5 Minute Tutorial: Deploying a Next app with AWS Amplify Hosting
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In this tutorial you'll learn how to deploy a Next app to AWS using Amplify Hosting.
There are two options: One using the Amplify CLI, and the other using a Git repository. We will cover both.
CLI workflow
To get started, create a new Next site:
$ npm init next-app What is your project named? my-app Pick a template Default starter app
Next, change into the new directory and update package.json to add the export
script to the existing build
script:
"scripts": { "dev": "next dev", "build": "next build && next export", "start": "next start"},
next export
allows you to export your app to static HTML, which can be run standalone without the need of a Node.js server.
Adding Amplify hosting
If you haven't already, install and configure the latest version of the Amplify CLI:
$ npm install -g @aws-amplify/cli$ amplify configure
To see a video walkthrough of how to configure the CLI, click here.
Next, initialize a new Amplify project. Make sure you se the Distribution Directory Path to out
.
$ amplify init? Enter a name for the project: mynextapp? Enter a name for the environment: dev? Choose your default editor: Visual Studio Code (or your preferred editor)? Choose the type of app that youre building: javascript? What javascript framework are you using: react? Source Directory Path: src? Distribution Directory Path: out? Build Command: npm run-script build? Start Command: npm run-script start? Do you want to use an AWS profile? Y? Please choose the profile you want to use: <your profile>
Now, add hosing with the Amplify add
command:
$ amplify add hosting? Select the plugin module to execute: Hosting with Amplify Console? Choose a type: Manual deployment
Next, deploy the app:
$ amplify publish? Are you sure you want to continue? Yes
Congratulations, your app has now been successfully deployed! The URL for the app should be displayed in your terminal.
To see your app in the Amplify console at any time, run the following command:
$ amplify console
For a complete walkthrough of how to do this, check out this video:
Deploying updates
Once you make changes to your app and are ready to deploy them, you can run the publish
command again:
$ amplify publish
Deleting the app
To delete the app and the deployment, run the delete
command:
$ amplify delete
Git-based deployments
Amplify also offers Git-based deployments with features like CI/CD and branch previews.
To host using a Git-based deployment, follow these steps instead.
1. Create your app
$ npm init next-app What is your project named? my-app Pick a template Default starter app
2. Be sure to set the new build
script in your package.json:
"scripts": { "dev": "next dev", "build": "next build && next export", "start": "next start"},
3. Create a Git repository, then push your code to Git.
$ git init$ git remote add origin [email protected]:your-name/my-next-app.git$ git add .$ git commit -m 'initial commit'$ git push origin master
4. Go to the Amplify Console and click "Connect App"
5. Follow the steps to choose your Git provider and your branch.
6. Set the baseDirectory to out.
7. Click Next then Save and deploy.
Kicking off a new build
You can kick off a new build directly from the Amplify console or by pushing changes to master.
Make some changes to your code
Push the changes to git
$ git add .$ git commit -m 'updates'$ git push origin master
Dynamic server-rendered routes
In this tutorial you learned how to deploy a static Next site using Amplify Hosting.
Next also supports pre-rendering for dynamic server-rendered routes. At this time, Amplify does not support the hosting of dynamic server-rendered routes with Next. If you are interested in this functionality, I would recommend instead checking out Vercel.
Original Link: https://dev.to/dabit3/5-minute-tutorial-deploying-a-next-app-with-aws-amplify-hosting-5199
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