Nuxt/docs/content/3.docs/3.deployment/99.presets/server.md

Node.js server

Discover the Node.js server preset with Nitro to deploy on any Node hosting.

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• Default preset if none is specified or auto-detected
  
• Loads only the required chunks to render the request for optimal cold start timing
  
• Useful for debugging ::

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Usage

You can use the Nuxt config to explicitly set the preset to use:

export default {
  nitro: {
    preset: 'server'
  }
}

Or directly use the NITRO_PRESET environment variable when running nuxt build:

NITRO_PRESET=server npx nuxt build

Entry point

When running nuxt build with the Node server preset, the result will be an entry point that launches a ready-to-run Node server.

node .output/server/index.mjs

Example

$ node .output/server/index.mjs
Listening on http://localhost:3000

Server timings

You can enable the nitro.timing option in order to have the logs about the chunk loading and cold start performance.

export default {
  nitro: {
    preset: 'server',
    timing: true
  }
}

$ node .output/server/index.mjs
> Cold Start (3ms)
Listening on http://localhost:3000
> Load chunks/nitro/static (0ms)
> Load chunks/app/render (1ms)
> Load chunks/app/client.manifest (0ms)
> Load chunks/index (3ms)
> Load chunks/app/server (2ms)
> Load chunks/app/vue3 (0ms)