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Azure App Service
Azure App Service is a service used to create and deploy scalable, mission-critical web apps.
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You are currently using yarn dev in production, which is meant only for local development. Azure App Service expects a production-ready application, and that's why the deployment is failing.
In package.json, you need to change the start script. Right now, it's likely running next start, which doesn't work properly if you're using the standalone output mode in Next.js.
Update the package.json like this:
{
"scripts": {
"build": "next build",
"start": "node .next/standalone/server.js",
"postinstall": "next build"
}
}
next.config.js should contains this:
module.exports = {
output: 'standalone',
};
Next, update the GitHub Actions workflow. Right now, the startup command in Azure is trying to run yarn dev, which should be replaced with the proper production start command.
Change this line:
az webapp config set --resource-group "Smartovate" --name "smartovateweb" --startup-file "yarn install && yarn dev --port 8080"
To this:
az webapp config set --resource-group "Smartovate" --name "smartovateweb" --startup-file "yarn install && yarn build && yarn start"
Then the app will build and started in production mode.
You should also check the GitHub Actions zip step includes the necessary build output. If you're using the standalone mode, zip at least the .next, public, node_modules, package.json, and yarn.lock files:
zip -r release.zip .next/ public/ node_modules/ package.json yarn.lock
Push the changes and let the workflow deploy again. The app should now start correctly on Azure. Let me know if you'd like me to adjust your full workflow file with all of this applied.
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