Deploy on Render

Let's deploy your app on Render 🚀

GitHub Repo

Push your app to a repo on GitHub.

Create database

Create the database you want to use for production on Render and take note of the connection url.

Database creation guides

See guides for MySQL, PostgreSQL, and, MongoDB on the Render docs.

Create Redis instance

Create the production Redis instance and take note of the connection url.

Redis instance guide

See the guide to create a Redis instance on the Render docs.

Set up database

Depending on the database you want to use for production, set up that adapter in config/environment/production.js

PostgreSQL

module.exports = {
  datastores: {
    default: {
      adapter: 'sails-postgresql',
      url: process.env.DATABASE_URL
    }
  }
}

MySQL

module.exports = {
  datastores: {
    default: {
      adapter: 'sails-mysql',
      url: process.env.DATABASE_URL
    }
  }
}

MongoDB

module.exports = {
  datastores: {
    default: {
      adapter: 'sails-mongo',
      url: process.env.DATABASE_URL
    }
  }
}

WARNING

Don't forget to install the adapter if you haven't already. See the database docs for more info.

Set up Redis

INFO

Create a new Redis instance on Render by following the Render docs.

Set up the Redis adapter in config/environment/production.js

module.exports = {
  session: {
    secret: process.env.REDIS_SECRET
    adapter: '@sailshq/connect-redis',
    url: process.env.REDIS_URL
  }
}

Create a web service

Create a new Node.js Web Service on Render, and give Render permission to access the repo of your app.

Use the following values during creation:

• Runtime: Node
• Build command: npm i
• Start command: npm start

Set environment variables

Add the following evironment variables to your web service:

• DATABASE_URL: This should point to the connection string of the database you created.
• REDIS_URL: This should point to the connection string to the Redis instance you created.
• SESSION_SECRET: A unique production session secret to override the one in config/session.js.

That’s it! Your app will be live on your Render URL as soon as the build finishes 🎉

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