgroup
+
+COPY package*.json ./
+COPY prisma ./prisma
+COPY prisma.config.ts ./
+RUN npm ci --omit=dev
+
+COPY --from=builder /app/dist ./dist
+COPY --from=builder /app/prisma/generated ./prisma/generated
+
+USER appuser
+
+EXPOSE 3000
+
+CMD ["node", "dist/index.js"]

deployment-platforms/rest-express-docker-aws-ec2/README.md

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+# REST API with Express, Docker & AWS EC2
+
+This example shows how to deploy a **Prisma REST API** (Express + TypeScript) to **AWS EC2** using **Docker** and **GitHub Actions**.
+
+## Prerequisites
+
+- [Docker](https://www.docker.com/) and Docker Compose (for the Docker path)
+- [Node.js](https://nodejs.org/) 20+ and a local PostgreSQL instance (for the non-Docker path)
+- An AWS account (for deployment only)
+
+## Getting started
+
+### 1. Clone the repository
+
+```sh
+git clone https://github.com/prisma/prisma-examples.git --depth=1
+cd prisma-examples/deployment-platforms/rest-express-docker-aws-ec2
+```
+
+### 2. Run the app
+
+Choose one of the two local development paths below.
+
+---
+
+#### Option A — Docker Compose (recommended)
+
+Copy the example env file (Docker Compose sets `DATABASE_URL` automatically, so no edits needed):
+
+```sh
+cp .env.example .env
+```
+
+Start the app and a local Postgres database:
+
+```sh
+docker compose up --build
+```
+
+The server is now running at `http://localhost:3000`. Migrations are applied automatically on startup.
+
+---
+
+#### Option B — Local Node.js + PostgreSQL
+
+Create a `.env` file and set `DATABASE_URL` to your local database:
+
+```sh
+cp .env.example .env
+# edit .env and set DATABASE_URL, e.g.:
+# DATABASE_URL="postgresql://prisma:prisma@localhost:5432/prisma"
+```
+
+Install dependencies and generate the Prisma Client:
+
+```sh
+npm install
+npx prisma migrate dev
+```
+
+Start the development server:
+
+```sh
+npm run dev
+```
+
+The server is now running at `http://localhost:3000`.
+
+---
+
+### 3. Use the REST API
+
+Create a user:
+
+```sh
+curl -X POST http://localhost:3000/user \
+  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
+  -d '{"email": "alice@prisma.io", "name": "Alice"}'
+```
+
+Create a post:
+
+```sh
+curl -X POST http://localhost:3000/post \
+  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
+  -d '{"title": "Hello Prisma", "content": "My first post", "authorEmail": "alice@prisma.io"}'
+```
+
+Publish a post:
+
+```sh
+curl -X PUT http://localhost:3000/publish/1
+```
+
+Fetch all published posts:
+
+```sh
+curl http://localhost:3000/feed
+```
+
+Fetch a single post:
+
+```sh
+curl http://localhost:3000/post/1
+```
+
+Delete a post:
+
+```sh
+curl -X DELETE http://localhost:3000/post/1
+```
+
+---
+
+## Deploying to AWS EC2
+
+### 1. Set up AWS prerequisites
+
+**ECR repository** — create one if you haven't already:
+
+```sh
+aws ecr create-repository --repository-name my-prisma-app --region us-east-1
+```
+
+**EC2 instance** — launch an instance (Amazon Linux 2 or Ubuntu) and install Docker:
+
+```sh
+# Amazon Linux 2
+sudo yum update -y
+sudo amazon-linux-extras install docker -y
+sudo service docker start
+sudo usermod -aG docker ec2-user
+```
+
+Make sure port `3000` (or your chosen `CONTAINER_PORT`) is open in the instance's security group.
+
+### 2. Configure GitHub secrets and variables
+
+In your repository, go to **Settings → Secrets and variables → Actions** and add:
+
+**Secrets** (sensitive values):
+
+| Name | Description |
+|---|---|
+| `AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID` | AWS IAM access key with ECR and EC2 permissions |
+| `AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY` | Corresponding secret key |
+| `EC2_HOST` | Public IP or DNS of your EC2 instance |
+| `EC2_USER` | SSH username (e.g. `ec2-user` or `ubuntu`) |
+| `EC2_SSH_KEY` | Private SSH key used to connect to EC2 |
+| `DATABASE_URL` | PostgreSQL connection string for your production database |
+
+**Variables** (non-sensitive values):
+
+| Name | Example value |
+|---|---|
+| `AWS_REGION` | `us-east-1` |
+| `ECR_REPOSITORY` | `my-prisma-app` |
+| `CONTAINER_NAME` | `prisma-app` |
+| `CONTAINER_PORT` | `3000` |
+
+### 3. How deployment works
+
+Pushing to `main` triggers [`.github/workflows/deploy.yml`](./.github/workflows/deploy.yml). The workflow authenticates with AWS, builds a Docker image using Buildx (with GitHub Actions layer caching for faster rebuilds) and pushes it to ECR tagged with both the commit SHA and `latest`. It then SSHs into your EC2 instance, pulls the new image, gracefully stops and removes the old container if one exists, starts the new one with `DATABASE_URL` injected at runtime, waits 5 seconds and verifies the container is running — printing logs and exiting non-zero if it isn't. Finally it prunes old images to keep the EC2 disk clean.

