Major Changes
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Thanks @matthewp! - # Standalone mode for the Node.js adapterNew in
@astrojs/node
is support for standalone mode. With standalone mode you can start your production server without needing to write any server JavaScript yourself. The server starts simply by running the script like so:node ./dist/server/entry.mjs
To enable standalone mode, set the new
mode
to'standalone'
option in your Astro config:import { defineConfig } from 'astro/config'; import nodejs from '@astrojs/node'; export default defineConfig({ output: 'server', adapter: nodejs({ mode: 'standalone', }), });
See the @astrojs/node documentation to learn all of the options available in standalone mode.
Breaking change
This is a semver major change because the new
mode
option is required. Existing @astrojs/node users who are using their own HTTP server framework such as Express can upgrade by setting themode
option to'middleware'
in order to build to a middleware mode, which is the same behavior and API as before.import { defineConfig } from 'astro/config'; import nodejs from '@astrojs/node'; export default defineConfig({ output: 'server', adapter: nodejs({ mode: 'middleware', }), });
Minor Changes
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Thanks @matthewp! - # Adapter support forastro preview
Adapters are now about to support the
astro preview
command via a new integration option. The Node.js adapter@astrojs/node
is the first of the built-in adapters to gain support for this. What this means is that if you are using@astrojs/node
you can new preview your SSR app by running:npm run preview
Adapter API
We will be updating the other first party Astro adapters to support preview over time. Adapters can opt in to this feature by providing the
previewEntrypoint
via thesetAdapter
function inastro:config:done
hook. The Node.js adapter's code looks like this:export default function() { return { name: '@astrojs/node', hooks: { 'astro:config:done': ({ setAdapter, config }) => { setAdapter({ name: '@astrojs/node', serverEntrypoint: '@astrojs/node/server.js', + previewEntrypoint: '@astrojs/node/preview.js', exports: ['handler'], }); // more here } } }; }
The
previewEntrypoint
is a module in the adapter's package that is a Node.js script. This script is run whenastro preview
is run and is charged with starting up the built server. See the Node.js implementation in@astrojs/node
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Thanks @matthewp! - # New build configurationThe ability to customize SSR build configuration more granularly is now available in Astro. You can now customize the output folder for
server
(the server code for SSR),client
(your client-side JavaScript and assets), andserverEntry
(the name of the entrypoint server module). Here are the defaults:import { defineConfig } from 'astro/config'; export default defineConfig({ output: 'server', build: { server: './dist/server/', client: './dist/client/', serverEntry: 'entry.mjs', }, });
These new configuration options are only supported in SSR mode and are ignored when building to SSG (a static site).
Integration hook change
The integration hook
astro:build:start
includes a parambuildConfig
which includes all of these same options. You can continue to use this param in Astro 1.x, but it is deprecated in favor of the newbuild.config
options. All of the built-in adapters have been updated to the new format. If you have an integration that depends on this param we suggest upgrading to do this instead:export default function myIntegration() { return { name: 'my-integration', hooks: { 'astro:config:setup': ({ updateConfig }) => { updateConfig({ build: { server: '...', }, }); }, }, }; }