Railway Deploy

Railway Deploy

Deploy applications and services to Railway.

Setup

# Check if installed
command -v railway

# Install Railway CLI
npm install -g @railway/cli

# Auth — interactive (opens browser)
railway login

# Auth — browserless (use token)
railway login --browserless
# If using a token, store it in the vault: vault_save railway_token "<value>"
# Keys are auto-injected as UPPERCASE env vars (e.g. $RAILWAY_TOKEN)

Projects

# Create new project
railway init

# Link existing project
railway link PROJECT_ID

# List projects
railway list

# View project info
railway status

Deploy

# Deploy from current directory
railway up

# Deploy with name
railway up --service myapp

# Deploy from subdirectory
railway up --service api ./api

# View deployment logs
railway logs

# Follow logs
railway logs -f

# View deployment status
railway status

Services

# List services
railway service list

# Create service
railway service create myservice

# Delete service
railway service delete myservice

# Connect to service
railway connect myservice

Databases

# Add PostgreSQL
railway add --plugin postgresql

# Add MySQL
railway add --plugin mysql

# Add Redis
railway add --plugin redis

# Add MongoDB
railway add --plugin mongodb

# Get database URL
railway variables --service postgres

# Connect to database
railway connect postgres

Variables

# List variables
railway variables

# Set variable
railway variables set KEY=value

# Set multiple
railway variables set KEY1=value1 KEY2=value2

# Get variable value
railway variables get KEY

# Delete variable
railway variables del KEY

Domains

# Generate domain
railway domain

# Add custom domain
railway domain add myapp.example.com

# Remove domain
railway domain remove myapp.example.com

Run Commands

# Run one-off command
railway run npm run migrate

# Run in specific service
railway run --service api npm start

# SSH into container
railway shell

CLI Shortcuts

# Open Railway dashboard
railway open

# View docs
railway docs

# Logout
railway logout

# Check version
railway --version

railway.toml Example

[build]
builder = "nixpacks"

[deploy]
startCommand = "npm start"
healthcheckPath = "/health"
healthcheckTimeout = 300
restartPolicyType = "on_failure"
restartPolicyMaxRetries = 3

Tips

• Use railway up for quick deploys
• Use railway run for one-off commands
• Connect databases with railway connect
• Check logs with railway logs -f
• Variables are auto-injected at runtime

Triggers

railway, deploy to railway, railway deploy, railway app, railway database, railway cli

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