Platformatic Astro

The Platformatic Astro allows to run an Astro application as a Platformatic Runtime application with no modifications.

Getting Started

Create or copy an Astro application inside the application, services or web folder. If you are not using autoload, you also have to explictly add the new application.

You are all set, you can now start your runtime as usual via wattpm dev or wattpm start.

Example configuration file

Create a watt.json in the root folder of your application with the following contents:

{
  "$schema": "https://schemas.platformatic.dev/@platformatic/astro/2.0.0.json",
  "application": {
    "basePath": "/frontend"
  }
}

Architecture

When running in development mode, the Astro Vite development server is run a in worker thread in the same process of the Platformatic runtime. The server port is chosen randomly and it will override any user setting.

When running in production mode, a custom Fastify server will serve the static or dynamic (for SSR) application. The application is run a in worker thread in the same process of the Platformatic runtime and it will not start a TCP server unless it's the runtime entrypoint.

In both modes if the application uses the commands property then it's responsible to start a HTTP server. The Platformatic runtime will modify the server port replacing it with a random port and then it will integrate the external application in the runtime.

HTTPS

When an Astro application is the Watt entrypoint, configure HTTPS in the runtime server.https object:

{
  "server": {
    "https": {
      "key": { "path": "./certs/server.key" },
      "cert": { "path": "./certs/server.crt" }
    }
  }
}

In development mode, Platformatic forwards the HTTPS options to Astro's Vite development server. In production mode, Platformatic uses the same HTTPS options for the Fastify server that serves the built Astro application.

If the application uses application.commands, the command is responsible for creating its own HTTPS server.

Using custom commands

Due to CVE-2025-24010, you need to set:

{
  ...
  "vite": {
    "server": {
      "allowedHosts": [".plt.local"]
    }
  }
}

This will allow other applications inside the platformatic mesh network to contact your Vite server.

Configuration

See the configuration page.

Runtime APIs

During application execution, Platformatic exposes runtime APIs through typed getters and setters from @platformatic/globals.

import { getApplicationId, getLogger } from '@platformatic/globals'

const applicationId = getApplicationId()
const logger = getLogger()

logger.info({ applicationId }, 'Application started')

Common APIs include:

• getLogger() to access the application logger.
• getBasePath() to read the application base path.
• getMessaging() to exchange messages with other runtime applications.
• getPrometheus() to register custom metrics in the runtime registry.
• getEvents() to listen for lifecycle events such as close.
• setCustomHealthCheck() and setCustomReadinessCheck() to customize health and readiness checks.

Direct access through globalThis.platformatic is still supported for compatibility, but deprecated. Use the typed APIs from @platformatic/globals instead.

See the Runtime APIs reference for the complete API list, error handling behavior, and examples.

Issues

If you run into a bug or have a suggestion for improvement, please raise an issue on GitHub or join our Discord feedback channel.