Contentstack for Developers
Deploying the Starter App with Contentstack Launch
With Contentstack's launch product, developers can focus on building and updating their applications while leaving the hosting infrastructure to Contentstack.
To assist users with the various functionalities of this product, Contentstack offers a comprehensive help center on its website. The help center includes detailed guides and tutorials on creating projects, setting up deploy hooks, and redeploying applications when content is published. Additionally, the website provides a robust community forum where users can interact with other users, share their experiences, and get support from the Contentstack team.
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Exercise: Deploy the site with Contentstack Launch
1. Open Launch
2. New Project
3. Upload File
4. Upload the StarterApp project. In this example, we will use the NextJS Starter App. Download the code from the Github repository here: https://github.com/contentstack/contentstack-nextjs-starter-app
5. Select your Stack with the Starter App and then Import Environment Variables
6. Site is being deployed. This takes up to 5 minutes. The URL will be a Contentstack URL with the free trial, however, with a paid plan you will be able to use custom domains.
7. Site is deployed