Cloud Projects and Publishing
Create, build, preview, and publish Verdent Cloud projects from the Desktop app
Verdent Desktop can create Cloud projects and take them from a prompt to a live *.verdent.app URL without switching to a separate browser workflow.
Create a Cloud project
Open the project menu
From Home, open the Projects panel and select the + button.
Select New Cloud project
Choose New Cloud project, enter a project name, and select Create project. You must be signed in to use Cloud projects.
Describe the app
Tell Verdent what website or app you want to build. Verdent creates the project in Cloud infrastructure and opens it in the Desktop workbench.
Confirm the preview
Use Preview to test the runnable app. A project must have a working preview before it can be published.
The New Cloud project entry is marked Publish Anytime in the project menu.
Publish the project
When the preview is ready, select Publish in the workbench title bar. Configure the app URL, title, icon, and visibility, then start publishing.
Verdent reports progress while it provisions resources, scans the project, builds the app, bundles the output, and promotes the new version. After the first release, use Publish changes to update the live app.
Once the app is live, use My app to manage its settings and production data.
Manage the app in My app
My app is available for the selected Cloud project from the workbench tab bar. If the tab is closed, select + and then My app.
General
Manage publishing, access, app identity, version history, features, and the Verdent badge.
Database
Browse tables and add, edit, delete, filter, sort, or export production records.
Users
Configure sign-in, review signup trends, and search registered accounts.
Analytics
Review visitors, page views, referrers, countries, and devices.
See My app overview for the complete management workflow.
Publishing a local project
A local project cannot be published directly from its existing folder. If you select Publish while working in a local project, Verdent offers to create a new Cloud project and opens it for you to continue building.
Creating the Cloud project does not change or upload the files in your local project. Build or recreate the publishable app in the new Cloud project, confirm its preview, and then publish it.
Deployment resource limits
Before publishing, Verdent checks the deployment resources included with your current plan:
| Resource | What the limit controls |
|---|---|
| Cloud apps | How many Cloud apps can be published |
| Database storage | How much database storage the project can use |
| Persistent storage | How much persistent disk storage the project can use |
If publishing is blocked, the dialog shows the affected resource, current usage, plan limit, and the next available plan when an upgrade is available.
- If the Cloud app limit is reached, upgrade or archive an existing app before publishing a new one.
- If database or persistent storage is full, upgrade the plan. If no higher plan is available, contact support.
- If more than one resource is blocked, resolve every listed limit before publishing.
See Deployment Resources and Limits for billing behavior and troubleshooting.