Deploy Node.js to UpCloud

Steps

1. 1

   Create a UpCloud API token

   In your UpCloud account, open Account → Permissions → API access and create a new API user with read-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 UpCloud server

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

UpCloud regions

UpCloud is a privately-owned Finnish provider, independent of the large hyperscalers.

• Frankfurt
• Helsinki
• Amsterdam
• London
• Madrid
• Warsaw

Questions