Deploy a NestJS app

Deploy NestJS in six steps

1. 01

   Push your NestJS 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 build and start script and runs npm run build, then npm run start:prod or npm start. 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.

import { NestFactory } from "@nestjs/core"
import { AppModule } from "./app.module"

async function bootstrap() {
  const app = await NestFactory.create(AppModule)
  await app.listen(process.env.PORT ?? 3000)
}
bootstrap()

NestJS on Rimbra

• Set the start command to node dist/main if your start script runs in watch mode.
• Connect a PostgreSQL or MySQL database to the project and DATABASE_URL is set for you, ready for pg, Prisma or Drizzle.

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

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