Recipes

Self-contained guides for deploying a specific stack. Each one takes you from a repo to a live URL.

Every recipe is complete on its own: the config, the one rule that matters (listen on 0.0.0.0:$PORT), and the deploy steps. New to Dockhold? Start with theQuickstart.

• Deploy a Vite + React app: A Vite single-page app, built and served on a live URL.
• Deploy a Next.js app: Full-stack Next.js: pages, API routes, and server rendering.
• Deploy a static site: Plain HTML, CSS, and JS. The 60-second “it works”.
• Deploy a Node / Express API: A JSON API on Express, listening on $PORT.
• Deploy a Python / FastAPI app: A FastAPI service with a minimal, reproducible Dockerfile.
• Deploy a Lovable export: Take the Vite + React app Lovable built and host it yourself.
• Deploy a Bolt.new export: Move a Bolt.new project out of the sandbox onto a real URL.
• Connect a Postgres database: Add a managed database; Dockhold injects DATABASE_URL. pgvector built in.
• Deploy a vector database (pgvector): Store embeddings and run similarity search. pgvector is built into the managed database.
• Deploy a full-stack app (React + API + Postgres): A React frontend and a separate Express + Postgres API. The production shape, split across your compute pool.
• Deploy connected services: Deploy several services that call each other in one step. Dockhold injects each service’s URL into the others automatically.
• Deploy an MCP server: A remote MCP server (Streamable HTTP) on a live URL. Any client connects over the web.
• Deploy from your AI tool (MCP): Connect Claude, Cursor, or any MCP client to Dockhold and let it deploy and manage your apps.
• Deploy n8n: Self-host your own n8n automation instance, backed by a managed database.
• Deploy a Telegram bot: An always-on Telegram bot. Get a token, set it, and it’s live. Discord works the same way.