Self‐Hosting & Deployment Guide

🌐 Self-Hosting & Deployment Guide

MovieNight can be deployed as a static site (GitHub Pages, Vercel, Netlify) or self-hosted on a VPS with the built-in Node.js proxy server.

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Option 1: GitHub Pages (Zero Server Costs)

MovieNight is pre-configured with a modern GitHub Actions deployment workflow:

1. Fork or push this repository to GitHub.
2. Go to Settings ➔ Pages.
3. Under Build and deployment ➔ Source, select GitHub Actions.
4. Every push to the main branch will automatically build and deploy your site to https://<username>.github.io/<repo>/.

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Option 2: Self-Hosted VPS (Node.js + PM2)

Hosting on a VPS enables the built-in HTTP Range CORS proxy (/proxy-video), allowing participants to stream videos from third-party websites whose servers block CORS requests.

1. Clone & Install

git clone https://github.com/sage-gallant/movienight.git
cd movienight
npm install --production