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SolidStart

GCP.Website.SolidStart deploys a SolidStart app to Cloud Run. The server renders pages in the container, and prerendered pages are served as static files.

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.SolidStart("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.SolidStart("Website");
export const Website = GCP.Website.SolidStart("Website", {
  env: {
    GREETING: "Hello from Cloud Run!",
  },
});

Server code reads the value from process.env.GREETING.

Prerender routes

Section titled “Prerender routes”

Alchemy adds the nitro plugin to your build, so nitro options go on the nitro prop. Remove nitroV2Plugin() from vite.config.*:

export const Website = GCP.Website.SolidStart("Website", {
  nitro: { prerender: { routes: ["/", "/about"] } },
});

Tune Cloud Run

Section titled “Tune Cloud Run”
export const Website = GCP.Website.SolidStart("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”