elleryfamilia/railway-nhost-template

Nhost on Railway

This template deploys a fully-functional Nhost stack on Railway. Nhost is an open source backend-as-a-service (BaaS) that includes:

• PostgreSQL Database
• Hasura GraphQL API
• Authentication & Authorization

Services

• PostgreSQL: Main database
• Hasura: GraphQL API engine
• Hasura Auth: Authentication service

Environment Variables

The following environment variables are required:

• POSTGRES_PASSWORD: Password for PostgreSQL
• POSTGRES_DB: Database name (defaults to "nhost")
• HASURA_GRAPHQL_ADMIN_SECRET: Admin secret for Hasura
• HASURA_GRAPHQL_JWT_SECRET: JWT secret for authentication
• AUTH_CLIENT_URL: URL of your frontend application

Optional email configuration:

• AUTH_SMTP_HOST: SMTP server host
• AUTH_SMTP_PORT: SMTP server port (default: 587)
• AUTH_SMTP_USER: SMTP username
• AUTH_SMTP_PASS: SMTP password
• AUTH_SMTP_SENDER: Sender email address

Deployment

1. Click the Deploy on Railway button
2. Set the required environment variables
3. Deploy and wait for the build to complete
4. Access your Hasura console at: https://your-url/console

References

• Nhost Documentation
• Hasura Documentation
• Railway Documentation