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railway

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What it does

Deploys and manages containerized applications, databases, and services on the Railway platform with easy CLI and configuration options.

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Deploy applications on Railway platform. Use when deploying containerized apps, setting up databases, configuring private networking, or managing Railway projects. Triggers on Railway, railway.app, deploy container, Railway database.

Overview

# Railway Deployment

Deploy and manage applications on Railway's platform.

Quick Start

```bash

# Install Railway CLI

npm i -g @railway/cli

# Login

railway login

# Initialize project

railway init

# Deploy

railway up

```

railway.toml Configuration

```toml

[build]

builder = "nixpacks"

buildCommand = "npm run build"

[deploy]

startCommand = "npm start"

healthcheckPath = "/health"

healthcheckTimeout = 300

restartPolicyType = "on_failure"

restartPolicyMaxRetries = 3

[service]

internalPort = 3000

```

Nixpacks Configuration

```toml

# nixpacks.toml

[phases.setup]

nixPkgs = ["nodejs-18_x", "python311"]

[phases.install]

cmds = ["npm ci"]

[phases.build]

cmds = ["npm run build"]

[start]

cmd = "npm start"

```

Environment Variables

```bash

# Set variable

railway variables set DATABASE_URL="postgres://..."

# Set from file

railway variables set < .env

# Link to service

railway service

railway variables set API_KEY="secret"

```

Database Services

PostgreSQL

```bash

# Add PostgreSQL

railway add -d postgres

# Get connection string

railway variables get DATABASE_URL

```

Redis

```bash

railway add -d redis

# Access via REDIS_URL

```

MySQL

```bash

railway add -d mysql

# Access via MYSQL_URL

```

Private Networking

```yaml

# Services can communicate via internal DNS

# Format: ${{service-name}}.railway.internal

# Example: API calling database service

DATABASE_HOST: ${{postgres.railway.internal}}

DATABASE_PORT: 5432

```

Volumes (Persistent Storage)

```bash

# Create volume

railway volume create my-data

# Mount in service

railway volume attach my-data:/app/data

```

In code:

```javascript

// Data persists across deploys

const dataPath = '/app/data';

fs.writeFileSync(${dataPath}/file.json, JSON.stringify(data));

```

Cron Jobs

```toml

# railway.toml

[deploy]

startCommand = "node cron.js"

cronSchedule = "0 /6 " # Every 6 hours

```

Multi-Service Setup

```

my-project/

├── api/

│ ├── railway.toml

│ └── ...

├── worker/

│ ├── railway.toml

│ └── ...

└── frontend/

├── railway.toml

└── ...

```

Deploy each:

```bash

cd api && railway up

cd ../worker && railway up

cd ../frontend && railway up

```

Dockerfile Deploy

```dockerfile

FROM node:18-alpine

WORKDIR /app

COPY package*.json ./

RUN npm ci --only=production

COPY . .

EXPOSE 3000

CMD ["npm", "start"]

```

```toml

# railway.toml

[build]

builder = "dockerfile"

dockerfilePath = "./Dockerfile"

```

Health Checks

```typescript

// Express health endpoint

app.get('/health', (req, res) => {

res.status(200).json({

status: 'healthy',

timestamp: new Date().toISOString()

});

```

```toml

# railway.toml

[deploy]

healthcheckPath = "/health"

healthcheckTimeout = 100

```

Resources

Railway Docs: https://docs.railway.app
Railway CLI: https://docs.railway.app/develop/cli

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