deployment-platforms/rest-express-docker-aws-ec2/docker-compose.yml

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+services:
+  app:
+    build: .
+    ports:
+      - "3000:3000"
+    environment:
+      DATABASE_URL: postgresql://prisma:prisma@postgres:5432/prisma
+    depends_on:
+      postgres:
+        condition: service_healthy
+    command: >
+      sh -c "npx prisma migrate deploy && node dist/index.js"
+
+  postgres:
+    image: postgres:16-alpine
+    environment:
+      POSTGRES_USER: prisma
+      POSTGRES_PASSWORD: prisma
+      POSTGRES_DB: prisma
+    ports:
+      - "5432:5432"
+    healthcheck:
+      test: ["CMD-SHELL", "pg_isready -U prisma"]
+      interval: 5s
+      timeout: 5s
+      retries: 5

deployment-platforms/rest-express-docker-aws-ec2/package.json

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+{
+  "name": "rest-express-docker-aws-ec2",
+  "version": "1.0.0",
+  "license": "MIT",
+  "scripts": {
+    "build": "tsc",
+    "dev": "tsx src/index.ts",
+    "start": "node dist/index.js"
+  },
+  "dependencies": {
+    "@prisma/adapter-pg": "7.0.0",
+    "@prisma/client": "7.0.0",
+    "dotenv": "^17.2.1",
+    "express": "5.1.0",
+    "pg": "^8.16.3"
+  },
+  "devDependencies": {
+    "@types/express": "5.0.5",
+    "@types/node": "22.18.12",
+    "@types/pg": "^8.15.6",
+    "prisma": "7.0.0",
+    "tsx": "^4.20.6",
+    "typescript": "5.8.2"
+  }
+}

deployment-platforms/rest-express-docker-aws-ec2/prisma.config.ts

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+import { defineConfig, env } from 'prisma/config'
+import 'dotenv/config'
+
+export default defineConfig({
+  schema: 'prisma/schema.prisma',
+  migrations: {
+    path: 'prisma/migrations',
+  },
+  datasource: {
+    url: env('DATABASE_URL'),
+  },
+})

deployment-platforms/rest-express-docker-aws-ec2/prisma/schema.prisma

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+generator client {
+  provider = "prisma-client"
+  output   = "./generated"
+}
+
+datasource db {
+  provider = "postgresql"
+}
+
+model User {
+  id    Int     @id @default(autoincrement())
+  email String  @unique
+  name  String?
+  posts Post[]
+}
+
+model Post {
+  id        Int     @id @default(autoincrement())
+  title     String
+  content   String?
+  published Boolean @default(false)
+  author    User    @relation(fields: [authorId], references: [id])
+  authorId  Int
+}