SSR example

[JonathanDavisDev]

Hey there! Great project, been looking into it as Inertia is very interesting. I've seen you've been actively updating this repo so here's a question.

Currently the docs make a reference to enabling SSR but there's no reference to changing the Vite config to generate a SSR bundle or an example of starting the "ssr server" mentioned here in Inertia's docs.

Is there any way you could give a quick example of your vite config necessary to rendering the app with SSR? Is it possible to start the SSR server without using the php command ("php artisan inertia:start-ssr")?

Thanks for any help!

[kapi2289]

Hi! To generate an SSR bundle, you can follow the Inertia.js documentation and Laravel documentation (only the Javascript part).

The SSR bundle generates by default in the /bootstrap/ssr/ directory. You can change that in the vite.config.js file:

export default defineConfig({
    plugins: [
        laravel({
            input: ['src/app.js'],
            ssr: 'src/ssr.js',
            publicDirectory: 'wwwroot/',
            ssrOutputDirectory: '[...]',
        }),
    ]
);

The php artisan inertia:start-ssr command is nothing more than just:

> node ./bootstrap/ssr/ssr.mjs

Please verify the generated file name, because you might get a different name or extension.

You can then use for example pm2 for deploying it as a process, which gives you also ability to monitor and auto-restart on fail.

If you have any further questions, don't hesitate to ask.