Deploy Go to DigitalOcean

Steps

1. 1

   Create a DigitalOcean API token

   In the DigitalOcean control panel, open API and generate a personal access token with read and write access. 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 DigitalOcean server

   In Railyard, open Servers, then Add a server, then Create on your cloud, and pick DigitalOcean, a region and a size. Railyard preselects s-1vcpu-2gb (1 vCPU, 2 GB of memory). It creates the server in your DigitalOcean account and installs Docker, Caddy and its agent in about two minutes.

3. 3

   Deploy your Go repository

   Paste the GitHub link. Railyard reads the repository, detects Go and fills in the build, the port, the release command, workers and Postgres or Redis.

4. 4

   Go live on HTTPS

   Railyard builds on a separate build server, 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 Go

• Detected from go.mod and built with Railpack, or with your Dockerfile.
• The binary listens on $PORT, on all interfaces.
• Add a database from the app page and DATABASE_URL is injected.
• Each release is health-checked before it gets traffic.
• Workers and cron jobs run in the same image with their own command.

DigitalOcean regions

Toronto keeps your data in Canada. Frankfurt and Amsterdam keep it in the EU.

• New York
• San Francisco
• Amsterdam
• Frankfurt
• London
• Toronto
• Singapore
• Bangalore
• Sydney

Questions