deployment-procedures

Deployment Procedures

Deployment principles and decision-making for safe production releases.

Learn to THINK, not memorize scripts.

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⚠️ How to Use This Skill

This skill teaches deployment principles, not bash scripts to copy.

• Every deployment is unique
• Understand the WHY behind each step
• Adapt procedures to your platform

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1. Platform Selection

Decision Tree

What are you deploying?
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├── Static site / JAMstack
│   └── Vercel, Netlify, Cloudflare Pages
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├── Simple web app
│   ├── Managed → Railway, Render, Fly.io
│   └── Control → VPS + PM2/Docker
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├── Microservices
│   └── Container orchestration
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└── Serverless
    └── Edge functions, Lambda

Each Platform Has Different Procedures

Platform	Deployment Method
Vercel/Netlify	Git push, auto-deploy
Railway/Render	Git push or CLI
VPS + PM2	SSH + manual steps
Docker	Image push + orchestration
Kubernetes	kubectl apply

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2. Pre-Deployment Principles

The 4 Verification Categories

Category	What to Check
Code Quality	Tests passing, linting clean, reviewed
Build	Production build works, no warnings
Environment	Env vars set, secrets current
Safety	Backup done, rollback plan ready

Pre-Deployment Checklist