# Deploying to Netlify

To deploy your Docusaurus sites to [Netlify](https://www.netlify.com/), first make sure the following options are properly configured:

```js title="docusaurus.config.js" {2-3}
export default {
  url: 'https://docusaurus-2.netlify.app', // Url to your site with no trailing slash
  baseUrl: '/', // Base directory of your site relative to your repo
  // ...
};
```

Then, [create your site with Netlify](https://app.netlify.com/start).

While you set up the site, specify the build commands and directories as follows:

- build command: `npm run build`
- publish directory: `build`

If you did not configure these build options, you may still go to "Site settings" -> "Build & deploy" after your site is created.

Once properly configured with the above options, your site should deploy and automatically redeploy upon merging to your deploy branch, which defaults to `main`.

:::callout{intent="warning"}
Some Docusaurus sites put the `docs` folder outside of `website` (most likely former Docusaurus v1 sites):

```bash
repo           # git root
├── docs       # MD files
└── website    # Docusaurus root
```

If you decide to use the `website` folder as Netlify's base directory, Netlify will not trigger builds when you update the `docs` folder, and you need to configure a [custom `ignore` command](https://docs.netlify.com/configure-builds/common-configurations/ignore-builds/):

```toml title="website/netlify.toml"
[build]
  ignore = "git diff --quiet $CACHED_COMMIT_REF $COMMIT_REF . ../docs/"
```
:::

:::callout{intent="warning"}
By default, Netlify adds trailing slashes to Docusaurus URLs.

It is recommended to disable the Netlify setting `Post Processing > Asset Optimization > Pretty Urls` to prevent lowercase URLs, unnecessary redirects, and 404 errors.

**Be very careful**: the `Disable asset optimization` global checkbox is broken and does not really disable the `Pretty URLs` setting in practice. Please make sure to **uncheck it independently**.

If you want to keep the `Pretty Urls` Netlify setting on, adjust the `trailingSlash` Docusaurus config appropriately.

Refer to [slorber/trailing-slash-guide](https://github.com/slorber/trailing-slash-guide) for more information.
:::

## Related pages

- [Deploying to GitHub Pages](./deployment-github-pages.md)
- [Deploying to Vercel](./deployment-vercel.md)

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