# Rust

## 📁 **Preparing the Files**

Before uploading your project, you must **exclude unnecessary files** to optimize the deployment.

#### ❌ **Files to Exclude**

Ensure the following files and directories are **not** included in your [`.zip`](/en/faq/general-questions/wip-how-to-compress.md):

```diff
- Cargo.lock
- target/
- git
```

📌 **Use a** [**`.discloudignore`**](/en/configurations/.discloudignore.md) **file** to automatically exclude these files.

🔗 **Need help setting up your** [**`Cargo.toml`**](/en/development-environment/supported-languages/rust/cargo.toml.md) **or find** [**main file**](/en/faq/general-questions/what-is-the-main-file.md)**?**

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## 🌐 Hosting Your Site with Rocket

Before deploying your website or API on Discloud, ensure that you meet the following **requirements**:

{% hint style="success" %}
[Platinum plan or higher](https://discloud.com/plans) is required to host websites or APIs.
{% endhint %}

{% hint style="success" %}
[A subdomain must be created](broken://pages/tOZppdIRGABWAzzGcvLs) before deployment.
{% endhint %}

{% hint style="success" %}
Use the nightly version of Rust (Rocket requires nightly).
{% endhint %}

{% hint style="danger" %}
Port `8080` is mandatory – Applications must listen on this port.
{% endhint %}

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## 🚀 Configuring `Rocket`

[Rocket](https://rocket.rs/) is a web framework for Rust that requires the nightly version of Rust. To set up and deploy a Rocket project on Discloud, follow these steps:

{% stepper %}
{% step %}
Set the Nightly Version of Rust.

Run the following command in the terminal to ensure your project is using the nightly version:

```bash
rustup override set nightly
```

{% endstep %}

{% step %}
Create the `rust-toolchain.toml` File.

To make sure the nightly version of Rust is used, create a file named `rust-toolchain.toml` in the project’s root directory with the following content:

{% code title="rust-toolchain.toml" %}

```ini
[toolchain]
channel = "nightly"
```

{% endcode %}

This file tells rustup to use the nightly version of Rust.
{% endstep %}
{% endstepper %}

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## ✍️ Deploying **Your Application**

Once your project is **configured and compressed**, you can choose one of the following **deployment methods** on Discloud:

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