Deploy Next.js
to Microsoft Azure VMs.

# Create the virtual server using the CLI
vxcli vm create \
  --name web-instance \
  --cloud azure --region eastus --instance-type Standard_D2s_v3 \
  --key-pair-name PRODKEY1

# Save public IP address for deployment
export HOST_IP=<public-ip-from-output>

# Ensure you have a valid package.json in your root directory.
# Below is the typical Dockerfile compiled by our template runner:

FROM node:20-alpine AS builder
WORKDIR /app
COPY package*.json ./
RUN npm ci
COPY . .
RUN npm run build

FROM node:20-alpine AS runner
WORKDIR /app
ENV NODE_ENV production
COPY --from=builder /app/public ./public
COPY --from=builder /app/.next/standalone ./
COPY --from=builder /app/.next/static ./.next/static
EXPOSE 3000
CMD ["node", "server.js"]

# Trigger the container build and establish reverse proxy routes
vxcli deploy nextjs \
  --source-dir ./ \
  --app-name web-app \
  --http-port 80 \
  --app-port 3000 \
  --env PORT=3000 \
  --env DATABASE_URL=postgres://... \
  --enable-ssl \
  --domain app.example.com \
  --ssl-email [email protected] \
  --host $HOST_IP --ssh-user ubuntu --key-pair-name PRODKEY1

# app.example.com is now live with automated Let's Encrypt SSL.