caddyfile, nixpacks

Caddyfile

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+# global options
+{
+	admin off # theres no need for the admin api in railway's environment
+	persist_config off # storage isn't persistent anyway
+	auto_https off # railway handles https for us, this would cause issues if left enabled
+	# runtime logs
+	log {
+		format json # set runtime log format to json mode 
+	}
+	# server options
+	servers {
+		trusted_proxies static private_ranges 100.0.0.0/8 # trust railway's proxy
+	}
+}
+
+# site block, listens on the $PORT environment variable, automatically assigned by railway
+:{$PORT:3000} {
+	# access logs
+	log {
+		format json # set access log format to json mode
+	}
+
+	# health check for railway
+	rewrite /health /*
+
+	# serve from the 'dist' folder (Vite builds into the 'dist' folder)
+	root * dist
+
+	# enable gzipping responses
+	encode gzip
+
+	# serve files from 'dist'
+	file_server
+
+	# if path doesn't exist, redirect it to 'index.html' for client side routing
+	try_files {path} /index.html
+}

nixpacks.toml

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+# https://nixpacks.com/docs/configuration/file
+
+# set up some variables to minimize annoyance
+[variables]
+    NPM_CONFIG_UPDATE_NOTIFIER = 'false' # the update notification is relatively useless in a production environment
+    NPM_CONFIG_FUND = 'false' # the fund notification is also pretty useless in a production environment
+
+# download caddy from nix
+[phases.caddy]
+    dependsOn = ['setup'] # make sure this phase runs after the default 'setup' phase
+    nixpkgsArchive = 'ba913eda2df8eb72147259189d55932012df6301' # Caddy v2.8.4 - https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/commit/ba913eda2df8eb72147259189d55932012df6301
+    nixPkgs = ['caddy'] # install caddy as a nix package
+
+# format the Caddyfile with fmt
+[phases.fmt]
+    dependsOn = ['caddy'] # make sure this phase runs after the 'caddy' phase so that we know we have caddy downloaded
+    cmds = ['caddy fmt --overwrite Caddyfile'] # format the Caddyfile to fix any formatting inconsistencies
+
+# start the caddy web server
+[start]
+    cmd = 'exec caddy run --config Caddyfile --adapter caddyfile 2>&1' # start caddy using the Caddyfile config and caddyfile adapter