Railway

Note

You need to be connected to GitHub account in https://railway.app/account/plans to perform the deployment.

Deployment Instructions via Railway Template

1. Go to the Director's Railway Template.
2. Click Deploy Now.
3. Set the frontend environment variable VITE_APP_BACKEND_URL with a placeholder.
4. For the backend, configure the required environment variables VIDEO_DB_API_KEY and OPENAI_API_KEY. Optionally, you can configure additional environment variables as needed.
5. Click Deploy.
6. Once both services are deployed successfully, click on the backend service and copy the public URL (e.g., https://backend-production-xxxx.up.railway.app).
7. Update the frontend's VITE_APP_BACKEND_URL variable with the copied backend URL.
8. After updating the VITE_APP_BACKEND_URL variable, a Deploy option will appear. Click it to re-deploy the frontend.
9. Once deployment is complete, access the application through the frontend's public URL, such as https://frontend-production-xxxx.up.railway.app.

Deployment Instructions via Railway CLI

1. Clone the Director repository to your local machine:

   git clone https://github.com/video-db/Director
   

2. Change the directory to the cloned repository:

   cd Director
   

3. Install the Railway CLI.
4. Navigate to the Railway Dashboard and create an empty project.
5. Add two empty services to the project, and rename them as backend and frontend.
6. Log in to Railway via the CLI:

   railway login
   

Deploy the backend service:

• Navigate to the backend service directory
• Link your project and the backend service

  railway link 
  

• Deploy the backend service

  railway up
  

Deploy the frontend service:

• Navigate to the frontend service directory
• Link your project and the frontend service

  railway link 
  

• Deploy the frontend service

  railway up
  

Backend Configuration

• After deployment, go to the Railway project dashboard, and under the backend service, update the environment variables:

  VIDEO_DB_API_KEY="your_video_db_api_key"
  OPENAI_API_KEY="your_openai_api_key"
  

• Go to Settings → Networking → Public Networking, generate a domain, and copy the domain. You will need to use this domain in the frontend service configuration.

Frontend Configuration

• In the frontend service , update the following environment variable:

  VITE_APP_BACKEND_URL="deployed_backend_service_public_url"
  

• After deployment, generate a domain and navigate to the frontend service URL (which can be found in Settings → Networking → Public Networking) in your web browser to access the Director application.