How to deploy a solidity contract with etherjs

Assuming you have installed metamask, and know the seed phrase, here are steps to deploy contract using 'ethers' and 'fs':

1. compile the contract to .bin and .abi files
2. load 'ethers' and 'fs'
3. create a 'signer' object using 'provider', 'Wallet', and 'connect' methods from 'ethers'
4. create a contract instance from 'ContractFactory' method
5. use deploy method as promise
6. Here I have used 'getblock' as web3 provider for example (see https://getblock.io/docs/get-started/auth-with-api-key/). Other alternatives are 'quicknode', 'alchemy' and 'infura'.

We will deploy the code to the BSC testnet, but same procedure will apply for other Ethereum Virtual Machine(EVM) compatible chains, such as : Avalanche Contract Chain (C-Chain), Binance Smart Chain (BSC) mainnet, Fantom Opera and Polygon etc.

nodejs script for contract deployment goes here:

//load 'ethers' and 'fs'

ethers = require('ethers');
fs = require('fs');

//Read bin and abi file to object; names of the solcjs-generated files renamed
bytecode = fs.readFileSync('storage.bin').toString();
abi = JSON.parse(fs.readFileSync('storage.abi').toString());

//to create 'signer' object;here 'account'
const mnemonic = "<see-phrase>" // seed phrase for your Metamask account
const provider = new ethers.providers.WebSocketProvider("wss://bsc.getblock.io/testnet/?api_key=<your-api-key>");
const wallet = ethers.Wallet.fromMnemonic(mnemonic);
const account = wallet.connect(provider);

const myContract = new ethers.ContractFactory(abi, bytecode, account);

//Using 'deploy method 'in 'async-await' 
async function main() {
// If your contract requires constructor args, you can specify them here
const contract = await myContract.deploy();

console.log(contract.address);
console.log(contract.deployTransaction);
}

main();

In the above code, 'account' is the 'signer' of the ethers docs
https://docs.ethers.io/v5/api/contract/contract-factory/#ContractFactory--creating

ethers.ContractFactory( interface , bytecode [ , signer ] )

Do not hesitate to ask in discussion if you face any problem in deploying your contract.