This guide shows you how to deploy an Ember Fastboot application to Edgio.
Example
System Requirements
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Getting Started
To prepare your Fastboot app for deployment on the Edgio, run the following command in the root folder of your project:
Bash
1npm i -g @layer0/cli # yarn global add @layer0/cli20 init
This will automatically add all of the required dependencies and files to your project. These include:
- The
0/core
package - Allows you to declare routes and deploy your application on Edgio - The
0/fastboot
package - Provides router middleware that automatically adds Fastboot routes to the Edgio router. - The
0/prefetch
package - Allows you to configure a service worker to prefetch and cache pages to improve browsing speed - The
0/react
package - Provides aPrefetch
component for prefetching pages routes.js
- A default routes file that sends all requests to Fastboot. Update this file to add caching or proxy some URLs to a different origin.sw/service-worker.js
- The source code for your service worker, which enables prefetching when running on Edgio.layer0.config.js
- Contains configuration options for deploying on Edgio.
Adding Edgio Service Worker
To add Edgio service worker to your app, call the
install
function from 0/prefetch/window
hook when the app first loads. For example, you can alter
app/app.js
as follows:JavaScript
1import Application from '@ember/application';2import Resolver from 'ember-resolver';3import loadInitializers from 'ember-load-initializers';4import config from './config/environment';56// add this to import Edgio service worker prefetching functionality7import {install} from '@layer0/prefetch/window';89export default class App extends Application {10 modulePrefix = config.modulePrefix;11 podModulePrefix = config.podModulePrefix;12 Resolver = Resolver;13}1415loadInitializers(App, config.modulePrefix);1617// add this to install the service worker when your app loads18if (typeof navigator != 'undefined') {19 install();20}
dependencies vs devDependencies
To reduce serverless cold-start times, limit the packages listed in the
dependencies
section of your package.json
to only those packages used at runtime. The 0/fastboot
package must also be included in dependencies
. Other packages not used at runtime should be included in devDependencies
. Only those packages listed in dependencies
are deployed to Edgio along with your application code.layer0.config.js
Ember fastboot apps should always have the following in layer0.config.js:
JavaScript/layer0.config.js
1module.exports = {2 connector: '@layer0/fastboot',3 includeNodeModules: true, // this ensures that package.json dependencies are uploaded to the cloud4};
Running Locally
Test your app with the Sites on your local machine by running the following command in your project’s root directory:
Bash
10 dev
Simulate edge caching locally
To simulate edge caching locally, run:
Bash
10 dev --cache
Deploying
Deploy your app to the Sites by running the following command in your project’s root directory:
Bash
10 deploy
See deploying for more information.