How to redirect in railway config

Is there way to configure redirects in railway same way how netlify does? netlify.toml

[build.environment]
  NODE_VERSION = "16"

[build]
  publish = "dist"
  command = "pnpm run build"

[[redirects]]
  from = "/*"
  to = "/index.html"
  status = 200

[build.environment]
  NODE_VERSION = "16"

[build]
  publish = "dist"
  command = "pnpm run build"

[[redirects]]
  from = "/*"
  to = "/index.html"
  status = 200

Solution:

https://github.com/brody192/vue-3-template you shoud be able to copy the nixpacks.toml and Caddyfile from this repo into yours...

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Percy•8mo ago

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Brody•8mo ago

there is not, your app has to do the redirects itself are you deploying a single page app?

MomsSpaghetti•8mo ago

yaah. I been having routing in client side. Hitting an issue where the default nginx config doesn't recognizes the client route and throws 404 when reloaded or visited externally to a specific route other than root of the site. Want to configure it to redirect to the index.html with the requested route instead

Brody•8mo ago

whats your stack?

MomsSpaghetti•8mo ago

Got it to work on netlify. Just checking if railway can do it vue with vue router

Brody•8mo ago

railway can, the app you deploy still has to handle the redirects whats your bundler?

MomsSpaghetti•8mo ago

vite

Brody•8mo ago

do you have any build or start commands set in the service settings?

MomsSpaghetti•8mo ago

I just build locally and deploy. Having staticFile provider config on railway and root directory pointed to the locally built dist directory

Brody•8mo ago

so your dist folder is in your repo?

MomsSpaghetti•8mo ago

yep couldn't really figure out how to both build and serve

Brody•8mo ago

remove it and then gitignore it

MomsSpaghetti•8mo ago

since after the build it is just static html

Brody•8mo ago

would you happen to have node_modules in your repo too?

MomsSpaghetti•8mo ago

i am not that stupid

Brody•8mo ago

dont worry ill get you sorted, trust the process so no build or start commands in the service settings?

MomsSpaghetti•8mo ago

yaah

Brody•8mo ago

(yes/no)

MomsSpaghetti•8mo ago

Brody•8mo ago

yeah is kinda inclusive, im looking for a simple yes/no answer lol

MomsSpaghetti•8mo ago

bruh YES

Brody•8mo ago

remove them

MomsSpaghetti•8mo ago

I have no build or start command in the service setting

Brody•8mo ago

has the dist folder been gitignored and removed from the repo?

MomsSpaghetti•8mo ago

yep removed

Brody•8mo ago

do you have a nixpacks.toml file?

MomsSpaghetti•8mo ago

Brody•8mo ago

does your package.json have a build script?

MomsSpaghetti•8mo ago

yes

Solution

Brody•8mo ago

https://github.com/brody192/vue-3-template you shoud be able to copy the nixpacks.toml and Caddyfile from this repo into yours

MomsSpaghetti•8mo ago

hold on. lemmi done

Brody•8mo ago

push the changes

MomsSpaghetti•8mo ago

error during build

MomsSpaghetti•8mo ago

MomsSpaghetti•8mo ago

am i missing something?

Brody•8mo ago

does vite not build to dist?

MomsSpaghetti•8mo ago

it does build to dist

Brody•8mo ago

build logs please https://bookmarklets.up.railway.app/log-downloader/

MomsSpaghetti•8mo ago

build_logs.log

MomsSpaghetti•8mo ago

oh wait maybe the build is finished before caddy runs

Brody•8mo ago

you have a Staticfile right?

MomsSpaghetti•8mo ago

yaah yes*

Brody•8mo ago

delete it, you want this to be detected as a node app

MomsSpaghetti•8mo ago

its not letting me now

Brody•8mo ago

do you have a Staticfile in your repo?

MomsSpaghetti•8mo ago

what are you reffering to ? Do i have Staticfile provider set in nixpack config?

