Guides

SolidJS

This guide shows how to deploy a Solid Start app. To do so, follow these steps:

1. Install the kraft CLI tool and a container runtime engine, for example Docker.

2. Clone the examples repository and cd into the examples/node21-solid-start/ directory:

Code(bash)
 
git clone https://github.com/kraftcloud/examples
cd examples/node21-solid-start/

Make sure to log into Unikraft Cloud by setting your token and a metro close to you. This guide uses fra (Frankfurt, 🇩🇪):

Code(bash)
 
# Set Unikraft Cloud access token
export UKC_TOKEN=token
# Set metro to Frankfurt, DE
export UKC_METRO=fra

When done, invoke the following command to deploy the app on Unikraft Cloud:

Code(bash)
 
kraft cloud deploy -p 443:3000 -M 256 .

The output shows the instance address and other details:

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[●] Deployed successfully!
 │
 ├────────── name: node21-solid-start-lvoa2
 ├────────── uuid: 4e6ccb1f-0533-4dc1-be67-eca8dfc1f8c6
 ├───────── state: running
 ├─────────── url: https://long-star-1tms9h1z.fra.unikraft.app
 ├───────── image: node21-solid-start@sha256:eb2e79b2fc5c28bb43923a1fc4931db94ebc3f939a6fbe00d06189c0ae2e02fd
 ├───── boot time: 67.65 ms
 ├──────── memory: 256 MiB
 ├─────── service: long-star-1tms9h1z
 ├── private fqdn: node21-solid-start-lvoa2.internal
 ├──── private ip: 172.16.6.8
 └────────── args: /usr/bin/node /usr/src/server/index.mjs

In this case, the instance name is node21-solid-start-lvoa2 and the address is https://long-star-1tms9h1z.fra.unikraft.app. They're different for each run. You can now point your browser at the address to see your deployed instance.

You can list information about the instance by running:

Code(bash)
 
kraft cloud instance list

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NAME                      FQDN                                STATE    CREATED AT      IMAGE          MEMORY   ARGS                              BOOT TIME
node21-solid-start-lvoa2  long-star-1tms9h1z.fra.unikraft.app  running  1 minutes ago   node21-sol...  256 MiB  /usr/bin/node /usr/src/server...  67.65 ms

When done, you can remove the instance:

Code(bash)
 
kraft cloud instance remove node21-solid-start-lvoa2

Customize your app

To customize the app, update the files in the repository, listed below:

• Kraftfile: the Unikraft Cloud specification
• Dockerfile: the Docker-specified app filesystem
• src/: server source files

Learn more

Use the --help option for detailed information on using Unikraft Cloud:

Code(bash)
 
kraft cloud --help

Or visit the CLI Reference.