vitepress/docs/guide/deploying.md

# Deploying

The following guides are based on some shared assumptions:

- You are placing your docs inside the `docs` directory of your project;
- You are using the default build output location (`.vitepress/dist`);
- VitePress is installed as a local dependency in your project, and you have setup the following npm scripts:

```json
{
  "scripts": {
    "docs:build": "vitepress build docs",
    "docs:serve": "vitepress serve docs"
  }
}
```

## Build and test locally

You may run `yarn docs:build` command to build the docs.

```bash
$ yarn docs:build
```

By default, the build output will be placed at `.vitepress/dist`. You may deploy this `dist` folder to any of your preferred platforms.

Once you've built the docs, you may test them locally by running `yarn docs:serve` command.

```bash
$ yarn docs:build
$ yarn docs:serve
```

The `serve` command will boot up local static web server that serves the files from `.vitepress/dist` at `http://localhost:5000`. It's an easy way to check if the production build looks OK in your local environment.

You may configure the port of the server by passing `--port` flag as an argument.

```json
{
  "scripts": {
    "docs:serve": "vitepress serve docs --port 8080"
  }
}
```

Now the `docs:serve` method will launch the server at `http://localhost:8080`.

## GitHub Pages

1. Set the correct `base` in `docs/.vitepress/config.js`.

   If you are deploying to `https://<USERNAME>.github.io/`, you can omit `base` as it defaults to `'/'`.

   If you are deploying to `https://<USERNAME>.github.io/<REPO>/`, for example your repository is at `https://github.com/<USERNAME>/<REPO>`, then set `base` to `'/<REPO>/'`.

2. Inside your project, create `deploy.sh` with the following content (with highlighted lines uncommented appropriately), and run it to deploy:

```bash{13,20,23}
#!/usr/bin/env sh

# abort on errors
set -e

# build
npm run docs:build

# navigate into the build output directory
cd docs/.vitepress/dist

# if you are deploying to a custom domain
# echo 'www.example.com' > CNAME

git init
git add -A
git commit -m 'deploy'

# if you are deploying to https://<USERNAME>.github.io
# git push -f git@github.com:<USERNAME>/<USERNAME>.github.io.git main

# if you are deploying to https://<USERNAME>.github.io/<REPO>
# git push -f git@github.com:<USERNAME>/<REPO>.git main:gh-pages

cd -
```

::: tip
You can also run the above script in your CI setup to enable automatic deployment on each push.
:::

## GitHub Pages and Travis CI

1. Set the correct `base` in `docs/.vitepress/config.js`.

   If you are deploying to `https://<USERNAME or GROUP>.github.io/`, you can omit `base` as it defaults to `'/'`.

   If you are deploying to `https://<USERNAME or GROUP>.github.io/<REPO>/`, for example your repository is at `https://github.com/<USERNAME>/<REPO>`, then set `base` to `'/<REPO>/'`.

2. Create a file named `.travis.yml` in the root of your project.

3. Run `yarn` or `npm install` locally and commit the generated lockfile (that is `yarn.lock` or `package-lock.json`).

4. Use the GitHub Pages deploy provider template, and follow the [Travis CI documentation](https://docs.travis-ci.com/user/deployment/pages).

```yaml
language: node_js
node_js:
  - lts/*
install:
  - yarn install # npm ci
script:
  - yarn docs:build # npm run docs:build
deploy:
  provider: pages
  skip_cleanup: true
  local_dir: docs/.vitepress/dist
  # A token generated on GitHub allowing Travis to push code on you repository.
  # Set in the Travis settings page of your repository, as a secure variable.
  github_token: $GITHUB_TOKEN
  keep_history: true
  on:
    branch: main
```

## GitLab Pages and GitLab CI

1. Set the correct `base` in `docs/.vitepress/config.js`.

   If you are deploying to `https://<USERNAME or GROUP>.gitlab.io/`, you can omit `base` as it defaults to `'/'`.

   If you are deploying to `https://<USERNAME or GROUP>.gitlab.io/<REPO>/`, for example your repository is at `https://gitlab.com/<USERNAME>/<REPO>`, then set `base` to `'/<REPO>/'`.

