Building web applications requires both front-end expertise and back-end infrastructure. Appwrite Sites simplifies this process by providing a platform for deploying, hosting, and scaling web applications.
To ease this process even further, Appwrite Sites offers a variety of starter kits for popular frameworks like Next.js, React, Vue, Nuxt, Angular, SvelteKit, and Flutter. In this blog, you will learn how to set up the Next.js starter template and deploy it to Appwrite Sites.
Overview of the starter template
Next.js is a React framework that enables developers to build fast, scalable web applications with features like server-side rendering, static site generation, and API routes out of the box.
Appwrite's Next.js starter template includes:
- A clean, single-page UI
- Integration with Appwrite's SDK
- Pre-configured deployment settings for Appwrite Sites' SSR rendering strategy
Deploy the starter template on Appwrite
Firstly, you must head to Appwrite Cloud and create an account if you haven't already (or self-host Appwrite 1.7). Next, create your first project, which will lead you to the project overview page.
Head to the Sites page from the left sidebar, click on the Create site button, and select the Clone a template option. This will take you to the Appwrite Sites templates listing, where you should search Next.js starter and click on the template.
After selecting the template, you can choose to connect a GitHub repository now or at a later time. If you choose to connect a repository, ensure you select a production branch (leave the root directory as is). Then, review the preset environment variables, update the domain name if you want, and click on the Deploy button. You can watch the deployment logs as the site is built.
Alternative method to deploy starter template
As an alternative to the Appwrite console, you can create and deploy websites using the Appwrite CLI. Create your Next.js starter using the following shell command and configuration:
appwrite init sites
? What would you like to name your site? Next.js starter
? What ID would you like to have for your site? unique()
? What framework would you like to use? Next.js (nextjs)
? What specification would you like to use? 0.5 CPU, 512MB RAM
You can then make any edits to the website and deploy it using the following command:
appwrite push sites
Test the starter template
After your site has been successfully deployed, Appwrite will show you a Congratulations page. You can then either choose to view the site by clicking on the Visit site button or view the site configuration (deployments, logs, domains, usage, and settings) by clicking on the Go to dashboard button.
Next steps
And with that, the Next.js starter kit is deployed to Appwrite Sites. You can explore other templates or deploy any other websites you'd like.
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