Render Deployment Guide

Setup

1. Create Services

In Render dashboard, create:

1. Web Service for the API (Docker runtime)
2. Static Site for the webapp
3. PostgreSQL database
4. Redis instance

2. Configure API Service

• Docker Image: ghcr.io/ever-co/gauzy-api:latest
• Health Check Path: /api/health

3. Environment Variables

NODE_ENV=production
DB_TYPE=postgres
DATABASE_URL=(auto-injected by Render)
REDIS_URL=(auto-injected by Render)
JWT_SECRET=your-secret
API_BASE_URL=https://gauzy-api.onrender.com

4. Deploy

Render auto-deploys from linked GitHub repository. Manual deploy also available from dashboard.

Render Blueprint

Create a render.yaml for infrastructure-as-code:

services:
  - type: web
    name: gauzy-api
    runtime: docker
    dockerfilePath: ./Dockerfile
    envVars:
      - key: NODE_ENV
        value: production
      - key: DATABASE_URL
        fromDatabase:
          name: gauzy-db
          property: connectionString

databases:
  - name: gauzy-db
    plan: starter

Related Pages

• Production Deployment — general guide
• Railway Deployment — Railway alternative