Digital Ocean

Nuxt supports deploying on the Digital Ocean App Platform with minimal configuration.

Setup

1. Create a new Digital Ocean app following the guide.
2. Next, you'll need to configure environment variables. In your app settings, ensure the following app-level environment variables:

   SERVER_PRESET=digital-ocean
   

3. You will need to ensure you set an engines.node field in your app's package.json to ensure Digital Ocean uses a supported version of Node.js:
   package.json

   {
     "engines": {
         "node": "20.x"
     }
   }
   

4. You'll also need to add a run command so Digital Ocean knows what command to run after a build. You can do so by adding a start script to your package.json:
   package.json

   {
     "scripts": {
         "start": "node .output/server/index.mjs"
     }
   }
   

5. Finally, you'll need to add this start script to your Digital Ocean app's run command. Go to Components > Settings > Commands, click "Edit", then add npm run start

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