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Express + Postgres

Express API with a PostgreSQL database wired via DATABASE_URL.

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  • Express + Postgresrailwayapp-templates/expressjs-postgres
  • Postgrespostgres:17
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Manifest

What gets deployed

2 services in the environment you pick, on the private network of the project.

About this template

Deploys railwayapp-templates/expressjs-postgres with Railpack. Fork it to make it yours — every push to your fork redeploys.

Express + Postgres

Repository: railwayapp-templates/expressjs-postgres@main

  • Port 3000/http
  • Public domain with TLS
  • 0.5 vCPU · 512 MB

Postgres

Image: postgres:17

  • Port 5432/tcp
  • 10 GB volume at /var/lib/postgresql/data
  • 1 vCPU · 1 GB
Variables

Variables

Generated secrets never leave the platform; references are resolved on the private network. Anything marked required is asked for at deploy time.

Express + Postgres

NameValue
DATABASE_URL${{Postgres.DATABASE_URL}}

Postgres

NameValue
POSTGRES_USERpostgresSuperuser name
POSTGRES_PASSWORDgenerated (password)Generated at deploy
POSTGRES_DBappDatabase created on first start
PGDATA/var/lib/postgresql/data/pgdata
DATABASE_URLpostgresql://${{self.POSTGRES_USER}}:${{self.POSTGRES_PASSWORD}}@${{self.SKIFFLY_PRIVATE_DOMAIN}}:5432/${{self.POSTGRES_DB}}Connection string on the private network
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