Static build for cpanel and other hostings

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Summary

I am trying to host my site on a panel. Everytime I use next build it returns CSS and js but not HTML pages and my server cannot interpret that.

Additional information

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Example

It justs returns an out folder that contains an _next folder which contains some CSS files and js files

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[chrisjcthomas]

For cPanel/static hosting, you need a real static export, not the normal server build.

In current Next.js, that means adding this to next.config.js:

/** @type {import('next').NextConfig} */
const nextConfig = {
  output: 'export',
}

module.exports = nextConfig

Then run:

next build

That should produce an out/ folder containing HTML files plus the _next/ assets. Upload the contents of out/ to the cPanel public directory.

If you only see _next assets and no useful HTML pages, I would check these first:

• make sure output: 'export' is actually in the config being used by the build
• make sure your routes can be statically generated
• for dynamic routes, provide static params (generateStaticParams in the App Router)
• avoid server-only features on this deployment target

Static export will not support things that require a Next.js server, such as API routes, middleware, server actions, ISR, or the default image optimizer. If the app depends on those, cPanel-style static hosting is the wrong target; you would need Node hosting or a platform that runs the Next server.