I’m a fan of using source control for all changes that affect a project’s function, and that includes infrastructure decisions. For a start, is there a way for DigitalOcean’s App Platform deployments to take their build and run commands from a file in the deployed source code?
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Hi there,
I believe that what you are after is the App spec file. You can find the documentation here:
https://docs.digitalocean.com/products/app-platform/reference/app-spec/#file-structure-example
It includes both the build_command and run_command.
Let me know how it goes.
Heya,
Yes, the App Platform can take build/run commands from an App Spec file that you keep in source control (commonly .do/app.yaml). You set build_command and run_command for the component in that spec and then deploy/update the app using the spec (via doctl/API/Terraform).
If you want it fully “in-repo” without relying on App Platform settings at all, the other common approach is to use a Dockerfile so the run command lives in CMD/ENTRYPOINT (and the build steps are in the Dockerfile), but the App Spec route is the closest to what you’re asking.
Hope that this helps!
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