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Nuxt

GCP.Website.Nuxt deploys a Nuxt app to Cloud Run. Nitro’s Node server runs in the container. Prerendered pages and static assets are served from the same image.

Install

Section titled “Install”

The build integration ships separately. It only runs at deploy time, so a dev dependency is enough:

Terminal window
pnpm add -D @alchemy.run/frontend-frameworks@latest

Docker has to be running when you deploy. The image is built on your machine.

Deploy the site

Section titled “Deploy the site”
alchemy.run.ts
import * as Alchemy from "alchemy";
import * as GCP from "@alchemy.run/gcp";
import * as Effect from "effect/Effect";


export const Website = GCP.Website.Nuxt("Website");


export default Alchemy.Stack(
  "MySite",
  { providers: GCP.providers(), state: GCP.state() },
  Effect.gen(function* () {
    const site = yield* Website;
    return { url: site.url };
  }),
);

Run alchemy deploy. site.url is the Cloud Run service URL.

Pass environment variables

Section titled “Pass environment variables”
alchemy.run.ts
export const Website = GCP.Website.Nuxt("Website");
export const Website = GCP.Website.Nuxt("Website", {
  env: {
    GREETING: "Hello from Cloud Run!",
  },
});

Server routes read it from process.env.GREETING.

Configure Nuxt

Section titled “Configure Nuxt”

Your nuxt.config.ts loads as-is. The nuxt prop merges extra config over it for a single deploy:

export const Website = GCP.Website.Nuxt("Website", {
  nuxt: { routeRules: { "/": { prerender: true } } },
});

Don’t set nitro.preset. Alchemy sets it.

Tune Cloud Run

Section titled “Tune Cloud Run”
export const Website = GCP.Website.Nuxt("Website", {
  scaling: { minInstanceCount: 1 },
  resources: { limits: { cpu: "1", memory: "1Gi" } },
});

One warm instance means no cold start for the first visitor. See Websites for the other settings.

Local development

Section titled “Local development”

alchemy dev runs the framework’s dev server with hot reload and creates nothing in the cloud. Wrap the site in Alchemy.remote() to deploy it for real during dev.

Where next

Section titled “Where next”