Launch your site

Publish your Rocket.new app to a staging URL for testing before going live.

Rocket deploys your app to a staging URL where you can test and share it before going live. When you’re ready to publish to a real domain, connect a custom domain from the Production tab.

Publish to staging

1. Click the Launch button

   Open your task in Rocket and click the Launch button in the top-right corner.

   
2. Go to the Staging tab and publish

   The launch dialog opens with Staging and Production tabs. Stay on Staging and click Publish.

   You can also connect or purchase a custom domain directly from the Staging tab. See Custom domain and Buy a domain for details.

   

   Rocket uses a default Netlify account if you have not connected your own. You can connect your Netlify account to use your own.

3. Your app is live on staging

   When deployment finishes, you see your staging URL. Share it with teammates to collect feedback, or open it yourself to test.

   

   Click Update any time to push your latest changes to the same URL.

4. Unpublish if needed

   Click Unpublish to take the staging URL offline.

   

   After unpublishing, the link stops working immediately. You can republish at any time.

Ready to go live?

When testing is done, switch to the Production tab in the Launch dialog to connect a custom domain and publish your live app.

Custom domain

Connect your own domain and publish to production.

What’s next?

SEO & discoverability

Optimize meta tags and sitemaps so search engines find your site.

Analytics

Track how users interact with your live app.