Deploy HTML

Sometimes, plain HTML (with a touch of CSS) is all you need. Runway lets you build without forcing you into any specific framework.

Setup

For this guide, we’ll create an empty Git repository containing a public folder and an index.html file to serve as your website.

This setup can be achieved with a series of commands that:

1. Create the project directory
2. Initialize a Git repository
3. Set up the public folder and add an index.html file

$ mkdir static-website
$ cd static-website
$ git init
Initialized empty Git repository in /Users/name/static-website/.git/
$ mkdir public/
$ echo 'My website' > public/index.html

With the structure created, you need to commit your changes:

$ git add -A && git commit -m "Initial commit: my website"

Config

The only step left is to tell Runway that you need a web server — let’s use Nginx:

runway app config set BP_WEB_SERVER=nginx

You can also choose Apache HTTP Server by setting BP_WEB_SERVER=httpd. For more details, check out our webserver documentation.

Deploy to Runway

Create an application on Runway:

$ runway app create
INFO    checking login status                        
INFO    created app "static-champion"                 
create app static-champion: done
next steps:  
* commit your changes  
* runway app deploy  
* runway open

And deploy:

$ runway app deploy && runway open