Deployments

Railway makes deploying your applications simple while providing powerful controls for production workloads. This section covers everything you need to know about managing deployments.

Getting started

Topic	Description
Reference	Complete reference for deployment configuration options.
Start Command	Configure how your application starts.
Pre-Deploy Command	Run commands before your deployment goes live (migrations, etc).

Scaling & performance

Topic	Description
Scaling	Scale your services horizontally and vertically.
Regions	Deploy to specific geographic regions.
Optimize Performance	Tips for optimizing your deployment performance.
Serverless	Configure serverless behavior for your services.

Health & reliability

Topic	Description
Healthchecks	Configure health checks to ensure your services are running correctly.
Restart Policy	Control how Railway handles service restarts.

Deployment workflow

Topic	Description
GitHub Autodeploys	Automatically deploy when you push to GitHub.
Image Auto Updates	Keep Docker images up to date automatically.
Staged Changes	Stage and review changes before deploying.
Deployment Actions	Manage deployment lifecycle actions.
Deployment Teardown	Understand what happens when deployments are removed.

Advanced

Topic	Description
Monorepo	Deploy services from a monorepo.