How to deploy Astro on Zerops (in 3 mins)

3 min readApr 22, 2024

Hey everyone, this guide will walk you through deploying an AstroJS web app on a Node.js service using Zerops, a bare-metal cloud platform. Unlike Vercel, which is a wrapper on top of AWS, Zerops offers a straightforward onboarding process. If you’re building a project intended to serve a large number of users, Zerops might be a better choice compared to GCP, AWS, and Azure.

There are two ways to push your code to Zerops: using the zCLI or the GitHub repository method. In this guide, we’ll focus on using the zCLI. Make sure to download the zCLI first so you can follow along with the steps.

FIRST, GO TO THE ZEROPS DASHBOARD AND ADD A NEW PROJECT

CREATE A NEW SERVICE WITH NODEJS AND SCROLL DOWN TO ADD

CHANGE THE HOSTNAME TO YOUR PREFERRED NAME

ADD THE NEW NODE.JS SERVICE TO CONTINUE

COPY THE ZEROPS.YML CODE

CREATE A ZEROPS.YML FILE IN THE ROOT OF YOUR PROJECT AND PASTE THE YAML CODE THERE (I REMOVED ALL THE COMMENTS) AND ASLO ADD

zerops:
  - setup: astro
    build:
      base: nodejs@20
      buildCommands:
        - npm i
        - npm run build
      deploy:
        - dist
        - package.json
        - node_modules
      cache:
        - node_modules
        - package-lock.json
    run:
      start: npm start
    envVariables:
      HOST: 0.0.0.0