Build configuration

Build steps are automated in GitHub Action workflows. These workflows are set up during project creation. Deploy Now analyzes your repositories and suggest the required build steps accordingly. Build steps can make use of Node.js, Composer or Bundler. After the set up, build settings can be edited directly in the GitHub Action workflow files stored in the repository.

Configurations can be made under .github/workflows/deploy-now.yaml for workflow v1 and .github/workflows/[project-name]-build.yaml for workflow v2. More information about the Deploy Now workflows can be found under GitHub integration.

Configurations

Build commands

Description

Combining your source code and dependencies to build a runnable instance of your web project.

How to edit

Editing commands or adding new commands in building steps of the workflow file.

Example

workflow v1:

      - name: Build Node assets
        if: ${{ steps.project.outputs.deployment-enabled == 'true' }}
        env:
          CI: true
          SITE_URL: ${{ steps.project.outputs.site-url }}
        run: |
          npm ci
          npm run build

workflow v2:

      - name: Build Node assets
        env:
          CI: true
          SITE_URL: ${{ steps.project.outputs.site-url }}
        run: |
          npm ci
          npm run build

Build dependencies

Description

Before running a build command, the software required for your build needs to be installed.

How to edit

Edit versions of the existing setup steps or adding additional steps to install dependencies, following the schema below.

Example

workflow v1:

      - name: Setup Node
        if: ${{ steps.project.outputs.deployment-enabled == 'true' }}
        uses: actions/setup-node@v1
        with:
          node-version: v16.x

workflow v2:

      - name: Setup Node
        uses: actions/setup-node@v1
        with:
          node-version: v16.x

Build environment variables

Description

Key value pairs accessible during your build for behavior customization or connecting to APIs. They can be either stored as plain text or, if sensitive, stored as GitHub secrets.

How to edit

Navigate to the setup of the dependency or the build execution steps and list key-value-pairs below env: according to the documentation of the corresponding action.

Example

workflow v1:

      - name: Build PHP assets
        if: ${{ steps.project.outputs.deployment-enabled == 'true' }}
        env:
          MY_ENV_VAR: value-for-my-env-var
          MY_SECRET_ENV_VAR: ${{ secrets.MY_SECRET }} 
        run: php artisan key:generate --force -n

workflow v2:

      - name: Build PHP assets
        env:
          MY_ENV_VAR: value-for-my-env-var
          MY_SECRET_ENV_VAR: ${{ secrets.MY_SECRET }} 
        run: php artisan key:generate --force -n

Publish directory

Description

The directory, relative to your repository root, that contains the results of the build process that are deployed to the server.

How to edit

If you are running under workflow v1, you can edit the publish directory under dist-folder: in the Deploy to IONOS step of .github/workflows/deploy-now.yaml . Under workflow v2, you find the same setting under DEPLOYMENT_FOLDER: ./ in .github/workflows/[project-name]-build.yaml.

Example

workflow v1:

dist-folder: out

workflow v2:

 env:
  DEPLOYMENT_FOLDER: ./

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