render.yaml

# Render Blueprint for the Flowboard backend.
# The database is hosted separately on Neon — paste its connection string into
# DATABASE_URL (marked sync: false, so it is set in the dashboard, not in git).
#
# Deploy: Render Dashboard -> New -> Blueprint -> pick this repo.
services:
  - type: web
    name: flowboard-api
    runtime: node
    rootDir: backend
    plan: free
    region: frankfurt
    healthCheckPath: /api/health
    # --include=dev is required: NODE_ENV=production would otherwise make
    # npm ci skip devDependencies (typescript, prisma), breaking the build.
    buildCommand: npm ci --include=dev && npx prisma generate && npm run build
    # Apply pending migrations on every deploy, then start the server.
    startCommand: npx prisma migrate deploy && node dist/index.js
    envVars:
      - key: NODE_ENV
        value: production
      - key: JWT_SECRET
        generateValue: true
      - key: DATABASE_URL
        sync: false # paste the Neon connection string (with ?sslmode=require)
      - key: FRONTEND_ORIGIN
        sync: false # set to the Vercel URL, e.g. https://flowboard.vercel.app