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Update multi zones example (#16281)
~Updated the `with-zones` example and docs to use `@vercel/next` instead of `@now/next` and also updated the readme instructions with better steps.~

~Related to https://github.com/vercel/next.js/issues/12317 - Looks like there may be an issue with the example but it continues to work as expected to me, moving away from `@now/next` may help.~

Fixes https://github.com/vercel/next.js/issues/12317
Closes https://github.com/vercel/next.js/issues/12317

Moved the example to use [Vercel Monorepos](https://vercel.com/blog/monorepos). Locally it switches to `next dev` instead of `vercel dev`.
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Using multiple zones

With Next.js you can use multiple apps as a single app using its multi-zones feature. This is an example showing how to use it.

  • All pages should be unique across zones. For example, the home app should not have a pages/blog/index.js page.
  • The home app is the main app and therefore it includes the rewrites that map to the blog app in next.config.js
  • The blog app sets basePath to /blog so that generated pages, Next.js assets and public assets are within the /blog subfolder.

How to use

Execute create-next-app with npm or Yarn to bootstrap the example:

npx create-next-app --example with-zones with-zones-app
# or
yarn create next-app --example with-zones with-zones-app

With multi zones you have multiple Next.js apps over a single app, therefore every app has its own dependencies and it runs independently.

To start the /home run the following commands from the root directory:

cd home
npm install && npm run dev
# or
cd home
yarn && yarn dev

The /home app should be up and running in http://localhost:3000!

Starting the /blog app follows a very similar process. In a new terminal, run the following commands from the root directory :

cd blog
npm install && npm run dev
# or
cd blog
yarn && yarn dev

The blog app should be up and running in http://localhost:4000!

Deploy on Vercel

You can deploy this app to the cloud with Vercel (Documentation).

Deploy Your Local Project

To deploy the apps to Vercel, we'll use monorepos support to create a new project for each app.

To get started, push the example to GitHub/GitLab/Bitbucket and import your repo to Vercel. We're not interested in the root directory, so make sure to select the blog directory (do not start with home):

Import flow for blog app

Click continue and finish the import process. After that's done copy the domain URL that was assigned to your project and paste it on home/.env:

# Replace this URL with the URL of your blog app
BLOG_URL="https://with-zones-blog.vercel.app"

Now we'll go over the import flow again using the same repo but this time select the home directory instead:

Import flow for home app

With the home app deployed you should now be able to see both apps running under the same domain!

Any future commits to the repo will trigger a deployment to the connected Vercel projects. See the blog post about monorepos to learn more.