From Zero to Production in 5 Minutes

Deploy a production-ready Gati API in 5 minutes.

Minute 1: Create Project

npx gatic create my-api
cd my-api

Generated:

• Handler structure
• Configuration
• Docker setup
• K8s manifests

Minute 2: Write Handler

// src/handlers/users/[id].ts
export const handler: Handler = async (req, res, gctx) => {
  const user = await gctx.modules['db'].users.findById(req.params.id);
  res.json({ user });
};

Auto-configured:

• Routing: GET /users/:id
• Validation
• Error handling
• Logging

Minute 3: Test Locally

pnpm dev
curl http://localhost:3000/users/123

Includes:

• Hot reload (50-200ms)
• Request tracking
• Debug playground

Minute 4: Build

pnpm build

Generates:

• Optimized bundle
• Docker image
• K8s manifests
• Health checks

Minute 5: Deploy

gati deploy prod --provider aws

Automatic:

• Container build
• Registry push
• K8s deployment
• Auto-scaling
• Load balancing

What You Get

✅ Production-ready

• Health checks
• Metrics
• Logging
• Error tracking

✅ Auto-scaling

• HPA configured
• 2-10 replicas
• CPU-based scaling

✅ Zero-config

• No Dockerfile needed
• No K8s YAML needed
• No CI/CD setup needed

Traditional vs Gati

Traditional (2-3 days)

1. Write code
2. Write Dockerfile
3. Write K8s manifests
4. Setup CI/CD
5. Configure monitoring
6. Deploy

Gati (5 minutes)

1. Write code
2. gati deploy prod

Real Example

# Create
npx gatic create blog-api

# Add handler
cat > src/handlers/posts/[id].ts << EOF
export const handler: Handler = async (req, res, gctx) => {
  const post = await gctx.modules['db'].posts.findById(req.params.id);
  res.json({ post });
};
EOF

# Deploy
gati deploy prod --provider aws --cluster production

# Done! API live at https://api.example.com

What's Happening Behind the Scenes

1. Build: Optimized bundle with tree-shaking
2. Containerize: Multi-stage Docker build
3. Deploy: Rolling update to K8s
4. Configure: HPA, Ingress, Service
5. Monitor: Metrics, logs, traces

Next Steps

• Add more handlers
• Configure auto-scaling
• Setup custom domain
• Enable monitoring

Related

• Quick Start
• Deployment Guide
• Kubernetes Guide