Add `Dockerfile.vercel` to your project and Vercel builds, stores, and autoscales containers on Fluid compute—pay only for CPU your code uses.
Summary
Eliminates container registry setup, Kubernetes cluster management, and guessing at concurrency limits. Stateless container processes integrate with preview deployments and observability dashboards you already use for frontends.
Why it matters
Eliminates container registry setup, Kubernetes cluster management, and guessing at concurrency limits. Stateless container processes integrate with preview deployments and observability dashboards you already use for frontends.
Implementation verdict
Replaces manual Docker Hub + deployment orchestration; requires only `Dockerfile.vercel` and servers listening on `$PORT`. Ready now: any HTTP server works (Go, Rails, Spring Boot, Node, PHP, Java). Zero local daemon or cluster overhead.
Sources
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