Amplify hosting enables you to deploy websites and web apps to AWS's global edge CDN with only a few clicks.
In this tutorial you'll learn how to deploy a static or SPA (Single Page Application) NuxtJS app to AWS using Amplify static site hosting in two ways:
- Git-based hosting
- Using the Amplify CLI
Git-based hosting
Step 1
Visit the Amplify Console and click GET STARTED under Deploy to connect a new app.
Step 2
Choose your Git provider and click Continue.
Step 3
In the next screen, choose your repository and branch and click Next.
Step 4
For a static site
In the App build and test settings view, click Edit and do the following:
- Set the build command to:
yarn run generate
- Set the
baseDirectory
location to bedist
- Click Save
- Click Next
For an SPA
Keep the existing build settings and click Next.
Step 5
Click Save and deploy.
Once your site has successfully deployed, you should see three green checkmarks.
To view the live site, click on the automatically generated URL given to you by the Amplify Console.
Video walkthrough
Here is a video walkthrough of how to deploy a static Nuxt site using Amplify hosting from a Git repository:
Using the Amplify CLI
To deploy using the CLI, you must first install and configure the Amplify CLI. To view a video walkthrough of how to do this, click here
Step 1
Initialize a new Amplify project in the root of your NuxtJS app.
For a static site
amplify init
> When prompted for the Build Command, use: npm run generate
# Choose default options for the other prompts
For an SPA
amplify init
# Choose all of the defaults when prompted
Step 2
Add hosting using the add
command:
amplify add hosting
? Select the plugin module to execute: Hosting with Amplify Console
? Choose a type: Manual deployment
Step 3
Deploy the site using the publish
command:
amplify publish
๐ Congratulations! Your site has officially been deployed to AWS.
You can view the hosting service at any time to add additional features like custom domains, access control, and more by visiting the Amplify Console or using the console
command:
amplify console
Step 4
You can deploy updates to your app at any time by again running the amplify publish
command.
Video walkthrough
Here is a video walkthrough of how to deploy a static Nuxt site using the Amplify CLI:
Top comments (2)
is it possible for you to add another video that shows SSR running on AWS?
Is it possible to use custom domain and SSL?