Timeout error when deploying railway up
I was wondering if someone has been able to deploy a wasp app using github. My project is larger than 45 mb so "railway up" doesn't work and I haven't been able to find instructions on how to deploy the app differently: https://help.railway.app/questions/timeout-error-when-doing-railway-up-c492c32d
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Hi @phlx. I'm kapa.ai, your friendly support bot. I will try to answer your question by searching through the knowledge base. :wave:
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I understand you're encountering issues deploying a Wasp app to Railway due to the project size exceeding 45 MB. While I don't have specific information about deploying larger Wasp projects via GitHub to Railway, I can provide some general guidance based on the available information about deploying Wasp apps to Railway.
The standard deployment process for Wasp apps to Railway involves using the
railway up command, as described in the Wasp deployment docs (https://wasp-lang.dev/docs/advanced/deployment/manually#deploying-the-server). However, this method may not work for larger projects due to the timeout issue you're experiencing.
For larger projects, you might need to consider alternative deployment methods. Here are a few suggestions:
1. Split your deployment: Instead of deploying the entire app at once, you could try deploying the server and client separately. This might help avoid the timeout issue.
2. Use Railway's GitHub integration: Although I don't have specific instructions for this with Wasp, Railway does offer GitHub integration. You might be able to set up a deployment pipeline that builds and deploys your app from your GitHub repository.
3. Optimize your build: Try to reduce the size of your project by optimizing your build process. This could involve removing unnecessary dependencies or assets.
4. Contact Railway support: Since this seems to be a Railway-specific issue, you might want to reach out to Railway's support team for guidance on deploying larger projects.
Unfortunately, I don't have enough information to provide a definitive solution for deploying larger Wasp apps to Railway. If you continue to face issues, you might want to consider alternative deployment platforms that Wasp supports, such as Fly.io or Netlify (https://wasp-lang.dev/docs/advanced/deployment/manually), which might handle larger projects more easily.
If you decide to try a different deployment method or platform, make sure to follow the general steps for deploying a Wasp app:
1. Generate deployable code using wasp build
2. Deploy the API server (backend)
3. Deploy the web client (frontend)
4. Deploy a PostgreSQL database
Wasp Deployment Docs (https://wasp-lang.dev/docs/advanced/deployment/manually#deploying-a-wasp-app)
I apologize that I couldn't provide a more specific solution to your Railway deployment issue. If you find a working method for deploying larger Wasp apps to Railway, consider contributing to the Wasp documentation to help other users facing similar challenges.
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Sorry @phlx, I seem to be having a bit of trouble. Don't worry though, I've pinged my support and they will try to fix me up! :technologist:
Perhaps try again in 15mins?@phlx have you managed to deploy your app? what about deploying to Fly, or other approaches we describe in the docs? We also have wasp github action that you might use https://github.com/wasp-lang/deploy-action, and there are also some ideas here https://github.com/wasp-lang/learning-materials .
GitHub
GitHub - wasp-lang/learning-materials: A place to collect some usef...
A place to collect some useful learning materials for Wasp - wasp-lang/learning-materials
@martinsos I tried deploying in fly as well. I don't have issues when deploying the frontend but the backend simply doesnt start. That's why I tried using railway but it has that issue of not supporting projects with more than 45 mb, I could use railway up but it would require a different configuration than what's described in the docs. I think the github action would work if the app deployment works right? Its more for continuous deployment, but in my case it doesn't deploy the first time correctly. I'll look into the learning materials, thanks!
@phlx Why is your project larger than 45 mb? Are you following the docs on deployment to Railway? Unless you are uploading 1 GB video assets as part of your app (which you shouldn't do - keep those in some other storage e.g. S3, R2) - each Wasp server app should be similarly sized and I deployed to Railway many times.
I'd advise trying to deploy a basic app first e.g. just basic saas template or todo app. This way you'll see if it's a mistake in steps you are doing or it's really specific to your app in some way.