Deploy a Web App Built on CockroachDB with Vercel

Step 3. Create a Vercel project

1. From the Vercel dashboard, click Add new... > Project.
2. Select the prisma-examples repository you forked in Step 2 to import.
3. From the Framework preset dropdown, select Next.js.
4. In the Root directory field, click Edit.
5. Select the typescript > rest-nextjs-api-routes directory.
6. Click Continue.
7. Open the Build and Output Settings and toggle the build command's Override switch to on.
8. Enter yarn prisma db push && yarn next build as the Build command.

9. Click Deploy.

   Your deployment will fail until you integrate CockroachDB in the next step, so you can leave this screen without waiting for it to finish.

Step 4. Integrate your project with CockroachDB

1. Navigate to the CockroachDB page of Vercel's integration marketplace.
2. Click Add Integration.
3. Select your Vercel account and click Continue.
4. Select the project you just created and click Continue.
5. Accept the permissions and click Add Integration.
6. When prompted, log into CockroachDB Cloud and select the organization and cluster to integrate with.

7. Click Create to finish the integration.

   After a few seconds, the window will close automatically and your Vercel project will have the DATABASE_URL environment variable configured with the cluster's connection string.

Step 5. Deploy the application

1. Navigate to the Overview page for your Vercel project.
2. Select the Deployments tab.
3. Click Redeploy.

4. Click Redeploy again from the pop-up dialog.

   Your project will be deployed in a few seconds. You can view the final product by clicking on the Domain link on your project's Overview page.

Step 3. Initialize the database

1. Save the connection string you obtained earlier from the CockroachDB Cloud Console to the DATABASE_URL environment variable in an .env file in your project:

   echo "DATABASE_URL=<connection-string>" >> .env
   

   Prisma loads the variables defined in .env to the project environment. By default, Prisma uses the DATABASE_URL environment variable as the connection string to the database.

2. Run Prisma Migrate to initialize the database with the schema defined in prisma/prisma.schema.

   prisma migrate dev --name init
   

   You should see the following output:

   Your database is now in sync with your schema.
   
   ✔ Generated Prisma Client (3.11.0 | library) to ./node_modules/@prisma/client in 87ms
   

   This command also initializes Prisma Client to communicate with your CockroachDB cluster, based on the configuration in the prisma/schema.prisma file.

Step 4. Deploy the application

1. (Optional) Run the app server locally to preview your site:

   npm run dev
   

   You should see the following output:

   ready - started server on 0.0.0.0:3000, url: http://localhost:3000
   

2. Run the vercel command to start deploying the app:

   vercel deploy --confirm
   

   You will be asked to sign into your Vercel account. When you authenticate your credentials, you should see the following message:

   > Success! GitHub authentication complete ...
   

   The --confirm flag instructs Vercel to deploy the app to the example-app-typescript-vercel Vercel project, using the default settings:

   🔗  Linked to username/example-app-typescript-vercel (created .vercel and added it to .gitignore)
   🔍  Inspect: https://vercel.com/username/example-app-typescript-vercel/123456789 [1s]
   ✅  Production: https://example-app-typescript-vercel-username.vercel.app [copied to clipboard] [47s]
   📝  Deployed to production. Run `vercel --prod` to overwrite later (https://vercel.link/2F).
   💡  To change the domain or build command, go to https://vercel.com/ericharmeling/example-app-typescript-vercel/settings
   

   Follow the links provided to view and manage your deployed application.