Deployment

React Starter Kit deploys as three Cloudflare Workers backed by a Neon PostgreSQL database. Infrastructure is managed with Terraform.

What Gets Deployed

Component	Target	Description
Web Worker	Cloudflare Workers	Edge router – receives all traffic, routes to app/api via service bindings
App Worker	Cloudflare Workers	Serves the React SPA and static assets
API Worker	Cloudflare Workers	Hono + tRPC server, authentication, database access
Database	Neon PostgreSQL	Managed Postgres with Hyperdrive connection pooling
Infrastructure	Terraform	Hyperdrive configurations, optional R2 storage

See Architecture Overview for how these components connect.

Prerequisites

• Cloudflare account with Workers enabled
• Neon account for PostgreSQL hosting (sign up)
• Terraform installed (brew install terraform or download)
• Domain added to Cloudflare DNS (optional for initial setup)

Environments

Environment	Intended trigger	URL pattern	Purpose
Development	bun dev	localhost:5173	Local development
Staging	Push to main	staging.example.com	Pre-production validation
Production	Manual dispatch	example.com	Live environment

Staging and production each have their own Wrangler configuration, Hyperdrive bindings, and Terraform workspace. Development is local and provisions no cloud resources. See CI/CD for deployment triggers. The checked-in deployment step is disabled until Cloudflare credentials are configured.

Deployment Checklist

1. Provision infrastructure – run Terraform to create the Hyperdrive configurations. Workers, routes and the custom domain's DNS come from Wrangler at deploy time (ADR-002)
2. Set secrets – configure BETTER_AUTH_SECRET and RESEND_API_KEY, plus secrets for any optional integrations you enable, via Wrangler. See Cloudflare Workers for the full list
3. Run migrations – apply schema to your production database. See Production Database
4. Build and deploy – push code to workers. See CI/CD or deploy manually:

bun run build        # Build all deployable workspaces
bun api:deploy --env="" # Deploy production API worker
bun app:deploy --env="" # Deploy production App worker
bun web:deploy --env="" # Deploy production Web worker

Section Pages

• Cloudflare Workers – Wrangler config, secrets, build and deploy
• Production Database – Neon setup, Hyperdrive, running migrations
• CI/CD – GitHub Actions pipelines, verifying pull requests
• Monitoring – Logs, analytics, rollbacks, troubleshooting