Search-backed API - Towbar

Related reading: Meilisearch upstream.

Towbar manifest

.towbar/services/search-backed-api-api.service.yml

id: search-backed-api-api
name: Search API
deployment:
  type: dockerfile
  context: .
  dockerfile: Dockerfile
container:
  port: 3000
health:
  path: /health
environments:
  production:
    server: 192.0.2.10
secrets:
  runtime:
    - SEARCH_URL
    - SEARCH_KEY

Configure

Register and prepare the example server or servers, connect the repository, and map production to the branch containing these files.
Save the Service’s declared keys in its selected environment, or enable and authorize the selected external-secret provider. Do not commit the values.
Sync the repository, inspect the resolved configuration, deploy manually, and perform the verification below before enabling automation.

Verify

The API can reach the configured search endpoint. Keep the master key in runtime secrets and back up Meilisearch separately. For field constraints, see Service manifest.

Last modified on September 27, 2026