Deploy Halo Service
Halo (opens in a new tab) is a powerful and easy-to-use open source website building tool, with rich themes and plugins to help you build the ideal site in your mind.
This article will teach you how to deploy your own Halo service on Zeabur through the service market, and bind your own domain name.
Step 1: Create a project
First, we need to create a project. Go to the Projects (opens in a new tab) page, and you will see a list of your projects. Click the "Create Project" button at the end of the list.
Step 2: Deploy PostgreSQL Service
Halo service currently only supports PostgreSQL databases in Zeabur. Before creating a Halo service, you need to deploy a PostgreSQL service and create a database.
Click the "Create Service" button and select "Marketplace". You will find PostgreSQL in the list.
After selecting PostgreSQL, you can give the service a custom name and click "Deploy".
Step 3: Create a database
To run Halo, we need to create a database named halo in PostgreSQL.
Please connect to your PostgreSQL service with any PostgreSQL client. In this article, we will use psql (opens in a new tab) to connect.
You can find the psql connection command or other connection information in the "Connection" block of the PostgreSQL service in the Zeabur console.
For example：
psql postgresql://root:[email protected]:12345Then, please enter the following command in psql to create the halo database:
CREATE DATABASE halo;Step 4: Deploy Halo Service
In the Zeabur console, click the "Create Service" button and select "Marketplace". You will find Halo in the list.
After selecting Halo, you can give the service a custom name and click "Deploy".
It should be noted that because we have deployed the PostgreSQL service before deploying Halo, Zeabur will automatically help you inject PostgreSQL-related environment variables into Halo's service, so there is no need to manually configure database information.
If you deploy Halo before deploying PostgreSQL, you need to restart Halo after deploying PostgreSQL to make Halo use the correct database connection information.
Step 5: Bind a domain
In the "Domain" block of the Halo service in the Zeabur console, you can bind a domain to it. This domain can be your own domain or a free domain provided by Zeabur.
For more information about how to bind a domain to your service, please refer to Bind a domain.
Step 6: Log in and configure Halo
After binding the domain, you can click the domain name to enter Halo's login page. The user name is the preset admin, and the password can be found in the "Environment Variables" section in the Zeabur console. The environment variable is called PASSWORD. Click the eye icon to view the plaintext.
After logging in, you can start using the Halo service.
