Deploy a container from a plain Dockerfile

You can now deploy a plain root Dockerfile or Containerfile on Vercel's Container runtime when no other framework is detected. Vercel selects the Container preset, builds that file, and routes all traffic to the resulting image. To get started with containers on Vercel, add a Dockerfile:

When project detection matches another framework, such as Django, that framework still wins. To build use the Dockerfile or Containerfile instead, run vercel project update --framework container, or set the framework in vercel.json:

A Dockerfile.vercel or Containerfile.vercel continues to win over a detected framework, and multi-service projects still use vercel.json services with a per-service entrypoint.

The Container runtime is in beta, runs on Vercel Functions, and is billed with Active CPU pricing. Read the Container runtime documentation to get started.