Deploying

The following guides are based on some shared assumptions:

• You are placing your docs inside the docs directory of your project.

• You are using the default build output location (.vitepress/dist).

• VitePress is installed as a local dependency in your project, and you have set up the following scripts in your package.json:

  {
    "scripts": {
      "docs:build": "vitepress build docs",
      "docs:serve": "vitepress serve docs"
    }
  }

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If your site is to be served at a subdirectory (https://example.com/subdir/), then you have to set '/subdir/' as the base in your docs/.vitepress/config.js.

Example: If you're using Github (or GitLab) Pages and deploying to user.github.io/repo/, then set your base to /repo/.

Build and Test Locally

• You may run this command to build the docs:

  $ yarn docs:build

• Once you've built the docs, you can test them locally by running:

  $ yarn docs:serve

  The serve command will boot up a local static web server that will serve the files from .vitepress/dist at http://localhost:5000. It's an easy way to check if the production build looks fine in your local environment.

• You can configure the port of the server by passing --port as an argument.

  {
    "scripts": {
      "docs:serve": "vitepress serve docs --port 8080"
    }
  }

  Now the docs:serve method will launch the server at http://localhost:8080.

Netlify, Vercel, AWS Amplify, Cloudflare Pages, Render

Set up a new project and change these settings using your dashboard:

• Build Command: yarn docs:build
• Output Directory: docs/.vitepress/dist
• Node Version: 14 (or above, by default it usually will be 14 or 16, but on Cloudflare Pages the default is still 12, so you may need to change that)

WARNING

Don't enable options like Auto Minify for HTML code. It will remove comments from output which have meaning to Vue. You may see hydration mismatch errors if they get removed.

GitHub Pages

Using GitHub Actions

1. Create a file named deploy.yml inside .github/workflows directory of your project with the following content:

   name: Deploy
   
   on:
     push:
       branches:
         - main
   
   jobs:
     deploy:
       runs-on: ubuntu-latest
       steps:
         - uses: actions/checkout@v2
         - uses: actions/setup-node@v3
           with:
             node-version: 16
             cache: yarn
         - run: yarn install --frozen-lockfile
   
         - name: Build
           run: yarn docs:build
   
         - name: Deploy
           uses: peaceiris/actions-gh-pages@v3
           with:
             github_token: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
             publish_dir: docs/.vitepress/dist

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   Please replace the corresponding branch name. For example, if the branch you want to build is master, then you should replace main with master in the above file.

2. Now commit your code and push it to the main branch.

3. Wait for actions to complete. Then select gh-pages branch as GitHub Pages source in your repository settings. Now your docs will automatically deploy each time you push.

GitLab Pages

Using GitLab CI

1. Set outDir in docs/.vitepress/config.js to ../public.

2. Create a file called .gitlab-ci.yml in the root of your project with the content below. This will build and deploy your site whenever you make changes to your content:

   image: node:16
   pages:
     cache:
       paths:
         - node_modules/
     script:
       - yarn install
       - yarn docs:build
     artifacts:
       paths:
         - public
     only:
       - main

Azure Static Web Apps

1. Follow the official documentation.

2. Set these values in your configuration file (and remove the ones you don't require, like api_location):

   • app_location: /
   • output_location: docs/.vitepress/dist
   • app_build_command: yarn docs:build

Firebase

1. Create firebase.json and .firebaserc at the root of your project:

   firebase.json:

   {
     "hosting": {
       "public": "docs/.vitepress/dist",
       "ignore": []
     }
   }

   .firebaserc:

   {
     "projects": {
       "default": "<YOUR_FIREBASE_ID>"
     }
   }

2. After running yarn docs:build, run this command to deploy:

   firebase deploy

Surge

1. After running yarn docs:build, run this command to deploy:

   npx surge docs/.vitepress/dist

Heroku

1. Follow documentation and guide given in heroku-buildpack-static.

2. Create a file called static.json in the root of your project with the below content:

   {
     "root": "docs/.vitepress/dist"
   }

Layer0

Refer Creating and Deploying a VitePress App with Layer0.