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There are two ways to deploy a Nuxt app to AWS with SST.
We'll use both to build a couple of simple apps below.
We are going to create a Nuxt app, add an S3 Bucket for file uploads, and deploy it using the Nuxt component.
:::tip[View source] You can view the source of this example in our repo. :::
Before you get started, make sure to configure your AWS credentials.
Let's start by creating our project.
npx nuxi@latest init aws-nuxt
cd aws-nuxt
We are picking the npm as the package manager.
Now let's initialize SST in our app.
npx sst@latest init
npm install
Select the defaults and pick AWS. This'll create a sst.config.ts file in your project root.
It'll also ask you to update your nuxt.config.ts with something like this.
export default defineNuxtConfig({
compatibilityDate: '2024-04-03',
+ nitro: {
+ preset: 'aws-lambda'
+ },
devtools: { enabled: true }
})
Run the following to start dev mode. This'll start SST and your Nuxt app.
npx sst dev
Once complete, click on MyWeb in the sidebar and open your Nuxt app in your browser.
Let's allow public access to our S3 Bucket for file uploads. Update your sst.config.ts.
const bucket = new sst.aws.Bucket("MyBucket", {
access: "public"
});
Add this above the Nuxt component.
Now, link the bucket to our Nuxt app.
new sst.aws.Nuxt("MyWeb", {
link: [bucket],
});
When our app loads, we'll call an API that'll generate a pre-signed URL for the file upload. Create a new server/api/presigned.ts with the following.
export default defineEventHandler(async () => {
const command = new PutObjectCommand({
Key: crypto.randomUUID(),
Bucket: Resource.MyBucket.name,
});
return await getSignedUrl(new S3Client({}), command);
})
:::tip
We are directly accessing our S3 bucket with Resource.MyBucket.name.
:::
Add the relevant imports.
import { Resource } from "sst";
import { getSignedUrl } from "@aws-sdk/s3-request-presigner";
import { S3Client, PutObjectCommand } from "@aws-sdk/client-s3";
And install the npm packages.
npm install @aws-sdk/client-s3 @aws-sdk/s3-request-presigner
Add a form to upload files to the presigned URL. Replace our app.vue with:
<script setup>
const file = ref(null);
const { data } = await useFetch('/api/presigned');
async function onSubmit() {
const upload = file.value.files[0];
const image = await fetch(data.value, {
body: upload,
method: "PUT",
headers: {
"Content-Type": upload.type,
"Content-Disposition": `attachment; filename="${upload.name}"`,
},
});
window.location.href = image.url.split("?")[0];
}
</script>
<template>
<form novalidate @submit.prevent="onSubmit">
<input type="file" ref="file" accept="image/png, image/jpeg" />
<button type="submit">Upload</button>
</form>
</template>
Head over to the local app in your browser, http://localhost:3000 and try uploading an image. You should see it upload and then download the image.
Now let's deploy your app to AWS.
npx sst deploy --stage production
You can use any stage name here but it's good to create a new stage for production.
Congrats! Your site should now be live!
We are going to build a hit counter Nuxt app with Redis. We'll deploy it to AWS in a container using the Cluster component.
:::tip[View source] You can view the source of this example in our repo. :::
Before you get started, make sure to configure your AWS credentials.
Let's start by creating our project.
npx nuxi@latest init aws-nuxt-container
cd aws-nuxt-container
We are picking the npm as the package manager.
Now let's initialize SST in our app.
npx sst@latest init
npm install
Select the defaults and pick AWS. This'll create a sst.config.ts file in your project root.
It'll also ask you to update your nuxt.config.ts. But instead we'll use the default Node preset.
export default defineNuxtConfig({
compatibilityDate: '2024-11-01',
devtools: { enabled: true }
})
To deploy our Nuxt app in a container, we'll use AWS Fargate with Amazon ECS. Replace the run function in your sst.config.ts.
async run() {
const vpc = new sst.aws.Vpc("MyVpc", { bastion: true });
const cluster = new sst.aws.Cluster("MyCluster", { vpc });
new sst.aws.Service("MyService", {
cluster,
loadBalancer: {
ports: [{ listen: "80/http", forward: "3000/http" }],
},
dev: {
command: "npm run dev",
},
});
}
This creates a VPC with a bastion host, an ECS Cluster, and adds a Fargate service to it.
:::note By default, your service in not deployed when running in dev. :::
The dev.command tells SST to instead run our Nuxt app locally in dev mode.
Let's add an Amazon ElastiCache Redis cluster. Add this below the Vpc component in your sst.config.ts.
const redis = new sst.aws.Redis("MyRedis", { vpc });
This shares the same VPC as our ECS cluster.
Now, link the Redis cluster to the container.
new sst.aws.Service("MyService", {
// ...
link: [redis],
});
This will allow us to reference the Redis cluster in our Nuxt app.
Since our Redis cluster is in a VPC, we'll need a tunnel to connect to it from our local machine.
sudo npx sst tunnel install
This needs sudo to create a network interface on your machine. You'll only need to do this once on your machine.
Start your app in dev mode.
npx sst dev
This will deploy your app, start a tunnel in the Tunnel tab, and run your Nuxt app locally in the MyServiceDev tab.
We want the / route to increment a counter in our Redis cluster. Let's start by installing the npm package we'll use.
npm install ioredis
We'll call an API that'll increment the counter when the app loads. Create a new server/api/counter.ts with the following.
import { Resource } from "sst";
import { Cluster } from "ioredis";
const redis = new Cluster(
[{ host: Resource.MyRedis.host, port: Resource.MyRedis.port }],
{
dnsLookup: (address, callback) => callback(null, address),
redisOptions: {
tls: {},
username: Resource.MyRedis.username,
password: Resource.MyRedis.password,
},
}
);
export default defineEventHandler(async () => {
return await redis.incr("counter");
})
:::tip
We are directly accessing our Redis cluster with Resource.MyRedis.*.
:::
Let's update our component to show the counter. Replace our app.vue with:
<script setup lang="ts">
const { data: counter } = await useFetch("/api/counter")
</script>
<template>
<p>Hit counter: {{ counter }}</p>
</template>
Let's head over to http://localhost:3000 in your browser and it'll show the current hit counter.
You should see it increment every time you refresh the page.
To deploy our app we'll add a Dockerfile.
FROM node:lts AS base
WORKDIR /src
# Build
FROM base as build
COPY --link package.json package-lock.json ./
RUN npm install
COPY --link . .
RUN npm run build
# Run
FROM base
ENV PORT=3000
ENV NODE_ENV=production
COPY --from=build /src/.output /src/.output
CMD [ "node", ".output/server/index.mjs" ]
:::tip You need to be running Docker Desktop to deploy your app. :::
Let's also add a .dockerignore file in the root.
node_modules
Now to build our Docker image and deploy we run:
npx sst deploy --stage production
You can use any stage name here but it's good to create a new stage for production.
Congrats! Your app should now be live!
As a next step, you can setup the SST Console to git push to deploy your app and monitor it for any issues.
You can create a free account and connect it to your AWS account.