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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 set up the following scripts in your package.json:

{
  "scripts": {
    "docs:build": "vitepress build docs",
    "docs:preview": "vitepress preview docs"
  }
}

::: tip

If your site is to be served at a subdirectory (https://example.com/subdir/), then you have to set '/subdir/' as the base in your docs/.vitepress/config.js.

Example: If you're using Github (or GitLab) Pages and deploying to user.github.io/repo/, then set your base to /repo/.

:::

Build and Test Locally

You may run this command to build the docs:
```
$ npm run docs:build
```
Once you've built the docs, you can test them locally by running:
```
$ npm run docs:preview
```
The preview command will boot up a local static web server that will serve the files from .vitepress/dist at http://localhost:4173. It's an easy way to check if the production build looks fine in your local environment.
You can configure the port of the server by passing --port as an argument.
```
{
  "scripts": {
    "docs:preview": "vitepress preview docs --port 8080"
  }
}
```
Now the docs:preview method will launch the server at http://localhost:8080.

Netlify, Vercel, AWS Amplify, Cloudflare Pages, Render

Set up a new project and change these settings using your dashboard:

Build Command: npm run docs:build
Output Directory: docs/.vitepress/dist
Node Version: 14 (or above, by default it usually will be 14 or 16, but on Cloudflare Pages the default is still 12, so you may need to change that)

::: warning Don't enable options like Auto Minify for HTML code. It will remove comments from output which have meaning to Vue. You may see hydration mismatch errors if they get removed. :::

GitHub Pages

Using GitHub Actions

In your theme config file, docs/.vitepress/config.js, set the base property to the name of your GitHub repository. If you plan to deploy your site to https://foo.github.io/bar/, then you should set base to '/bar/'. It should always start and end with a slash.

Create a file named deploy.yml inside .github/workflows directory of your project with the following content:

name: Deploy
on:
  workflow_dispatch: {}
  push:
    branches:
      - main
jobs:
  deploy:
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    permissions:
      pages: write
      id-token: write
    environment:
      name: github-pages
      url: ${{ steps.deployment.outputs.page_url }}
    steps:
      - uses: actions/checkout@v3
        with:
          fetch-depth: 0
      - uses: actions/setup-node@v3
        with:
          node-version: 16
          cache: npm
      - run: npm install --frozen-lockfile
      - name: Build
        run: npm run docs:build
      - uses: actions/configure-pages@v2
      - uses: actions/upload-pages-artifact@v1
        with:
          path: docs/.vitepress/dist
      - name: Deploy
        id: deployment
        uses: actions/deploy-pages@v1

::: tip Please replace the corresponding branch name. For example, if the branch you want to build is master, then you should replace main with master in the above file. :::

In your repository's Settings under Pages menu item, select GitHub Actions in Build and deployment's Source.
Now commit your code and push it to the main branch.
Wait for actions to complete.
In your repository's Settings under Pages menu item, click Visit site, then you can see your site. Your docs will automatically deploy each time you push.

GitLab Pages

Using GitLab CI

Set outDir in docs/.vitepress/config.js to ../public.
Still in your config file, docs/.vitepress/config.js, set the base property to the name of your GitLab repository. If you plan to deploy your site to https://foo.gitlab.io/bar/, then you should set base to '/bar/'. It should always start and end with a slash.

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:

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

Alternatively, if you want to use an alpine version of node, you have to install git manually. In that case, the code above modifies to this:

image: node:16-alpine
pages:
  cache:
    paths:
      - node_modules/
  before_script:
    - apk add git
  script:
    - npm install
    - npm run docs:build
  artifacts:
    paths:
      - public
  only:
    - main

Azure Static Web Apps

Follow the official documentation.
Set these values in your configuration file (and remove the ones you don't require, like api_location):
- app_location: /
- output_location: docs/.vitepress/dist
- app_build_command: npm run docs:build

Firebase

Create firebase.json and .firebaserc at the root of your project:

firebase.json:

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

.firebaserc:

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

After running npm run docs:build, run this command to deploy:
```
firebase deploy
```

Surge

After running npm run docs:build, run this command to deploy:
```
npx surge docs/.vitepress/dist
```

Heroku

Follow documentation and guide given in heroku-buildpack-static.
Create a file called static.json in the root of your project with the below content:
```
{
  "root": "docs/.vitepress/dist"
}
```

Edgio

Refer Creating and Deploying a VitePress App To Edgio.

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