Deployment from Scratch: Don't sweat taking web applications to production.

Hi there, author here. Deployment from Scratch is a book on web application deployment that I was writing for over 3 years. After 500+ pages you'll be able to: - understand SSH and networking - deploy static sites, proxies, and load balancers with NGINX - renew SSL certificates with Let’s Encrypt - install language runtimes like Ruby and Python - configure application servers like Puma and Gunicorn - build systemd services and Docker containers - administer PostgreSQL and Redis - set up storage, backups, emails - automate deploymentent with Bash and git The main differentiator to other resources in this domain is using Bash for automation. Not because I love Bash, but because I wanted to show how things can be done directly without higher level tooling and abstract configurations. I focused on transferable skills and thinking that one can use for a long time in their career. Apart from the book in PDF, ePUB, and HTML I included three different scripted demonstrations: - A static website served over TLS with Let's Encrypt certificates. - A single server demonstration of running a full-featured Rails web application with UNIX sockets, PostgreSQL ident system authentication, Web Sockets, and Let's Encrypt certificates. Includes a git-push deployment with helpful administration scripts for connecting to the server or handling file and database backups. - A self-sufficient PostgreSQL cluster demo with automatic system upgrades and log rotation. Includes custom scripts for cluster-wide backups and restores. Sounds good? Then get your copy like 800+ people before you! I prepared a 20% off for this first time ever Product Hunt submission. Use "producthunt" code at checkout to get it. Josef

Josef Strzibny

Maker

2yr ago

Lucian

This is a good book. I recommend it to anyone who wants to deploy a web application, even if they use any PaaS or IaaS service that provides some abstractions for most operations or has an easy deployment process. Setting up your server for a web application will give you a better understanding of how things work, and this will help you a lot in how you code or use other cloud services.

@lucianghinda Thanks a lot Lucian!

Mohamed Habib

Digger.dev

Haven't read it yet .. but I want to!

@mohamed_habib1 Thank you for the encouragement!

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