Deploy Node.js to Hetzner

Steps

1. 1

   Create a Hetzner API token

   In the Hetzner Cloud Console, open your project, then Security, then API tokens, and generate a token with Read & Write permission. 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 Hetzner server

   In Railyard, open Servers, then Add a server, then Create on your cloud, and pick Hetzner, a region and a size. Railyard preselects cx22 (2 vCPU, 4 GB of memory). It creates the server in your Hetzner account and installs Docker, Caddy and its agent in about two minutes.

3. 3

   Deploy your Node.js repository

   Paste the GitHub link. Railyard reads the repository, detects Node.js and fills in the build, the port, the release command, workers and Postgres, MySQL 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 Node.js

• The start script in package.json becomes the web process.
• Your package manager is picked from the lockfile: npm, pnpm, yarn or bun.
• An npm run worker script is offered as a background worker.
• Add a database from the app page and its connection string is injected as a variable.
• Set a release command, such as npx prisma migrate deploy, to run before each release.

Hetzner regions

Nuremberg, Falkenstein and Helsinki keep your data in the EU.

• Nuremberg
• Falkenstein
• Helsinki
• Ashburn
• Hillsboro
• Singapore

Questions