Getting started with Neon and Railway

This is the code repository for the guide on how to deploy a Node application with Neon to Railway. Follow the guide to set up the Neon project and your Railway application.

Store your Neon credentials

Run the command below to copy the .env.example file, to the neon-railway-example directory, and rename it to .env.

cp .env.example neon-railway-example/.env

Store your Neon credentials in this .env file.

DATABASE_URL="postgresql://neondb_owner:...@ep-...us-east-1.aws.neon.tech/neondb?sslmode=require"

• user is the database user.
• password is the database user’s password.
• endpoint_hostname is the host with neon.tech as the TLD.
• dbname is the name of the database. “neondb” is the default database created with each Neon project.
• ?sslmode=require an optional query parameter that enforces the SSL mode while connecting to the Postgres instance for better security.

Important: To ensure the security of your data, never expose your Neon credentials to the browser.

Test the application locally

Change to the neon-railway-example directory and run the command below to install project dependencies:

cd neon-railway-example && npm install

Then, run the command below to test the application locally:

node --env-file=.env index.js

Deploy the application to Railway platform

Follow the guide for instructions on how to deploy the application to the Railway platform, and set up automatic deployments with GitHub.