diff --git a/bin/render-build.sh b/bin/render-build.sh
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+++ b/bin/render-build.sh
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+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+# exit on error
+set -o errexit
+
+bundle install
+bundle exec rake assets:precompile
+bundle exec rake assets:clean
+bundle exec rake db:migrate
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diff --git a/render.yaml b/render.yaml
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+++ b/render.yaml
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+services:
+  - name: git-scm.com
+    type: web
+    env: ruby
+    buildCommand: bin/render-build.sh
+    startCommand: bundle exec puma -C config/puma.rb
+    envVars:
+      - key: REDIS_URL
+        fromService:
+          type: redis
+          name: git-scm-redis
+          property: connectionString
+      - key: DATABASE_URL
+        fromDatabase:
+          name: git-scm-db
+          property: connectionString
+      - fromGroup: git-scm-shared
+  - name: git-scm-nightly-job
+    type: cron
+    env: ruby
+    schedule: 0 3 * * *
+    buildCommand: bundle install
+    startCommand: >
+      bundle exec rake preindex
+      && bundle exec rake downloads
+      && bundle exec rake remote_genbook2
+      && bundle exec rake search_index
+      && bundle exec rake search_index_book
+    envVars:
+      - key: REDIS_URL
+        fromService:
+          type: redis
+          name: git-scm-redis
+          property: connectionString
+      - key: DATABASE_URL
+        fromDatabase:
+          name: git-scm-db
+          property: connectionString
+      - fromGroup: git-scm-shared
+  - name: git-scm-redis
+    type: redis
+    ipAllowList: []
+
+databases:
+  - name: git-scm-db
+    region: oregon
+    plan: basic-256mb
+    diskSizeGB: 1
+
+envVarGroups:
+  - name: git-scm-shared
+    envVars:
+      - key: SECRET_KEY_BASE
+        generateValue: true
+      - key: GITHUB_API_TOKEN
+        sync: false
+      - key: BONSAI_URL
+        sync: false