Question 1

Introduction

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What is Galaxy?

Galaxy is a full-service cloud offering to host, monitor, and manage Node.js, Python, and Meteor applications. Access Monti APM, Atmosphere, and Galaxy Hosting all from one centralized dashboard. Galaxy also offers Database hosting for MongoDB, allowing you to manage both your applications and databases in one place.

Why Choose Galaxy?

By creating your account, you get access to:

Multi-language hosting: Deploy Node.js, Python, and Meteor applications with premium hosting features like triggers and notifications, as well as advanced security measures like IP whitelisting, app protection, and much more. See Galaxy Pricing Overview.
Organizations: Collaborate with fellow developers throughout the extensive developer ecosystem.
Free deploy: Deploy your application quickly for free using our Free plan and MongoDB auto-configuration. Great for staging environments and early iteration with any supported technology.
Atmosphere: Immediately get access to the community library of open source packages built and used by thousands of Meteor Developers for almost a decade.
Database hosting: Set up, scale, and manage MongoDB databases alongside your applications with automatic backups and no data transfer fees.
Peace of mind: Have peace of mind from having experts in application architecture supporting your deployments.

What is Atmosphere?

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Question 2

Galaxy Support

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How to Get Support

You can reach our customer support through these channels:

Instant Chat Support

Visit the Galaxy dashboard
Click the Chat button in the corner
Or go to "Help & Support" > "Chat Support"

Email Support

Send your questions to support@galaxycloud.app

Our support team is ready to help you with any questions or technical issues. Choose the method that works best for you.

Question 3

Deploy a new Meteor App

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Learn how to deploy on Galaxy by setting up Push to Deploy. The easiest and fastest way of deploying your Meteor app.

Sign up for Meteor Accounts

You need a Meteor account in order to deploy your apps. If you don't have one yet, you can sign up here.

Deploy a new app

Start by going to your Meteor account on Galaxy. Then click on "Create New" > "Deploy App" on the top right corner.

Once there, you'll see this configuration page:

Click on the Git provider where is your project is located and install the our Git Application. We do support GitHub, Bitbucket and GitLab. An authentication popup from your Git provider show up. On this popup, you can choose the individual account or organization that you want to give us access to. You don't need to give access to all your repositories if you don't want to. Later you can go on Git provider and change your permissions to authorize more repositories.

After connecting to your Git provider, you'll automatically go to the second step. In the second step, you need to choose your account from the git provider and then choose the repository where the Meteor app you want to deploy is located.

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Question 4

Getting Started with APM

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Learn how to start with Monti APM

This guide will help you get started with Monti APM, to better understand how your app behaves and identify areas for improvement.

Installation

Run meteor add montiapm:agent inside your Meteor project.
Once you have deployed your app, enable "Galaxy Professional" from the app settings page.

Migrate from Meteor APM

Your app cannot have both Meteor APM and Monti APM agents enabled at the same time.

This means that you'll need to remove the mdg:meteor-apm-agent package from your app.

Run meteor add montiapm:agent inside your Meteor project to install the Monti APM agent.
Run meteor remove mdg:meteor-apm-agent inside your Meteor project to remove the old Meteor APM agent.

Migrate from existing Monti APM configuration

In order to use our provided Monti APM app, you will need to remove any existing Monti APM configuration from your app.

To ensure that Monti APM will connect with our provided app, you will need to:

Ensure there's no "monti" settings in your Meteor settings file.
Ensuring you don't call Monti.connect() in your code.

Monitoring your app

After connecting your app to Monti APM following the steps above, your app will send information to Monti APM. Visit Galaxy 2 to find links to your Monti APM dashboard.

Links can be found in your app overview page.

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Question 5

MongoDB - Connect Database with MongoDB Compass

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Step-by-step guide to connect to a MongoDB database instance using MongoDB Compass, provided by Galaxy Databases.

Objective

This guide provides detailed instructions on how to connect to a MongoDB database instance using MongoDB Compass, a popular Open Source (SSPL) management tool for MongoDB.

Requirements

Access to the Galaxy Control Panel.
Request a MongoDB database from the Galaxy team.
MongoDB Compass installed (stable version) and an internet connection.

Instructions

Installation

To install MongoDB Compass: Follow the official documentation.

Connect with MongoDB Compass

Open MongoDB Compass: Launch MongoDB Compass on your computer.
Enter Connection Details: In the connection field, enter the Service URI provided by the Galaxy team.
Establish Connection: Click "Connect" to establish a connection to the MongoDB instance.

Detailed Steps

Access the Control Panel: Ensure you have access to the Galaxy Control Panel to obtain the credentials and the database service URI.
Request the Database: Contact the Galaxy team and request the creation of a MongoDB database.
Install MongoDB Compass: If MongoDB Compass is not installed, visit the official website and follow the installation instructions for your operating system.
Obtain the Service URI: In the Galaxy Control Panel, nav

Question 6

Deployment configurations

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Overview

Learn how to configure an application on Galaxy.

Configure your domain name

The first thing you should do is verify that the deployment was successful. Check to see if the application is accessible by navigating to its URL. Then check the application logs in Galaxy at galaxy.meteor.com/app/<app_name>/logs to see if there are any errors that are affecting the deployment.

Once your application is successfully deployed, head on over to your Galaxy dashboard to configure your application by adding a custom domain name and enabling SSL encryption.

Add a domain in your application’s settings and point your DNS to:

galaxy-ingress.meteor.com for applications in the US East region.
eu-west-1.galaxy-ingress.meteor.com for applications in the EU West region.
ap-southeast-2.galaxy-ingress.meteor.com for applications in the Asia-Pacific region.

If you are deploying to a root domain (for example mydomain.com), then follow the advanced instructions here.

Enable encryption to secure sensitive data by generating a free Let’s Encrypt certificate by clicking on Generate Certificate or uploading your own custom certificate.

Configure your MongoDB

If your Meteor application has a pack

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