Serverize CLI

Introduction

Serverize CLI is a command-line tool that allows you to deploy, manage, monitor, and interact with your projects.

It’s currently distributed as an npm package, so you need to have Node.js installed on your machine (or CI/CD environment) to use it.

Before accessing any of Serverize’s features, you need to create an account or log in to your existing one.

Authentication

To create an account, run the following command:

npx serverize auth signup

You’ll be prompted to enter your email and password, followed by an organization name and your first project name.

Once your account is successfully created, you need to verify your email address through a link sent to your inbox.

Login

To log in to your account, run:

npx serverize auth signin

This will prompt you to enter your email and password.

Logout

To log out from your account, run:

npx serverize auth signout

This will clear your authentication token from your machine.

Projects

To list all your projects:

npx serverize projects list

To create a new project:

npx serverize projects create <project-name>

Note: <project-name> is an argument, not a flag.

Understanding the Deployment Process

Every Serverize project has two essential components:

• Channels
• Releases

Channels, or environments, are collections of project release histories and their configurations.

When you create a new project, it gets a default channel named dev and a default release named latest.

Running:

npx serverize deploy -p <project-name>

will deploy the project and tag it as the latest release of the dev channel.

Releases

When you deploy a project, it creates a new release behind the scene and associate it with a channel.

Unless you specify a release name, the release will be named latest.

npx serverize deploy -p <project-name> -r <release-name>

You can only have one release per name; deploying with the same release name will overwrite the previous one.

Listing Releases

npx serverize releases list -p <project-name>

Channels

Managing channels is not supported at the moment, however you get 2 channels when you signup, dev, preview

Deployments

Before deploying a project, ensure your Dockerfile is ready and works as expected; it should expose the port your server is listening on.

You can deploy a project by running:

npx serverize deploy -p <project-name>

The resulting URL will be:

https://<project-name>-<channel-name>-<release-name>.beta.january.sh

Examples:

1. Deploying to the dev channel with the latest release (default options):

   npx serverize deploy -p winter

   Resulting URL:

   https://winter-dev.beta.january.sh

   Note: For the latest release, the release name doesn’t appear in the URL.

2. Deploying to the dev channel with a named release demo:

   npx serverize deploy -p winter -r demo

   Resulting URL:

   https://winter-dev-demo.beta.january.sh

3. Deploying to the preview channel with the regression release:

   npx serverize deploy -p winter -c preview -r regression

   Resulting URL:

   https://winter-preview-regression.beta.january.sh

As mentioned, to deploy to a named release, specify the release name:

npx serverize deploy -p <project-name> -r <release-name>

Note: The default channel is dev.

To deploy to a specific channel, such as preview, add the channel name:

npx serverize deploy -p <project-name> -c preview

Authentication Tokens

To deploy a project in a CI/CD pipeline, you need to create a new token and store it in your CI/CD environment.

To create a new token, run:

npx serverize tokens create --project <project-name>

Store this token securely as it will only be displayed once. See a complete guide on how to use Serverize with GitHub Actions.

Setup

To auto setup your project (add dockerfile, dockerignore, etc) run:

npx serverize setup [framework]

Where framework is the framework you want to setup, if not provided, serverize will try to guess it otherwise it’ll ask you.

Example:

1. Setup Deno

npx serverize setup deno

This command will add Dockerfile as well as dockerignore to your project.

2. Setup Astro

npx serverize setup astro

3. Setup Nuxt

npx serverize setup nuxt

4. Auto setup:

npx serverize setup

Auto setup works by inspecting your project and guessing the framework.