Deploy Next.js (Vercel, VPS, Static)

# set the real domain first (used by sitemap, canonical, OG)
echo "SITE_URL=https://edusite.in" > .env.production.local

npm ci                 # clean install from package-lock.json
npm run build          # creates the optimized .next folder
npm run start          # serves it on http://localhost:3000

git init
git add .
git commit -m "EduSite first version"
git branch -M main
git remote add origin https://github.com/your-name/edusite.git
git push -u origin main

# On a fresh Ubuntu VPS (as a sudo user)
curl -fsSL https://deb.nodesource.com/setup_22.x | sudo -E bash -
sudo apt install -y nodejs nginx git
sudo npm install -g pm2

git clone https://github.com/your-name/edusite.git
cd edusite
echo "SITE_URL=https://edusite.in" > .env.production.local
npm ci && npm run build

pm2 start npm --name edusite -- start     # runs "next start" on port 3000
pm2 save && pm2 startup                   # restart automatically after reboot

# /etc/nginx/sites-available/edusite
server {
    listen 80;
    server_name edusite.in www.edusite.in;

    location / {
        proxy_pass http://127.0.0.1:3000;
        proxy_http_version 1.1;
        proxy_set_header Host $host;
        proxy_set_header X-Real-IP $remote_addr;
        proxy_set_header X-Forwarded-For $proxy_add_x_forwarded_for;
        proxy_set_header X-Forwarded-Proto $scheme;
        proxy_set_header Upgrade $http_upgrade;
        proxy_set_header Connection "upgrade";
    }
}

# enable it
sudo ln -s /etc/nginx/sites-available/edusite /etc/nginx/sites-enabled/
sudo nginx -t && sudo systemctl reload nginx

sudo apt install -y certbot python3-certbot-nginx
sudo certbot --nginx -d edusite.in -d www.edusite.in
# certificates renew automatically (check: sudo certbot renew --dry-run)

// next.config.mjs
const nextConfig = {
  output: 'export',            // writes plain HTML/CSS/JS into the "out" folder
  images: { unoptimized: true },
  trailingSlash: true,         // /about/ → out/about/index.html (works on Apache)
}
export default nextConfig

# VPS: pull, rebuild, restart with zero hassle
cd ~/edusite
git pull
npm ci
npm run build
pm2 restart edusite