Deployment

Run Dune in production on a VPS, Deno Deploy, or behind a reverse proxy.

VPS / Linux server

The simplest production setup. Run Dune with systemd:

1. Transfer your site

rsync -av --exclude '.git' ./my-site/ user@server:/home/user/my-site/

2. Install the CLI on the server

deno install -A -n dune jsr:@dune/core/cli

3. Create a systemd service

/etc/systemd/system/my-site.service:

[Unit]
Description=My Dune site
After=network.target

[Service]
Type=simple
User=user
WorkingDirectory=/home/user/my-site
Environment=PORT=8080
Environment=DUNE_ENV=production
ExecStart=/home/user/.deno/bin/dune serve --root /home/user/my-site --port 8080
Restart=always

[Install]
WantedBy=multi-user.target

sudo systemctl enable --now my-site

4. Reverse proxy with nginx

server {
    listen 443 ssl;
    server_name mysite.com;

    location / {
        proxy_pass http://127.0.0.1:8080;
        proxy_set_header Host $host;
        proxy_set_header X-Real-IP $remote_addr;
    }
}

Static site (Netlify, Cloudflare Pages, S3…)

Generate a fully static site and deploy anywhere:

dune build --static --base-url https://example.com
netlify deploy --dir=dist --prod

Deno Deploy

Sync your content to Deno KV, then deploy via GitHub integration or deployctl:

dune sync
deployctl deploy --project=my-site src/main.ts

Docker

FROM denoland/deno:2.0

WORKDIR /app
COPY . .
RUN deno install -A -n dune jsr:@dune/core/cli

ENV PORT=8080
ENV DUNE_ENV=production
EXPOSE 8080

CMD ["dune", "serve", "--root", "/app", "--port", "8080"]

docker build -t my-site .
docker run -p 8080:8080 my-site

Production checklist

Set DUNE_ENV=production — enables secure cookies for the admin panel
Set a strong auth.password in config/site.yaml
Use a reverse proxy (nginx / Caddy) for TLS termination
Point --root to the absolute path of your site directory