The best deployment architecture for angularjs nodejs app

Question

I have Moto Adverts application in angularjs and nodejs. Angularjs-client-side is running on Apache HTTP Server (localhost:8000) but nodejs-server-side is runnning as node.js ht

Answer 1

What I should do to run client-side and server-side on the same server. a) On Apache HTTP Server (localhost:8000). b) On Node.js self http server on (localhost:3000).

Ans : you don't need to run nodejs as self hosted.instead run nodejs through Apache server and use fusion passenger too. fusion passenger will take care of running your node application in background forever. Personally I prefer Nginx + fusion for my nodejs applications.

What architecture will be the best for production use - two independent servers for client-side and server-side or only one?

Ans : I don't understand what you mean by having two servers one for client and one for server-side. Keep your client and server code on single server.

Is it good practice to use Cross-origin resource sharing (CORS) on server-side (if I should have two independent servers)?

Ans : if your server and your client are under same domain then you don't need to worry about CORS but if in future you want to expose your API to any of your client apps, then you will need to do CORS configurations.

What I should do to not hard code address http://localhost:3000/api/brands to server-side (best practice)?

Ans : I use constant to declare my base path and then do the DI in my services and factory that make the API Calls.

motoAdsServices.constant("API", {
        "endpoint": "http://localhost:8080",
    })

motoAdsServices.factory('Brand', ['$resource','API', function($resource,API) {
    return $resource(API.endpoint + '/api/:id', {}, {
      query: {
        method: 'GET',
        params: {
          id: 'brands'
        },
        isArray: true
      }
    });
  }]);