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Dockerfile Support

5 posts · Mar 2024 – Jun 2026

What this trail covers

Vercel supports running any HTTP server directly from a Dockerfile, enabling deployment of applications built with frameworks like Rails, Django, Spring Boot, and Go. This feature leverages Fluid compute for autoscaling and active CPU pricing, with optimized boot images for fast startup. Containers are treated as first-class citizens, integrating with the Vercel platform for builds, storage, deployment, and observability. This extends Vercel's capabilities to support a wider range of backend app

All Vercel trails
  1. Blog - VercelThis post announces the capability for Vercel to run any HTTP server directly from a Dockerfile, extending support to frameworks like Rails, Django, Spring Boot, and Go. It highlights the integration with Fluid Compute for autoscaling and active CPU pricing, optimized boot images for fast startup, and treats containers as first-class citizens within the Vercel platform for builds, storage, deployment, and observability.
  2. Run any Dockerfile on VercelThis post introduces the capability to deploy any Dockerfile on Vercel, treating containers as first-class citizens. It details how Vercel builds, stores, deploys, and autoscales Docker images on Fluid compute, with active CPU pricing and integrated observability. The post highlights fast startup times through optimized boot images and explains that containers are stateless processes, with persistent state managed by external services. It positions this as a universal deployment method for applications not auto-detected by framework detection.
  3. Revolutionizing video editing on the web with Next.js and Vercel | Customers | VercelThis post details Ozone's migration from Heroku to Vercel, highlighting a 5x increase in development speed and an 85% decrease in build times. It emphasizes how Vercel's platform, particularly its developer experience features like branch deployments and comments, facilitated faster iteration and collaboration for Ozone's complex React and WebAssembly application. The post also touches upon Ozone's integration of AI features, facilitated by Vercel's AI Integrations and AI SDK.