Deploy a self-hosted Strapi backend with the Node.js runtime, database connections, persistent uploads, custom domains, SSL, environment variables.
Strapi resource use depends on admin activity, API traffic, content models, plugins, media processing, database queries, and build requirements. Start.
For prototypes, internal content tools, and smaller production headless CMS projects.
Transparent monthly billing. Upgrade, downgrade, or add resources as your workload changes.
2 MONTHS FREEFor production content APIs, active editors, more plugins, and growing traffic.
Transparent monthly billing. Upgrade, downgrade, or add resources as your workload changes.
2 MONTHS FREEFor heavier content APIs, larger editorial teams, and more demanding application traffic.
Transparent monthly billing. Upgrade, downgrade, or add resources as your workload changes.
2 MONTHS FREEStrapi is an open-source headless CMS that gives developers content modeling, an admin interface, APIs, plugins, and extensibility without forcing the frontend into the same product. OnePloy hosts the Node.js application as its own production.
Build the project, provide the production environment variables and database connection, expose the API through a secure domain, and keep.
Headless API Runtime: Run the Strapi backend independently from Next.js, mobile, ecommerce, or other frontend clients.
Database Connectivity: Connect a production PostgreSQL or other supported database service through environment configuration.
Persistent Media: Keep local uploads on persistent storage or connect an external object-storage provider when your architecture calls for it.
Admin & API Visibility: Serve the admin and content API through a secure endpoint while keeping application logs available for troubleshooting.
Use Strapi as the content API behind Next.js, React, mobile applications, ecommerce frontends, internal tools.
Add CPU and memory when content builds, admin usage, plugin workloads, media operations, or public.
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OnePloy keeps Strapi self-hosted while giving the Node application the persistent data, configuration, networking, and operations a headless.
Run the Strapi Node.js backend as a dedicated service rather.
Expose the REST API and optional GraphQL functionality your web.
Connect the CMS to a production database through environment variables.
Keep uploaded media on durable storage or connect the external.
Store application keys, database URLs, tokens, and other production configuration.
Serve the admin and API through a stable HTTPS domain.
Inspect build output, startup failures, database issues, and application messages.
Increase compute as builds, editors, plugins, API requests, and content-processing.
Synthetic launch testimonials centered on portable headless CMS infrastructure and cleaner frontend/backend.
We use Strapi behind two frontends, so keeping the CMS as an independent deployment is exactly what we.
Our previous setup mixed the CMS and frontend on one VPS. Separating them on OnePloy made deployment responsibilities.
Environment variables and persistent uploads are straightforward to reason about. That matters for client handover because the Strapi.
The admin team became more active after launch and our original small container started struggling. Moving to a.
We pair Strapi with Next.js and PostgreSQL. Managing the three as separate services gives us the flexibility of.
who want simpler cloud deployment without giving up control.
Get help with the OnePloy service, persistent data, environment settings, domains, and the deployment configuration around Strapi.
Increase CPU, memory, or storage when production usage shows the current tier no longer has enough headroom.
Use runtime output and service health to distinguish infrastructure problems from application or provider configuration issues.
Answers for teams running a self-hosted Strapi content API on OnePloy.
Strapi is an open-source headless CMS. It provides an admin interface and developer-focused content APIs while leaving the frontend framework and user.
Yes, and that separation is often useful. Strapi can run as its own backend service while Next.js or another frontend consumes the.
For simple workloads you can use persistent local storage. For larger or horizontally scaled production architectures, external object storage can be more.
Yes. Configure the database connection through environment variables and keep PostgreSQL as its own persistent service. This gives the CMS application and.
Yes. Move to a larger tier as build time, admin activity, plugins, API request volume, or media processing require more CPU and.
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