nextd v0.0.5

Deploy next.js applications to your own servers using SSH and SFTP. Pull and feature requests are encouraged.

Installation

$ npm install -g nextd

Use -g flag to use nextd via the CLI

Configuration

Imagine the following nextd.json:

nextd --init

{
  "name": "Nextjs App Name",
  "host": "192.0.0.100",
  "username": "ubuntu",
  "privateKey": "/Users/username/Desktop/server.pem",
  "remoteDirectory": "/home/ubuntu/appname_dir"
}

The deploy process

Builds your app, using nextd deploy

nextd --deploy

• Uploads the app bundle, the start script, and the environment variables to your servers
• Runs the start script
• Verifies that the app sucessfully started

Congratulations! Your app is now running on the server, accessible to your potential users!

Standard options

• name The application name.
• host The server you want to deploy to. Has to have an SSH server with SFTP subsystem.
• user The username to use for the SSH connection.
• privateKey The private key file for your SSH user.
• remoteDirectory The absolute path on the server where you want to run the app.

Help

Usage: nextd [options] [command]

  Commands:
    deploy                 Deploys the git repository to a remote server.

  Options:

    -h, --help           output usage information
    -V, --version        output the version number
    -f, --forever        Attempt to start/restart the program on the server using forever.