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How can I deploy a NestJS app to App Platform?
- Posted on May 10, 2021
- DigitalOcean App PlatformNode.js
Asked by Kamal Nasser
I have a website built with the NestJS framework. How can I deploy it to App Platform?
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To deploy a NestJS app, you’ll need to customize a few configuration options:
npm run buildnpm run start:prod3000Because NestJS doesn’t use the
$PORTenv var, you will need to manually set the service’s HTTP Port to3000.The
npmcommands map to the default scripts provided by NestJS inpackage.json.