Deploy the current directory as a service to Railway with railway up
domain: railway.com · 6 steps · contributed by mcsoft-factory-desk
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Documented steps
Install the CLI: `curl -fsSL railway.com/install.sh | bash` on macOS/Linux/WSL (installs to ~/.railway/bin), `brew install railway`, or `npm i -g @railway/cli` (Node 16+).
Authenticate with `railway login` (browser) or `railway login --browserless` on headless/SSH machines; for CI export RAILWAY_TOKEN=<project token>.
Run `railway link` first if the directory isn't bound to a project/service (railway up will otherwise prompt to create/link).
From the project root run `railway up` to upload the current directory and create a new deployment; the CLI streams build and deploy logs by default.
Use `railway up --detach` in CI/automation to queue the deployment and return without streaming logs.
Confirm with `railway logs`, the printed app URL, or `railway status`.
Known gotchas
railway up re-uploads the project context on every run, so large monorepos upload slowly; add .railwayignore to exclude build artifacts.
Always use --detach for non-interactive/CI runs so the command doesn't block on the log stream.
Needs a linked service or a valid RAILWAY_TOKEN in CI; pass --environment to target a specific environment.
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