Deploy a MERN application using MongoDB Atlas, Express, and React on Koyeb
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Koyeb is a developer-friendly serverless platform to deploy apps globally. No-ops, servers, or infrastructure management. This repository contains a MERN blog clone you can deploy on the Koyeb serverless platform for testing.
This example application is designed to show how an application using MongoDB Atlas, Express, and React can be deployed on Koyeb.
Follow the steps below to deploy and run the MERN application with MongoDB Atlas on your Koyeb account.
You need a Koyeb account to successfully deploy and run this application. If you don't already have an account, you can sign-up for free here.
The fastest way to deploy the MERN application is to click the Deploy to Koyeb button below.
Clicking on this button brings you to the Koyeb App creation page with everything pre-set to launch this application.
To modify this application example, you will need to fork this repository. Checkout the fork and deploy instructions.
If you want to customize and enhance this application, you need to fork this repository.
If you used the Deploy to Koyeb button, you can simply link your service to your forked repository to be able to push changes. Alternatively, you can manually create the application as described below.
On the Koyeb Control Panel, on the Overview tab, click the Create Web Service button to begin.
- Choose GitHub as the deployment method.
- Select the git repository where you pushed the code to.
- Expand the Builder section and click the override toggle associated with the Build command. In the field, enter
yarn build-client. Enable the Run command field and enteryarn start. - In the Environment variables section, click the Add variable button to create a variable called
CONNECTION_STRINGset to the connection string provided by Mongo Atlas. - In the Exposed ports section, enter the port 3000.
- Choose a name for your App and Service and click Deploy.
You land on the deployment page where you can follow the build of your application. Once the build is completed, your application is being deployed and you will be able to access it via <YOUR_APP_NAME>-<YOUR_ORG_NAME>.koyeb.app.
If you have any questions, ideas or suggestions regarding this application sample, feel free to open an issue or fork this repository and open a pull request.