Deployment

Deploy your went application to production with Vercel and other platforms.

Vercel Deployment (Recommended)

Quick Deploy

Deploy your went application to Vercel in minutes:

1. Connect Your Repository

# Push your code to GitHub
git add .
git commit -m "Initial commit"
git push origin main

# Visit vercel.com and import your repository

2. Configure Environment Variables

Add these environment variables in your Vercel dashboard:

DATABASE_URL=your-production-database-url
DIRECT_URL=your-production-database-direct-url
AUTH_SECRET=your-production-auth-secret
NEXTAUTH_URL=https://your-domain.vercel.app
RESEND_API_KEY=your-resend-api-key

3. Deploy

Vercel will automatically build and deploy your application. Future pushes to main will trigger automatic deployments.

Zero Configuration: Went applications are optimized for Vercel deployment with no additional configuration required.

Production Database

Supabase Setup

Set up a production PostgreSQL database with Supabase:

1. Create Supabase Project

• Visit supabase.com and create a new project
• Choose a region close to your users
• Set a strong database password

2. Get Database Connection Strings

In your Supabase dashboard:

• Click "Connect" button
• Go to the "ORMs" tab
• Select "Prisma" as the tool
• Under ".env.local" tab, copy both connection strings:

# From Supabase ORMs page - .env.local tab
DATABASE_URL='your-pooled-connection-string'
DIRECT_URL='your-direct-connection-string'

Replace [YOUR-PASSWORD] with your actual database password.

3. Update Prisma Schema

For optimal performance with Supabase and Vercel, update your prisma/schema.prisma file:

datasource db {
  provider  = "postgresql"
  url       = env("DATABASE_URL")
  directUrl = env("DIRECT_URL")
}

The directUrl provides better performance for migrations and introspection with Supabase.

4. Run Migrations

# Set production environment variables locally
export DATABASE_URL='your-production-database-url'
export DIRECT_URL='your-production-database-direct-url'

# Run migrations
went db migrate init

Pre-Deployment Checklist

Production Readiness

✅ Environment Setup

□ Production database configured
□ All environment variables set
□ AUTH_SECRET generated and secure
□ NEXTAUTH_URL updated to production domain

✅ Database Migration

□ Database migrations run successfully
□ Database schema matches development
□ Database connection tested

✅ Testing

□ Application builds successfully
□ All pages load correctly
□ API endpoints responding
□ Authentication flows working

Next Steps

Continue your journey with Went:

CLI Installation

Install and use the Went CLI tool