Deploy Docker to Scaleway

Steps

1. 1

   Create a Scaleway API token

   In the Scaleway console, open IAM → API keys and generate a new API key. Railyard needs the access key and secret key, plus your project ID. Paste it into Railyard and tick Save it to the team, so it's reused for every server after this one.

2. 2

   Add a Scaleway server

   In Railyard, open Servers, then Add a server, then Create on your cloud, and pick Scaleway, a region and a size. Railyard preselects DEV1-S (1 vCPU, 2 GB of memory). It creates the server in your Scaleway account and finishes setup in about two minutes.

3. 3

   Deploy your Docker repository

   Paste the GitHub link. Railyard reads the repository, detects Docker and fills in the build, the port, the release command, workers and any database.

4. 4

   Go live on HTTPS

   Railyard builds your app, runs the release command, health-checks the new version and moves traffic only when it answers. Add your domain and the certificate is issued and renewed for you.

What Railyard sets up for Docker

• Your Dockerfile is built as it is.
• Build arguments and BuildKit secrets are passed without being baked into a layer.
• Private repositories and submodules clone with short-lived GitHub App tokens.
• Add Postgres, MySQL, Redis or object storage and the connection strings are injected.
• A release command, such as a migration, runs before the new version takes traffic.

Scaleway regions

Scaleway is a French cloud provider — every region above is in the EU by default.

• Paris
• Amsterdam
• Warsaw
• Milan

Questions