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Deploy your first app
This tutorial shows you how to deploy a sample node application with digger. The repository we would like to deploy is here: https://github.com/diggerhq/a-nodeapp (opens new window).
To be able to deploy an application with Digger you should have:
- GitHub account
- AWS account
Let's try to deploy a simple node application as a container

Authorize Digger HQ. At this point, Digger is only accessing your email ID for login.

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Press on the big orange tile that says "Press here to open AWS console Website"

You will then be redirected to the AWS CloudFormation template that securely creates a role and policy in your AWS account which allows Digger's AWS account to make changes.
-> Click the "Create Stack" button at the bottom of the page. This may take a minute or two, before you can move to the next stage.

Note: if you are deploying our example app, you will first need to fork the example app onto your GitHub account.
Click “Select repository to deploy” button and allow digger to access the repo you want to deploy.

Click on "Install and Authorise" DiggerHQ so that Digger can securely access your repositories.

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You will then get the following screen. You can close the tab and return to Digger.

A list of repositories should now be visible on the Dashboard.

Pick the repo you would like to deploy
You will then be guided to the Summary screen

Review the options before clicking the “Deploy” button. Make changes if needed.
Check: have you selected the correct branch name e.g. main?
Some of the less frequently used options can be found under the "More options" toggle.

Additional options
When you're happy, press “Deploy”!
It can take 5-7 minutes to deploy a container. In the meantime you can check logs and deployment progress.

Yay - the deployment is finished!
-> Click the "Open App" button to see it live


Application deployed
This is it! Your AWS account is fully configured and your app is live 🎉🎉🎉
Digger does not require administrator-level access to your AWS account. It only asks for permissions necessary to provision and run applications managed by Digger.
You can see which permissions are required during the AWS account connection step:

Roles and policies

Permissions required
Last modified 6mo ago