How to Implement Server Backups with AWS S3
Learn how to build a complete S3 backup strategy for your servers — automated scripts, scheduling, lifecycle policies, verification, and how to deploy backup scripts with DeployHQ.
Security
Advice and information on protecting your servers, systems, and websites.
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Beyond Uptime: The Importance of Comprehensive Website Monitoring
Improve customer satisfaction and SEO with reliable website performance. Learn about critical metrics beyond uptime that impact your website's success.
What Is DevOps? Practices, Tools, and How to Get Started
DevOps brings development and operations together to ship software faster with fewer failures. Learn the core practices, how DevOps differs from SRE and Platform Engineering, and where to start.
How to Deploy to Servers Behind a Firewall: 5 Methods Compared
Learn 5 proven methods to deploy code to servers behind firewalls — from SSH reverse tunnels and VPNs to deployment agents. Includes a side-by-side comparison to help you choose the right approach.
Is FTP Dead? A Look at Its Continued Use in Deployment
Is FTP dead in 2026? No — but it should be your last resort. FTP is still used for legacy CMS hosting, shared hosting providers, and bulk file transfers, but SFTP and FTPS are safer alternatives for every use case. Here's where FTP still makes sense, where it doesn't, and how to modernise your deployment workflow.
How to Keep API Keys Out of Your Git Repository (With Code Examples)
One git push with a hardcoded API key can compromise your infrastructure. This guide covers .env file setup, language-specific examples, automated secret scanning with git-secrets and truffleHog, and how to deliver secrets to production safely with DeployHQ.
OWASP Security Checklist for Deployments: A CI/CD Audit Guide
An OWASP-aligned security checklist for CI/CD pipelines, mapped to the CI/CD Top 10, ASVS, SCVS, and the deployment-specific risks the Top 10 misses.
5 Ways to Create SSH Keys from the Command Line for DeployHQ
Learn how to generate SSH keys from the command line using Ed25519, ECDSA, and RSA algorithms. Step-by-step commands for creating secure key pairs for server deployments.
What are the differences between FTP, FTPS and SFTP?
FTP sends data unencrypted, FTPS wraps FTP in TLS, and SFTP tunnels file transfers over SSH. This guide compares all three protocols side by side, shows exactly what attackers see when you use FTP in production, and includes a step-by-step migration path from FTP to SFTP.
Keeping your DeployHQ account secure
DeployHQ offers many security configuration options for your account, such as enforcing two factor authentication, IP restricted access, and granular user restrictions.
Deploying to servers in a private network
Learn how to deploy to servers behind firewalls and private networks using the DeployHQ Agent, a lightweight proxy that creates a secure outbound connection to route deployment traffic.