# Qovery
✋ CAUTION
This third-party deployment guide might not be up-to-date with Strapi v4. Contributions (opens new window) are most welcome.
This is a step-by-step guide for deploying a Strapi project on Qovery (opens new window).
Qovery is a CaaS for developers to deploy their full-stack applications on AWS, GCP, Azure and Digital Ocean. Qovery provides access to managed PostgreSQL and free SSL.
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Qovery provides free hosting for individual developers.
# Deploying with the web interface
# 1. Create a Qovery Account
Visit the Qovery dashboard (opens new window) to create an account if you don't already have one.
# 2. Create a project
- Click on the create a project button and give a name to your project.
- Click on next.
✏️ NOTE
One project can have multiple apps running. This is convenient to group your backend, frontend, database etc.
# 3. Add your Strapi app
- Click on the create an application button and select your Github or Gitlab repository where your Strapi app is located.
- Click on next.
# 4. Add a PostgreSQL database
- Click on add a PostgreSQL database.
- Select the version
- Give a name to your PostgreSQL databse.
- Click on next.
# 5. Add a storage
- Click on add a Storage.
- Give a name to your storage.
- Select the storage type between Slow HDD, HDD, SSD, and Fast SSD. (SSD is recommended)
- Select the size.
- Give a mount point.
# 6. Deploy
Click on the Deploy button. Your app should be deployed: you can see the status in real time by clicking on Deployment logs.
# Deploying with the CLI
# 1. Create a Qovery Account
Install the Qovery CLI (opens new window) and type the command qovery auth
to create an account if you don't already have one.
# 2. Add a .qovery.yml File
Place a .qovery.yml
file at the root of your project. Do not forget the dot when naming the file.
application:
name: GIVE_A_NAME_TO_YOUR_APP
project: GIVE_A_PROJECT_NAME
publicly_accessible: true
storage: # qovery will attach automatically a SSD storage on /srv/app
- name: data
type: ssd
size: 5GB
mount_point: /srv/app
databases:
- type: postgresql # qovery will create a managed PostgreSQL database
version: 12
name: psql
routers:
- name: main
custom_domains: # optional: only if you want to use your domain
- branch: master
domain: my.domain.tld
routes:
- application_name: strapi
paths:
- /*
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For more information about the .qovery.yml
file, please refer to the Qovery application documentation (opens new window).
✏️ NOTE
Alternatively, you can deploy your Strapi application with a PostgreSQL database in the Qovery dashboard.
# 3. Add a Dockerfile (optional)
By default, Qovery uses Buildpacks to build and run your Strapi application. But it is also possible to build and run your application by providing a Dockerfile
(see Quovery documentation (opens new window) for more information).
# 4. Deploy
- Commit your changes and push them to GitHub or GitLab.
- Execute the
qovery status --watch
command to see in real time your Strapi application deployment status. When the status of your application isRUNNING
, it means it has been successfully deployed.
# Scaling
For vertical scaling, Qovery lets you upgrade your CPU and RAM per instance. For horizontal scaling, Qovery auto-scales the number of instance running depending of the CPU and Memory usage.