How to install apex up

Up deploys scalable and serverless apps, APIs, and static websites within seconds.

Up focuses on deploying “vanilla” HTTP servers and is compatible with multiple existing frameworks such as Express, Koa, Django, Golang net/HTTP, etc.

Support

Up currently supports Node.js, Golang, Python, Java, Crystal, and static sites out of the box. Up is platform-agnostic, supporting AWS Lambda and API Gateway as the first targets. It provides a Heroku-style user experience at a lower price with the security, flexibility, and scalability of AWS.

Installation

Up is distributed in a binary form and can be installed manually via the tarball releases or one of the following options:

Using Curl

$ curl -sf https://up.apex.sh/install | sh

To install to the current directory:

$ curl -sf https://up.apex.sh/install | BINDIR=. sh

After the installation process is complete, use the following to verify the installation:

$ up version

Update

To update your up to the latest version, use:

$ up upgrade

Note: If you hit permission issues, run the following command:

$ sudo chown -R $(whoami) /usr/local/bin/

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