Creating a Service

Go to your project and click “New Service”

In the dashboard, open the project where you want to create the service and click the New Service button.

Choose the deployment source

You have two options:

• GitHub repository — connect a repository and get automatic deployments on every push
• Docker image — use a pre-built image from any public registry

If you chose GitHub: select the repository and branch

Choose the repository that contains your application code and select the branch to deploy (for example, main). If the GitHub App is not installed yet, you will be redirected to grant access.

Set the service name and port

Choose a name for your service (for example, api or web-app). Set the port that your application listens on — this is the port Guara Cloud will use to route traffic to your container. The default is 3000, but you can change it to match your application (for example, 8080 for a Go or Java app). Your app must listen on the port you configure here.

Configure environment variables (optional)

Add any environment variables your application needs, such as DATABASE_URL, API_KEY, or NODE_ENV. You can add or change these variables at any time after creation.

Click “Create and Deploy”

Guara Cloud will build your application image (if needed) and start the deployment automatically.