zola/docs/content/documentation/deployment/layer0.md

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Layer0 is an all-in-one platform to develop, deploy, preview, experiment on, monitor, and run your headless frontend. It is focused on large, dynamic websites and best-in-class performance through EdgeJS (a JavaScript-based Content Delivery Network), predictive prefetching, and performance monitoring. Layer0 offers a free tier.

If you don't have an account with Layer0, you can sign up here.

Manual deploys

For a command-line manual deploy, follow these steps:

1. Install the Layer0 CLI:

npm i -g @layer0/cli

2. Create a package.json at the root of your project with the following:

{
  "name": "zola",
  "version": "1.0.0",
  "scripts": {
    "build": "zola build",
    "layer0:dev": "0 dev",
    "layer0:buid": "0 build",
    "layer0:deploy": "0 deploy"
  },
  "dependencies": {},
  "devDependencies": {}
}

3. Initialize your project with:

0 init

4. Update routes.js at the root of your project to the following:

// This file was added by layer0 init.
// You should commit this file to source control.

import { Router } from '@layer0/core/router'

export default new Router().static('public', ({ cache }) => {
  cache({
    edge: {
      maxAgeSeconds: 60 * 60 * 60 * 365,
      forcePrivateCaching: true,
    },
    browser: {
      maxAgeSeconds: 0,
      serviceWorkerSeconds: 60 * 60 * 24,
    },
  })
})

5. Deploy with:

0 deploy