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An insight into the way we run the infrastructure that runs all our services, or news about the DevOps world

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How to Automate Deployments: A Practical Guide (2026)

Posted in August 2024 on the DeployHQ blog

Learn how to automate deployments from Git to production with build pipelines, zero-downtime releases, and one-click rollbacks. Includes framework-specific recipes for WordPress, Laravel, Node.js, Django, and static sites.

What are the differences between FTP, FTPS and SFTP?

Posted in May 2023 on the DeployHQ blog

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.

Zero‑downtime deployments with a cache directory

Posted in October 2019 on the DeployHQ blog

DeployHQ offers two zero-downtime deployment strategies: copying the previous release or using a clean cache directory. Learn how each works, when to use them, and best practices for seamless deployments.