How to deploy applications with Cosmic Simple Astro Blog

The Azion Cosmic Simple Astro Blog template is designed to provide a seamless blogging experience using Astro and Cosmic, a headless CMS. It allows you to create a fully functional blog with minimal setup, using the power of Cosmic’s headless CMS for content management.

This template uses Astro version 3.0.8.

Requirements

• A GitHub account to connect with Azion and create your new repository.
  • Every push will be deployed automatically to this repository to keep your project updated.
• A Cosmic CMS account.
• This template uses Application Accelerator, Functions, and Cache, and it may generate usage-related costs. Check the pricing page for more information.

Deploying the template

You can obtain and configure your template through the Azion Console. To easily deploy it at the edge, click the button below.

Setting up the template

In the configuration form, you must provide the information to configure your application. Fill in the presented fields.

Fields identified with an asterisk are mandatory.

1. Connect Azion with your GitHub account.
   • A pop-up window will open to confirm the installation of the Azion GitHub App, a tool that connects your GitHub account with Azion’s platform.
   • Define your permissions and repository access as desired.
2. Select the Git Scope to work with.
3. Fill in the information to setup the application:

• Application Name: define a unique name for your application.
• Cosmic Bucket Slug: the identifier of the bucket from which the application will fetch content.
• Cosmic API Read Key: the access key required to read the bucket.

4. Click the Deploy button to start the deployment process.

During the deployment, you’ll be able to follow the process through a window showing the logs. When it’s complete, the page shows information about the application and some options to continue your journey.

Managing the template

Considering that this initial setup may not be optimal for your specific application, all settings can be customized any time you need by using Azion’s platform.

To manage and edit your application’s settings, follow these steps:

1. Access Azion Console.
2. On the upper-left corner, select Products menu, the icon with three horizontal lines, > Applications.
   • You’ll be redirected to the Applications page. It lists all the applications you’ve created.
3. Find the application related to your template and select it.
   • The list is organized alphabetically. You can also use the search bar located in the upper-left corner of the list; currently, it filters only by Application Name.

After selecting the application you’ll work on, you’ll be directed to a page containing all the settings you can configure.

Adding a custom domain

The application created during the deployment has an assigned Azion Workload domain to make it accessible through the browser. The domain has the following format: xxxxxxxxxx.map.azionedge.net/. However, you can add a custom domain for users to access your application through it.