---
title: "Deploy FastAPI-React-Postgres-starter"
description: "Deploy and Host FastAPI + React + PGDB with Railway"
category: "Starters"
url: https://railway.com/deploy/fastapi-react-postgres-starter
---

# Deploy FastAPI-React-Postgres-starter

Deploy and Host FastAPI + React + PGDB with Railway

**[Deploy FastAPI-React-Postgres-starter on Railway](https://railway.com/template/fastapi-react-postgres-starter)**

- **Creator:** Nameless 's Projects
- **Category:** Starters
- **Total deploys:** 10

## Template content

### Backend

- **Source:** https://github.com/lNamelessl/FastAPI-React-Postgres-Template
- **Health check:** /health
- **Public domain:** Yes

### Postgres https://devicons.railway.app/i/postgresql.svg

- **Image:** ghcr.io/railwayapp-templates/postgres-ssl:18

### Frontend

- **Source:** https://github.com/lNamelessl/FastAPI-React-Postgres-Template
- **Public domain:** Yes

## Documentation

# Deploy and Host FastAPI-React-Postgres-starter on Railway

FastAPI-React-Postgres-starter is a full-stack "batteries-included" boilerplate designed for rapid application development. It combines the high performance of a **FastAPI** backend with the dynamic reactivity of **React** (Vite). Managed by **PostgreSQL**, it provides a production-ready architecture including pre-configured authentication, database migrations, and a Dockerized environment.

## About Hosting FastAPI-React-Postgres-starter

Hosting this stack involves orchestrating three distinct components that must communicate securely and efficiently. First, a **PostgreSQL** instance is provisioned to handle persistent data. Second, the **FastAPI** backend is deployed; this requires environment variable configuration to connect to the database and handle JWT authentication. Finally, the **React** frontend is built into static assets and served via a web server like **Nginx**. In a Railway environment, these are often deployed as separate services within a single project, allowing them to share a private network for secure, low-latency communication between the API and the database.

## Common Use Cases

* **SaaS Minimum Viable Products (MVPs):** Quickly launch a subscription-based service with built-in user management.
* **Internal Business Tools:** Develop high-performance dashboards that require real-time data processing and complex relational storage.
* **Educational Boilerplate:** A clean starting point for developers learning to bridge modern Python APIs with Type-Safe React frontends.

## Dependencies for FastAPI-React-Postgres-starter Hosting

* **Docker:** Essential for containerizing the backend and frontend to ensure environment parity.
* **Environment Variables:** Configuration keys for `DATABASE_URL`, `SECRET_KEY`, and `CORS_ORIGINS`.

### Deployment Dependencies

* [Railway Dashboard](https://railway.app/)
* [FastAPI Documentation](https://fastapi.tiangolo.com/)
* [Vite Guide](https://vitejs.dev/guide/)
* [Alembic Migrations](https://alembic.sqlalchemy.org/en/latest/)

### Implementation Details

To ensure the backend can connect to the database on Railway, use the internal connection string provided by the Railway Postgres service. Your `CMD` in the backend Dockerfile should handle migrations automatically:

```dockerfile
# Automated migration and server start
CMD uv run alembic upgrade head && uv run uvicorn app.main:app --host 0.0.0.0 --port ${PORT:-8000}

```

For the frontend, ensure Nginx is configured to handle client-side routing by redirecting 404s to `index.html`:

```nginx
location / {
    root /usr/share/nginx/html;
    index index.html;
    try_files $uri $uri/ /index.html;
}

```

## Why Deploy FastAPI-React-Postgres-starter on Railway?

Railway is a singular platform to deploy your infrastructure stack. Railway will host your infrastructure so you don't have to deal with configuration, while allowing you to vertically and horizontally scale it.

By deploying FastAPI-React-Postgres-starter on Railway, you are one step closer to supporting a complete full-stack application with minimal burden. Host your servers, databases, AI agents, and more on Railway.

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