Deploy

Deploying to Railway

Deploy your RivetKit app to Railway.

Option A: Deploy from Template

If you're starting from scratch, go to the Connect tab on the Rivet dashboard and follow the Railway deployment steps. This give you a 1-click deploy of the RivetKit Railway template.

Option B: Deploy Manual

Prerequisites

Railway account
Your RivetKit app
- If you don't have one, see the Quickstart page or our Examples
Access to the Rivet Cloud or a self-hosted Rivet Engine

Setup Project for Railway

Ensure your package.json has a start script:

{
  // ...
  "scripts": {
    "start": "node server.js"
  }
  // ... Rest of package.json
}

JSON

Deploy to Railway

Connect your GitHub account to Railway
Select your repository containing your RivetKit app
Railway will automatically detect and deploy your app

Railway will automatically deploy your RivetKit app on every git push.

Detailed steps are available on Railway's docs.

You do not need to expose a container port. Rivet tunnels traffic directly to your backend.

Set Environment Variables

After selecting your project on the Rivet dashboard, go to Connect > Railway to get the environment variables needed.

To add your environment variables:

Go to your Railway project dashboard
Select your service
Navigate to the Variables tab
Add the required environment variables and deploy your changes

Detailed steps are available on Railway's docs.

Verify Deployment

You should see your runner connected on the Connect tab of your Rivet Dashboard. Now you can create and connect to your Rivet Actors.