Deploy options for Keystone 6 + Next.js + persistent file/image storage & PostgreSQL

[dmythro]

Hey, recently I ran into this article from Keystone documentation and was pretty impressed by the amount of work/features done, which also aligns a lot with things I wanted to implement. Thank you for this.

I'll share some thoughts, maybe someone will find it useful or advice on own experience.

Feature request: upload file to persistent cloud/CDN

When started on app implementation, some entity definitions shown there's an issue with file upload now, for k6: only local is supported so far. Then I found this discussion and seems like NPM modules like @k6-contrib/fields-s3 and @k6-contrib/fields-s3-images should cover S3 files (didn't check yet though).

My questions are:

1. Will this kind of stuff work for k6 out of the box anytime soon?
2. With S3 support?
3. Any better options? (I've also seen cloudinaryImage integration in docs, but "coming soon")

Question: stack deploy options (small & medium projects)

So, app with a separate file storage, PostgreSQL, based on Keystone 6 + Next.js stack (a bit more advanced that specified in docs).
Which are the best/recommended options for modern deployment of this kind of apps? With CI, auto-deploy on push etc.

I've considered Vercel first as it was in docs. But I need a PostgreSQL database. Any managed PostgreSQL is outside Vercel and most probably will cause delays in responses/processing.

Then I checked other cloud platforms:

• DigitalOcean seems to have it all, files can get into CDN with Spaces (it's S3 compatible, should work with solution above).
• GCP + GAE + Cloud Storage or AWS. Might get a bit more expensive, but there are free tiers.
• Self-tuned droplet with everything inside :) might also work for a non-highload project but much more effort on deployment.