Hosting a Docker NextJs project on AWS

This is a project with different stacks to showcase how to host a Docker NextJs project on AWS.

Create the NextJs project

• gerServerSideProps to make sure SSR is available
• copy Dockerfile from https://github.com/vercel/next.js/blob/canary/examples/with-docker/Dockerfile
• In all stacks, the NexJs project is dockerized with DockerImageAsset. Make sure the docker daemon is running

Hosting with App Runner

• npm install @aws-cdk/aws-apprunner-alpha
• use the L2 construct Service

Hosting with App Runner with Auto Scaling Configuration

• npm install cdk-apprunner-autoscaling
• define the Auto Scaling Configuration
• use the L1 construct CfnService