Why deploy the frontend to Vercel/Netlify instead of EC2?
Vercel and Netlify provide a global CDN for fast loading, free automatic SSL, git push to deploy, preview deployments for every PR, and build optimization. EC2 requires manual setup for all of these.
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Install vercel CLI (npm install -g vercel), run npm run build in the frontend, then run vercel. Follow the prompts for project name, framework preset, build command, and output directory. Set environment variables with vercel env add, then deploy to production with vercel --prod.
Set VITE_API_URL to the backend domain (https://api.yourdomain.com/api) and VITE_SOCKET_URL to the backend domain in the frontend environment variables. Update the backend CORS to allow the frontend origin with credentials: true.
Go to vercel.com/dashboard, import your GitHub repository. Vercel auto-detects the framework and configures the build. Every push to the main branch deploys to production, and every PR gets a preview deployment with a unique URL.
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