Deploy Sovrium on Scalingo

You want a git-push deploy on a European PaaS, with a managed database and no server to run yourself.

Configure the app

Tell Scalingo how to start Sovrium with a Procfile, and add a managed PostgreSQL database so the app runs on Postgres instead of the SQLite default:

# Procfile
web: sovrium start app.ts

scalingo --app my-app addons-add postgresql postgresql-starter-512
scalingo --app my-app env-set \
  AUTH_SECRET="$(openssl rand -hex 32)" \
  SOVRIUM_ENCRYPTION_KEY="$(openssl rand -hex 32)" \
  BASE_URL=https://my-app.osc-fr1.scalingo.io

Scalingo injects DATABASE_URL and PORT automatically — Sovrium reads both, so no extra wiring is needed.

Deploy and verify

git push scalingo main
curl -fsS https://my-app.osc-fr1.scalingo.io/ >/dev/null && echo "up"

Next

• Database Infrastructure — how DATABASE_URL switches Sovrium to Postgres.
• Schema Migrations — schema evolution applies on the next deploy's boot.
• Environment Variables — the secrets to set with env-set.