Brody•8mo ago

literally a file called Staticfile lol

MomsSpaghetti•8mo ago

Brody•8mo ago

# https://nixpacks.com/docs/configuration/file

providers = ['node']

# set up some variables to minimize annoyance
[variables]
    NPM_CONFIG_UPDATE_NOTIFIER = 'false' # the update notification is relatively useless in a production environment
    NPM_CONFIG_FUND = 'false' # the fund notification is also pretty useless in a production environment
    CADDY_VERSION = '2.7.4' # specify the caddy version to use here, without a 'v' prefix. https://github.com/caddyserver/caddy/releases

# download and untar caddy
[phases.caddy]
    dependsOn = ['setup'] # make sure this phase runs after the default 'setup' phase
    cmds = [
        'curl -fsSLo caddy.tar.gz "https://github.com/caddyserver/caddy/releases/download/v${CADDY_VERSION}/caddy_${CADDY_VERSION}_linux_amd64.tar.gz"', # download the caddy release specified by 'CADDY_VERSION' from GitHub
        'tar -zxvf caddy.tar.gz caddy', # only extract 'caddy' from the tarball
        'chmod +x caddy' # enable file execution for caddy, needed to execute downloaded files
    ]

# format the Caddyfile with fmt
[phases.fmt]
    dependsOn = ['caddy'] # make sure this phase runs after the 'caddy' phase so that we know we have caddy downloaded
    cmds = ['caddy fmt --overwrite Caddyfile'] # format the Caddyfile to fix any formatting inconsistencies

# copy caddy and build artifacts to a new image and start the caddy web server
[start]
    runImage = 'ubuntu:20.04' # use a new ubuntu image to run the caddy server in
    onlyIncludeFiles = ['caddy', 'Caddyfile', 'dist'] # copy only the needed files and folders into the new image (Vite builds to a 'dist' folder)
    cmd = './caddy run --config Caddyfile --adapter caddyfile 2>&1' # start caddy using the Caddyfile config and caddyfile adapter

# https://nixpacks.com/docs/configuration/file

providers = ['node']

# set up some variables to minimize annoyance
[variables]
    NPM_CONFIG_UPDATE_NOTIFIER = 'false' # the update notification is relatively useless in a production environment
    NPM_CONFIG_FUND = 'false' # the fund notification is also pretty useless in a production environment
    CADDY_VERSION = '2.7.4' # specify the caddy version to use here, without a 'v' prefix. https://github.com/caddyserver/caddy/releases

# download and untar caddy
[phases.caddy]
    dependsOn = ['setup'] # make sure this phase runs after the default 'setup' phase
    cmds = [
        'curl -fsSLo caddy.tar.gz "https://github.com/caddyserver/caddy/releases/download/v${CADDY_VERSION}/caddy_${CADDY_VERSION}_linux_amd64.tar.gz"', # download the caddy release specified by 'CADDY_VERSION' from GitHub
        'tar -zxvf caddy.tar.gz caddy', # only extract 'caddy' from the tarball
        'chmod +x caddy' # enable file execution for caddy, needed to execute downloaded files
    ]

# format the Caddyfile with fmt
[phases.fmt]
    dependsOn = ['caddy'] # make sure this phase runs after the 'caddy' phase so that we know we have caddy downloaded
    cmds = ['caddy fmt --overwrite Caddyfile'] # format the Caddyfile to fix any formatting inconsistencies

# copy caddy and build artifacts to a new image and start the caddy web server
[start]
    runImage = 'ubuntu:20.04' # use a new ubuntu image to run the caddy server in
    onlyIncludeFiles = ['caddy', 'Caddyfile', 'dist'] # copy only the needed files and folders into the new image (Vite builds to a 'dist' folder)
    cmd = './caddy run --config Caddyfile --adapter caddyfile 2>&1' # start caddy using the Caddyfile config and caddyfile adapter

use that instead

MomsSpaghetti•8mo ago

ah so it needs the providers array in the config for me to able to edit from UI i didn't have any providers set in the nixpacks config before

Brody•8mo ago

its a bug

MomsSpaghetti•8mo ago

Its still says StaticFile tho

MomsSpaghetti•8mo ago

Brody•8mo ago

did you push the changes to your repo with that new nixpacks.toml file?

MomsSpaghetti•8mo ago

yaah i did

Brody•8mo ago

did the build fail

MomsSpaghetti•8mo ago

the button to add new providers also appeared but got hidden after awhile. I didn't press anything yes the build failed with the same error Its not able to switch to node provider. Still set to Staticfile I have verified that the changes have been pushed as well

Brody•8mo ago

okay big bug, delete service and deploy a new service 🙂

MomsSpaghetti•8mo ago

Ah lemmi It works!. Lets goo Thanks brody for the help

Brody•8mo ago

no problem 🙂

MomsSpaghetti•8mo ago

Do i have to close the issue or does it close on its own?

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