• 1. Setting Up Tugboat
    • Connect With Your Provider
    • Create a New Project
    • Add Repos to the Project
    • Select Repo Settings
    • Create a Tugboat Config File
  • 2. Setting Up Services
    • How to Set Up Services
      • Name Your Service
      • Specify a Service Image
      • Leverage Service Commands
      • Define a Default Service
      • Expose a Service HTTP Port
      • Set the Document Root Path
      • Clone Git Repositories Into Your Services
      • Running a Background Process
      • Create Custom Environment Variables
      • Services in Action
    • Service Images
      • Docker Image Version Tags Primer
      • Using Tugboat's Prebuilt Docker Images
      • Using a Docker Image to Mirror Your Production Services
      • Third Party Docker Images
      • Docker Pull under the hood
  • 3. Building a Preview
    • Administer Previews
      • Build Previews
      • Change or Update Previews
      • Delete Previews
      • Change Preview States
    • Using Base Previews
      • Set a Base Preview
      • Change or Update a Base Preview
      • View Base Preview Types
      • Stop Using a Base Preview
      • Delete a Base Preview
      • Building New Previews
    • Share a Preview
      • Manually Share a Preview URL
      • Auto Share Preview URLs
    • Automate Previews
      • Auto-generate Previews
      • Auto-update Previews
      • Auto-delete Previews
    • Preview Deep Dive
      • How Previews Work
      • Inside a Preview
      • Optimize Preview Builds
  • Visual Diffs
    • Configure Visual Diffs
    • View Visual Diffs
    • How Visual Diffs Work
    • Use Visual Diff Thresholds
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    • Configure Lighthouse
    • View Lighthouse Reports
    • How Lighthouse in Tugboat works
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    • Install the Cli
    • Set an Access Token
    • Use the Cli
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    • Preview Won't Build
    • Preview has built incorrectly
    • Debugging Configuration files
    • How to Fix Problem X
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    • Remove a User
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    • Change Billing Information
    • Cancel Billing
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Tugboat Documentation > Setting Up Services

Chapter 2

Setting up Services

How to set up Services, and more about images.

  • How to Set Up Services
    • Name Your Service
    • Specify a Service Image
    • Leverage Service Commands
    • Define a Default Service
    • Expose a Service HTTP Port
    • Set the Document Root Path
    • Clone Git Repositories Into Your Services
    • Running a Background Process
    • Create Custom Environment Variables
    • Services in Action
  • Service Images
    • Docker Image Version Tags Primer
    • Using Tugboat's Prebuilt Docker Images
    • Using a Docker Image to Mirror Your Production Services
    • Third Party Docker Images
    • Docker Pull under the hood

A Tugboat Service plays the role of what a server might provide in a production environment. A service can be a web server, a database server, a cache store, etc. Services form the core of your Config file, working together to build a Preview.