Express

Gather the required information

These are the parameters you'll need

• a build command
  • which should build the application prior to packaging for deployment
  • common examples include: npm run build (recommended), tsc, and vite.
  • if no build command is required, use echo "build not required"
• a start command
  • which tells airbase how to start your web application
  • common examples include:
    • node dist/index.js (if built from src/index.ts, use the appropriate path to the entrypoint)
    • node index.js (if no build is required or directly shipping js code)
• a list of dependencies to include
  • dependencies are automatically traced to reduce the packaged deployment size (50 MB limit)
  • additional assets can be manually included by adding globs to the include section of airbase.json
  • some examples of globs: public/**/*, static/**/*.json (more available here

Configure Airbase to use the express framework

Run airbase configure and select express from the list of frameworks when prompted.

user@laptop example % airbase configure
 
Configuring project for Airbase
? Project Name: example
? Framework: express
? Command to build production deployment: npm run build
? Command to start production server: node dist/index.js
 
{
  name: "example"
  framework: "nuxtjs"
  scripts: {
    build: "npm run build"
    start: "node dist/index.js"
  }
}
 
? Save configuration? Yes
 
Configuration saved in ./airbase.json
Run airbase build to create a deployment package.
user@laptop example %

Build and deploy your application

Now that the Airbase configuration has been updated, run airbase build as normal to build your application.

Then deploy the application with airbase deploy.