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Deploy cal.com on AWS

Smyja — Sun, 03 Dec 2023 18:39:10 +0000

Introduction:

CapRover is an open-source, easy-to-use platform that simplifies the deployment and management of web applications. When combined with Amazon Web Services (AWS) Elastic Compute Cloud (EC2), CapRover provides a powerful and scalable solution for hosting and deploying applications. In this article, we will guide you through the process of deploying applications with CapRover on AWS EC2.

Prerequisites:

AWS Account: Ensure you have an active AWS account to access the EC2 services.

AWS EC2 Instance: Launch an EC2 instance using the AWS Management Console.

Domain Name: Have a registered domain name to associate with your CapRover deployment.

This article provides an extensive guide on how to setup caprover on AWS. Once you have caprover running follow my guide on how to use Set up cal.com on caprover that i detailed here.

Conclusion

Setting up Cal.com is pretty easy once you have a VPS,and with a PAAS like caprover, it makes it even easier to have Cal.com running.

Deploy on Cal.com on Hetzner

Smyja — Sun, 03 Dec 2023 17:14:32 +0000

In my previous article, i explained how to deploy cal.com on digitalocean using caprover.In this article, I'll explain how to do the same thing on hetzner.

Cal.com is an open source scheduling platform that enables you to take bookings on your own terms. Set your availability, connect your favorite calendar and video conferencing platforms, and share your link. It's that simple.

What is Caprover

Caprover is an Opensource Platform as a service like Heroku that allows you deploy web apps on a vps, Caprover uses docker to manage this and issues free ssl certificates powered by letsencrypt.

Follow this guide i worked on to set caprover up on Hetzner.

Once you have caprover running, Follow the exact same steps i detailed in the digitalocean guide. Ensure you have your environment variables added.

Conclusion

In this we have beenn able to deploy Cal.com on Hetzner using Caprover.

Deploy Cal.com on Digitalocean

Smyja — Sun, 03 Dec 2023 09:38:56 +0000

Introduction

What is Caprover

Caprover is an Opensource Platform as a service like Heroku that allows you deploy web apps on a vps, Caprover uses docker to manage this and issues free ssl certificates powered by letsencrypt.

Follow this guide i wrote to set caprover up on digitalocean. Stop at the Setting up a NextJs app section since we are not interested in that.

Once you have Caprover running, create an app from the one click apps section.

Search for Cal and and add the one that requires a database

Enter the app name, leave every other option the same(they can be changed) then click finish, next two screenshots show it processing.

It's complete

Ensure you force https in the settings tab then go to APP Config and change the NEXT_AUTH to https://yourwebsite.com, click save and Restart.

It takes about 15 minutes to complete the build process and for the website to be live because the prisma migrations take time.

Ensure you add all the necessary environment variables specified in the root directory of cal.com
Once it's done, visit your url and you should see this.
Setup your administrator account with your details.

Conlusion

We have been able deploy Cal.com on Digitalocean, so go ahead and Make your bookings.