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Deployment & DevOps: From Local to Production

Deployment & DevOps: From Local to Production

Deployment & DevOps Guide

Docker Containerization ```dockerfile FROM node:18-alpine WORKDIR /app COPY package*.json ./ RUN npm install COPY . . EXPOSE 3000 CMD ["npm", "start"] ```

CI/CD Pipelines - Automated testing - Build process - Deployment triggers - Rollback strategies

Environment Management ``` .env.local # Local development .env.staging # Staging environment .env.production # Production environment ```

Popular Platforms - **Vercel**: Optimal for Next.js - **Netlify**: Great for static sites + serverless - **Render/Railway**: Full-stack hosting - **DigitalOcean**: VPS option

Monitoring & Logging - Application performance monitoring (APM) - Error tracking (Sentry) - Log aggregation (Datadog, LogRocket) - Uptime monitoring

Security Best Practices - Environment variables for secrets - HTTPS/SSL certificates - Rate limiting - CORS configuration - Input validation and sanitization

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