🍦 Deploy a server

How to deploy a server on Render

  1. Make sure you have connected your GitHub account to Render (see How to connect your GitHub to Render)
  2. Log into the Render dashboard

Render dashboard

  1. Click on the New + button

New + button on dashboard

  1. Click on Web Service from the dropdown list

Select Web Service from the New + button dropdown

  1. Select your repo to connect to Render by clicking on the Connect button

Connect repo to Render

  1. Fill out the Name field, which will be used to label the server within Render

Name the new web service

  1. Provide a Start Command field. This should be in the format node YOUR_FILENAME.js, it is likely node server.js

Provide a Start Command field for the new web service

  1. Create your new server by clicking on the Create Web Service button

Create the server by clicking on the Create Web Service button

  1. You should have been taken to the Build page for your new server
  2. Wait for the build to complete (it may take a couple of minutes). It should display “Build successful” as well as “Live”

Wait for the build to complete

  1. You can view your newly deployed server by clicking the URL at the top of Web Service page

URL to the newly deployed server at the top of the Web Service page