Streamline Your Development with Genezio’s Enhanced YAML Configuration

We’re excited to announce a major update to Genezio - the ability to configure and create all your resources using a single genezio.yaml file. This new feature aims to simplify the deployment process, allowing developers to define functions settings, create databases, set up frontends and enable authentication. In this article, we’ll walk you through the new features and provide practical examples to enable single-click deployments for your projects.

Key Features

Database and Authentication

Seamlessly configure database services, including authentication providers, and connect these services to other parts of the application. In this example, we define a Postgres database and enable email, web3, and Google authentication providers:

services:
  databases:
    - name: my-postgres
      region: us-east-1
  authentication:
    database:
      name: my-postgres
    providers:
      email: true
      web3: true
      google:
        clientId: ${{ env.GOOGLE_CLIENT_ID }}
        clientSecret: ${{ env.GOOGLE_CLIENT_SECRET }}

Support for Expressions

One of the powerful new features of the genezio.yaml configuration file is the ability to use expressions for dynamically linking different parts of your application. This allows you to reference values from other sections of your configuration file, making it easier to maintain consistency across your project.

For example, in the frontend section, you can dynamically reference backend functions and services using expressions:

frontend:
    environment:
      VITE_API_URL: ${{ backend.functions.express.url }}
      VITE_AUTH_TOKEN: ${{ services.authentication.token }}
      VITE_AUTH_REGION: ${{ services.authentication.region }}
    scripts:
      deploy: npm install
      build: npm run build

Support for Environment Variables

In addition to referencing internal configuration values, genezio.yaml also supports referencing external environment variables, allowing you to securely integrate third-party services like OpenAI.

backend:
  environment:
    OPENAI_API_KEY: ${{ env.OPENAI_API_KEY }}

In this example, the OPENAI_API_KEY environment variable in your backend is dynamically set remotely when deploying your application.

Example Workflow

After your genezio.yaml is configured, simply run:

genezio deploy

Documentation

For a complete list of configuration options and examples, refer to the Genezio documentation.

Genezio will automatically provide the necessary resources, deploy your backend and frontend, and set up databases and authentication as defined in the configuration file.

Conclusion

The genezio.yaml feature is here to streamline your development process, making it easier to manage all aspects of your app from one place. Whether you’re deploying backend functions, setting up frontend environments, or configuring databases and authentication, this new update brings more power and simplicity to your workflow.

Ready to kickstart your next project? Explore our ready-to-deploy templates and deploy with ease on the Genezio dashboard.