---
title: Deploying with Zeit Now
sidebar_title: Now
description: Deploying your GraphQL server to Zeit Now
---

`Now` is a service by Zeit that allows the deployment of an instance of Apollo Server, which provides a functional GraphQL endpoint.

## Node.js Deployment

Deployment to `now` for Node.js apps simply requires a `package.json` file to be present in your app directory.

```js
{
  "name": "graphqlservice",
  "version": "1.0.0",
  "dependencies": {
    "apollo-server": "^2.0.0-rc.5",
    "graphql": "^0.13.2"
  }
}
```

### Deploy server to Now

Install the [now CLI](https://zeit.co/download#now-cli), then visit your server directory and run the `now` command:

```sh
$ now
```

The `now` command immediately deploys your server to the cloud and returns the hosted project link. Send a query to your GraphQL server on `now` at `<NOW_APP_NAME>.now.sh`.

### Deploying directly from GitHub

If you have your GraphQL server published to GitHub, `Now` provides the ability to deploy straight from GitHub to the cloud.

Assuming you'd like to deploy an instance of [apollo](https://github.com/apollographql)'s [graphql-server-example](https://github.com/apollographql/graphql-server-example), this is what you'll do:

```sh
$ now apollographql/graphql-server-example
```

The `now` command deploys right away and gets the server up and running on the cloud. Furthermore, running the following command will automatically start delivering reports to Apollo Engine.

```sh
$ now -e ENGINE_API_KEY=xxxxxxxxx apollographql/graphql-server-example
```

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![Deployed GraphQL Server](../images/deployment/zeit/zeit-apollo-server.png)
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