Official docs outline
16 sections- Projects and Frameworks
Projects, framework presets, build and output settings, root directory, and monorepo deployments.
- Deployments
Preview vs production deployments, immutable deployment URLs, promotion, rollbacks, and build process.
- Git Integration
Connecting GitHub, GitLab, and Bitbucket, branch deployments, and pull request preview comments.
- Environment Variables
Per-environment variables, sensitive values, system variables, and pulling variables locally.
- vercel.json Configuration
Rewrites, redirects, headers, cleanUrls, function settings, and cron configuration in vercel.json.
- Vercel Functions
Serverless and edge runtime functions, regions, duration and memory limits, streaming, and cold starts.
- Routing Middleware
Code that runs before a request completes: authentication, redirects, A/B tests, and geolocation rewrites.
- Domains
Adding custom domains, DNS records, nameservers, SSL certificates, and redirects.
- Caching and ISR
CDN caching, cache-control headers, incremental static regeneration, revalidation, and on-demand purging.
- Image Optimization
On-demand image resizing, format conversion, and image caching with the Next.js Image component.
- Storage
Blob, Edge Config, and marketplace Postgres and Redis integrations for persistent data.
- Cron Jobs
Scheduled invocation of functions using cron expressions and usage limits.
- Observability and Analytics
Logs, runtime metrics, Web Analytics, Speed Insights, and tracing.
- Security and Firewall
Vercel Firewall, WAF rules, DDoS mitigation, deployment protection, and access controls.
- Teams and Access Management
Accounts, teams, roles, members, SSO, and billing.
- Vercel CLI
Deploying, linking projects, env management, and local development via vc dev.
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