2. Set `outDir` in `.vitepress/config.js` to `../public`.

3. Create a file called `.gitlab-ci.yml` in the root of your project with the content below. This will build and deploy your site whenever you make changes to your content:

```yaml
image: node:16
pages:
  cache:
    paths:
      - node_modules/
  script:
    - yarn install # npm install
    - yarn docs:build # npm run docs:build
  artifacts:
    paths:
      - public
  only:
    - main
```

## Netlify

1. On [Netlify](https://www.netlify.com/), setup up a new project from GitHub with the following settings:

- **Build Command:** `vitepress build docs` or `yarn docs:build` or `npm run docs:build`
- **Publish directory:** `docs/.vitepress/dist`

2. Hit the deploy button.

## Google Firebase

1. Make sure you have [firebase-tools](https://www.npmjs.com/package/firebase-tools) installed.

2. Create `firebase.json` and `.firebaserc` at the root of your project with the following content:

`firebase.json`:

```json
{
  "hosting": {
    "public": "./docs/.vitepress/dist",
    "ignore": []
  }
}
```

`.firebaserc`:

```js
{
 "projects": {
   "default": "<YOUR_FIREBASE_ID>"
 }
}
```

3. After running `yarn docs:build` or `npm run docs:build`, deploy using the command `firebase deploy`.

## Surge

1. First install [surge](https://www.npmjs.com/package/surge), if you haven’t already.

2. Run `yarn docs:build` or `npm run docs:build`.

3. Deploy to surge by typing `surge docs/.vitepress/dist`.

You can also deploy to a [custom domain](https://surge.sh/help/adding-a-custom-domain) by adding `surge docs/.vitepress/dist yourdomain.com`.

## Heroku

1. Install [Heroku CLI](https://devcenter.heroku.com/articles/heroku-cli).

2. Create a Heroku account by [signing up](https://signup.heroku.com).

3. Run `heroku login` and fill in your Heroku credentials:

```bash
$ heroku login
```

4. Create a file called `static.json` in the root of your project with the below content:

`static.json`:

```json
{
  "root": "./docs/.vitepress/dist"
}
```

This is the configuration of your site; read more at [heroku-buildpack-static](https://github.com/heroku/heroku-buildpack-static).

5. Set up your Heroku git remote:

```bash
# version change
$ git init
$ git add .
$ git commit -m "My site ready for deployment."

# creates a new app with a specified name
$ heroku apps:create example

# set buildpack for static sites
$ heroku buildpacks:set https://github.com/heroku/heroku-buildpack-static.git
```

6. Deploy your site:

```bash
# publish site
$ git push heroku main

# opens a browser to view the Dashboard version of Heroku CI
$ heroku open
```

## Vercel

To deploy your VitePress app with a [Vercel for Git](https://vercel.com/docs/concepts/git), make sure it has been pushed to a Git repository.

Go to https://vercel.com/new and import the project into Vercel using your Git of choice (GitHub, GitLab or BitBucket). Follow the wizard to select the project root with the project's `package.json` and override the build step using `yarn docs:build` or `npm run docs:build` and the output dir to be `./docs/.vitepress/dist`

![Override Vercel Configuration](../images/vercel-configuration.png)

After your project has been imported, all subsequent pushes to branches will generate Preview Deployments, and all changes made to the Production Branch (commonly "main") will result in a Production Deployment.

Once deployed, you will get a URL to see your app live, such as the following: https://vitepress.vercel.app

## Layer0

See [Creating and Deploying a VitePress App with Layer0](https://docs.layer0.co/guides/vitepress).

## Cloudflare Pages

1. Go to [Cloudflare dashboard](https://dash.cloudflare.com/) > Account Home > Pages and selecting **Create a project**.
2. You will see three options, just select first **Connect to a git provider**.
3. Click Connect GitHub or Connect GitLab. Then select the repo you want to deploy.
4. Set up build docs command, like `npm run build` or `npm run docs:build`.
5. Now deploy, you will get a domain like `my-project.pages.dev`.

::: warning Do not Auto Minify HTML
If you want or are using Cloudflare's Auto minify feature, you should not check the html box.

With Auto Minify, Cloudflare will automatically remove the comments in the html file, however, html comments for Vue has meanings. For example, it works as a placeholder for `v-if`.

If it gets removed, then you will probably see a hydration mismatch error.
:::