Deploy an Express app

Deploy Express in six steps

1. 01

   Push your Express project to a GitHub repository.

2. 02

   Sign in to Rimbra, choose New project and import the repository. Rimbra asks GitHub for access to the repositories you pick.

3. 03

   Rimbra sees a package.json with a start script, or a server.js, index.js or app.js and runs npm start (or the package manager your lockfile uses). Change the root directory or the commands in Settings if your project needs it.

4. 04

   Paste your .env into Variables. Every line becomes a variable, available on the next deploy.

5. 05

   Deploy. The build log streams line by line, and your app goes live at your-project.rimbra.live (or .xyz or .click, your choice) over HTTPS.

6. 06

   Optional: buy or connect a domain, and Rimbra points it at your app with HTTPS issued automatically.

What your app needs

One rule for servers: listen on the port in the PORT environment variable. Rimbra sets it and routes your address to it.

const express = require("express")
const app = express()

app.use(express.json())
app.get("/", (req, res) => res.send("Hello from Rimbra"))

app.listen(process.env.PORT || 3000)

Express on Rimbra

• Listen on process.env.PORT. Rimbra sets it and routes your address to it.
• Connect a PostgreSQL or MySQL database to the project and DATABASE_URL is set for you, ready for pg, Prisma or Drizzle.
• Using TypeScript? Add a build script such as tsc and start the compiled file: "start": "node dist/server.js".
• Send a welcome email or a WhatsApp message from the same app with Rimbra’s Email API and WhatsApp API, no extra provider needed.

Read the full list of detected frameworks and default commands in the frameworks docs.

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