IVR
Hi all,
I’m wondering if anyone would be able to recommend some options for deploying a Phoenix backend with a separate frontend. If I have a Phoenix-only app, then I could use something like Gigalixir. If, on the other hand, I have a standalone frontend, I don’t think that I can do that anymore.
If anyone has any experience with this, then please let me know.
Cheers
Where Next?
Trending in Questions
Other Trending Topics
Latest Phoenix Threads
Latest on Elixir Forum
Sponsor Spotlight
Practical resources that improve the lives of professional developers.
Categories:
Sub Categories:
Forums
Popular Tags
- #ecto
- #liveview
- #troubleshooting
- #learning-elixir
- #deployment
- #library
- #erlang
- #testing
- #genserver
- #mix
- #absinthe
- #remote-other
- #otp
- #plug
- #how-to-question
- #macros
- #postgres
- #elixirconf
- #channels
- #exunit
- #discussion
- #code-sync
- #podcasts
- #javascript
- #onsite
- #dialyzer
- #docker
- #authentication
- #umbrella
- #full-time-contract
- #podcasts-by-brainlid
- #ecto-query
- #blog-post
- #elixirconf-us
- #elixir-ls
- #ai
- #phoenix_html
- #iex
- #graphql
- #genstage
- #websockets
- #supervisor
- #advent-of-code
- #distillery
- #processes
- #api
- #forms
- #hex
- #security
- #metaprogramming
Our Sponsors
Build Elixir applications with speed and confidence.
Supporting innovation across the BEAM ecosystem.
We build reliable cloud platforms for business-critical systems.
Error tracking, logs, uptime, and Just Enough APM. Built for developers.
Elixir, Erlang & BEAM conferences from Code Sync - join us in 2026!
Practical resources that improve the lives of professional developers.
Enabling companies to succeed by building software people love.
The deployment platform built for Elixir: PaaS ease, VPS control.
The team behind Membrane, Popcorn, LiveDebugger. Available for hire.
Courses that'll move you from confusion to "Aha, now I get it!"
Showing Posts 1 to 5- Show Best Posts
- Show All (oldest first)
- Show All (newest first)
RudManusachi
Definitely we can have an API in Phoenix and separate frontend application that talks to that api.
There are even flags for Phoenix generator to omit frontend related parts:
mix phx.new app_name --no-html --no-webpack(see more mix phx.new — Phoenix v1.8.8)
BTW, channels with WebSocket should also be available if required =)
derek-zhou
You still can. You can put them together and let phoenix to serve the static files.
Or if you prefer a separate, standalone frontend app, there are even more choices to host it, many of them are free. However, now you have 2 domain names (front end, api backend) your api backend need to have CORS setup.
IVR
Thank you!
IVR
Thanks, this is reassuring!
Would you say that having 2 domains names is a potential issue? I suppose that you don’t need a fancy one for the backend, you can just keep whatever the service you are deploying through will give you as opposed to buy a separate one, right?
derek-zhou
Always use your own domain name. you can use a sub domain, like:
logistic issues aside, you may want to share cookie.