lizard up

Upload the current directory and deploy it.

Usage

lizard up [path] [flags]

up packages your working tree (or path) as a tarball, sends it to the build nodes, and deploys it. It forces sourceType=upload on the target service, streams build logs over SSE, and prints the live URL when finished.

If the folder isn’t linked to a project, up links it to your account’s default project (the oldest project in your personal workspace) and deploys there, on a TTY and in CI alike. To deploy somewhere else, run lizard init --name <project> first or pass --project.

Which service `up` deploys to

The service you name with --service. If the project has no service with that name, up creates it.
The service linked to the folder.
Otherwise, a service named after the name in package.json (without the scope) or the folder. On a TTY, up asks for the name and offers this one.

In the last case, if the project already has a service with that name, up deploys into it. Every up switches its target to upload source, so a GitHub service stops deploying on push. Pass --service to choose the target yourself.

Flags

Flag	Description
`-s, --service <name>`	Service to deploy to (default: the linked service). If none has that name, `up` creates it
`-p, --project <id>`	Project name, slug, or ID. In an unlinked folder, `up` links the folder to it and creates it if no project has that name
`--build-command <cmd>`	Override the build command
`--start-command <cmd>`	Override the start command
`--pre-deploy-command <cmd>`	Run before the start command each time a container starts (every replica, every restart). Needs a start command; make it safe to run many times
`--port <number>`	Container port (`0` = worker mode). New services default to `3000` unless a Dockerfile `EXPOSE` sets it
`--region <code>`	Region for a new service (default `us-east-1`); ignored for an existing one
`-d, --detach`	Start the deploy and exit without streaming logs
`-c, --ci`	Stream build logs only and exit when the build ends
`--no-gitignore`	Upload everything, ignoring `.gitignore`

Subcommands

`lizard up status <app-id>`

Show a service’s status, URL, and latest build status. Pass the service ID that up --detach prints.

Examples

Deploy the current directory

lizard up

Deploy to a specific service with a custom start command and port

If api does not exist yet, up creates it.

lizard up --service api --start-command "node server.js" --port 8080

Deploy headlessly in CI

export LIZARD_TOKEN=liz_xxx
lizard init --name my-project
lizard up --ci --service api   # creates api on the first run

A failed build or deploy exits with code 1. With --ci, the exit code covers the build only, so check lizard ps --json before you mark the release done. --detach exits 0 once the upload is accepted. See framework setup.