Next-Docker-Github-Actions

Checking

(note: this is no longer live because it's the only thing I was using that VPS for)

What is this?

This is a sample repo for desting continuous deployment of a Next.js app to a VPS (Hetzner in this case, but could be any) using GitHub Actions

It exists for two reasons:

Figuring out how this works
As a reference for me to work from in the future

What did I learn from this?

How to create a Dockerfile
- Separate builder and runner
- Use environment variables
How to create GitHub Actions
- Publish an image to the Github Packages Registry, and use that image in a separate step
- SSH into a server, upload and run the image
Linux Server Admin
- Learned more about SSH keys
- I am using a Ubuntu VM on a VPS from Hetzner - this is 1/4 the price of Vercel's cheapest plan!

What's next

Registering a domain for a project (I already have a domain for my Portfolio, but I registered it through Vercel where the portfolio is hosted, so there was no manual configuration necessary)
Using NGINX to create a reverse proxy
Using the things I learned here to deploy a real project (such as my Survey App 'Anket')