Blueprints Projects/Environments Demo

This is a minimal demo project showcasing the new blueprints projects and environments feature.

Note: The applications in this repository have no real functionality. They exist solely to support the blueprint demonstration and show how to structure a multi-environment project.

Project Structure

• Project Name: customer-portal
• Environments: production, staging

Production Environment

• Web Service: portal-web (Node.js, Standard plan)
• Database: portal-db (Postgres 17, pro-4gb, 25GB disk)
• Env Var Groups: prod-secrets
• Features: Network isolation enabled, protection enabled

Staging Environment

• Web Service: portal-web-staging (Node.js, Starter plan)
• Cron Job: nightly-jobs (Python, runs daily at 1 AM UTC)
• Database: portal-db-staging (Postgres, basic-1gb)
• Env Var Groups: staging-secrets
• Features: Network isolation disabled

Files

• render.yaml - Blueprint configuration with projects/environments
• index.js - Minimal Express.js web server
• package.json - Node.js dependencies
• scripts/nightly.py - Minimal Python cron job
• requirements.txt - Python dependencies

Testing Locally

Web Service

npm install
npm start

Visit http://localhost:3000 to see the service info.

Cron Job

pip install -r requirements.txt
python scripts/nightly.py

Deploy to Render

Use the Render Dashboard to deploy this blueprint, which will create both production and staging environments with all configured resources.