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title: Build configuration
description: Configure build settings in Thunder Console
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import { Icon } from 'astro-icon/components';

Configure the install and build scripts used by Thunder Console's CI/CD pipelines (CodePipeline + CodeBuild). These settings control how your project is installed, built, and where build artifacts are placed.

Below are the available properties and short descriptions for each pattern's build properties. The `rootDir` is common for all patterns used for monorepos.

## Single Page Applications

The build configuration for [Static](/docs/patterns/static)


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          <label class="text-sm font-medium">Output Directory</label>
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              public/
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          <label class="text-sm font-medium">Runtime</label>
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          <label class="text-sm font-medium">Install Command</label>
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              bun install
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          <label class="text-sm font-medium">Build Command</label>
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              bun run build
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- `outputDir` — Required. Directory containing built assets to publish (e.g., `dist/`, `build/`).
- `runtime` — Nodejs runtime version (e.g., `20`, `18`).
- `installcmd` — Command to install dependencies (e.g., `bun install`, `npm ci`).
- `buildcmd` — Command to build the site (e.g., `bun run build`, `npm run build`).


## Serverless Functions (Lambda)

The build configuration for [Lambda](/docs/patterns/lambda)

### Container mode

Thunder supports Docker containers for Lambda functions.

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          <label class="text-sm font-medium">Deployment mode</label>
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              <span>Container</span>
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          <label class="text-sm font-medium">Dockerfile</label>
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              Dockerfile
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          <label class="text-sm font-medium">Memory Size (MB)</label>
          <div data-slot="root" class="relative flex items-center" role="group">
            <input id="v-1-289" role="spinbutton" type="text" tabindex="0" inputmode="decimal" autocomplete="off" autocorrect="off" spellcheck="false" aria-roledescription="Number field" aria-valuenow="1794" aria-valuemin="128" aria-valuemax="10240" aria-invalid="false" aria-describedby="v-1-289-description" data-slot="base" class="w-full rounded-md border border-border px-3 py-2 text-sm gap-2 text-highlighted bg-default text-center ps-10 pe-10" value="1,794" />
            <div data-slot="increment" class="absolute flex items-center inset-y-0 end-0 pe-1">
              <button type="button" tabindex="-1" aria-label="Increment" data-slot="base" class="font-medium inline-flex items-center text-sm gap-2 text-primary p-2" style="">
                <Icon name="tabler:plus" class="text-muted-foreground w-full h-full" />
              </button>
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            <div data-slot="decrement" class="absolute flex items-center inset-y-0 start-0 ps-1">
              <button type="button" tabindex="-1" aria-label="Decrement" data-slot="base" class="font-medium inline-flex items-center text-sm gap-2 text-primary p-2">
                <Icon name="tabler:minus" class="text-muted-foreground w-full h-full" />
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- `dockerfile` — Path to your Dockerfile
- `memorySize` — Memory (MB) allocated to your Lambda function


### Zip mode

You can use the default Zip mode to deploy Lambda functions.

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          <label class="text-sm font-medium">Deployment mode</label>
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              <span>Zip</span>
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          <label class="text-sm font-medium">Install Command</label>
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              bun install
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          <label class="text-sm font-medium">Build Command</label>
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              bun run build
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          <label class="text-sm font-medium">Runtime</label>
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          <label class="text-sm font-medium">Code Directory</label>
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              dist/server
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          <label class="text-sm font-medium">Handler</label>
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              index.handler
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          <label class="text-sm font-medium">Memory Size (MB)</label>
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            <input id="v-1-289" role="spinbutton" type="text" tabindex="0" inputmode="decimal" autocomplete="off" autocorrect="off" spellcheck="false" aria-roledescription="Number field" aria-valuenow="1794" aria-valuemin="128" aria-valuemax="10240" aria-invalid="false" aria-describedby="v-1-289-description" data-slot="base" class="w-full rounded-md border border-border px-3 py-2 text-sm gap-2 text-highlighted bg-default text-center ps-10 pe-10" value="1,794" />
            <div data-slot="increment" class="absolute flex items-center inset-y-0 end-0 pe-1">
              <button type="button" tabindex="-1" aria-label="Increment" data-slot="base" class="font-medium inline-flex items-center text-sm gap-2 text-primary p-2" style="">
                <Icon name="tabler:plus" class="text-muted-foreground w-full h-full" />
              </button>
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            <div data-slot="decrement" class="absolute flex items-center inset-y-0 start-0 ps-1">
              <button type="button" tabindex="-1" aria-label="Decrement" data-slot="base" class="font-medium inline-flex items-center text-sm gap-2 text-primary p-2">
                <Icon name="tabler:minus" class="text-muted-foreground w-full h-full" />
              </button>
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- `installcmd` — Command to install dependencies (e.g., `bun install`, `npm ci`).
- `buildcmd` — Command to build the site (e.g., `bun run build`, `npm run build`).
- `runtime` — Nodejs runtime version (e.g., `20`, `18`).
- `codeDir` — The output directory for your server-side code
- `handler` — Lambda handler
- `memorySize` — Memory (MB) allocated to your Lambda function

## Web Service (Fargate)

The build configuration for [Fargate](/docs/patterns/fargate)

### Container

Use a Dockerfile to deploy any web app on AWS using Thunder.

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              <span>Custom Dockerfile</span>
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              Dockerfile
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            <div data-slot="increment" class="absolute flex items-center inset-y-0 end-0 pe-1">
              <button type="button" tabindex="-1" aria-label="Increment" data-slot="base" class="font-medium inline-flex items-center text-sm gap-2 text-primary p-2" style="">
                <Icon name="tabler:plus" class="text-muted-foreground w-full h-full" />
              </button>
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            <div data-slot="decrement" class="absolute flex items-center inset-y-0 start-0 ps-1">
              <button type="button" tabindex="-1" aria-label="Decrement" data-slot="base" class="font-medium inline-flex items-center text-sm gap-2 text-primary p-2">
                <Icon name="tabler:minus" class="text-muted-foreground w-full h-full" />
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          <label class="text-sm font-medium">Memory Size (MB)</label>
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              <span>512 MB</span>
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              3000
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### Nixpacks

Use Nixpacks to generate your Dockerfile.

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              <span>Nixpacks</span>
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              bun install
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              bun run build
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          <label class="text-sm font-medium">Start Command</label>
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              bun run start
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            <div data-slot="increment" class="absolute flex items-center inset-y-0 end-0 pe-1">
              <button type="button" tabindex="-1" aria-label="Increment" data-slot="base" class="font-medium inline-flex items-center text-sm gap-2 text-primary p-2" style="">
                <Icon name="tabler:plus" class="text-muted-foreground w-full h-full" />
              </button>
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            <div data-slot="decrement" class="absolute flex items-center inset-y-0 start-0 ps-1">
              <button type="button" tabindex="-1" aria-label="Decrement" data-slot="base" class="font-medium inline-flex items-center text-sm gap-2 text-primary p-2">
                <Icon name="tabler:minus" class="text-muted-foreground w-full h-full" />
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          <label class="text-sm font-medium">Memory Size (MB)</label>
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              <span>512 MB</span>
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          <label class="text-sm font-medium">Port</label>
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              3000
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