How do you handle database changes during a deployment?
Whilst deployment services like DeployHQ will generally only handle file changes, it can be necessary, particularly when deploying a major release of your app, that changes might need to be...
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Tips & Tricks
Our products pack a punch when it comes to features and it would be easy to miss some of them. Here we post helpful tips & tricks about how to use our products & services.
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Using DeployHQ with Shared Hosting providers
DeployHQ has always been flexible and easy to use with a variety of different servers, with support available for FTP, SSH/SFTP, and other proprietary services and protocols such as AWS...
Using NodeJS and NPM with the DeployHQ Build Pipeline
Many websites take advantage of specific frameworks and runtimes to help with development. One such technology is Node.js, which is an open source JavaScript runtime.
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.
Using zones
We’ve recently implemented new functionality for DeployHQ users, which allows for a geographical zone to be selected on a per-project basis. This means deployments will run from a server within...
How to deploy from Bitbucket to Amazon S3
As a large hosting provider, Amazon has a number of different methods for storing your website or app. One popular protocol is AWS S3, which can be connected to using...
How to migrate a DeployHQ project to use atomic deployments
A guide on how to migrate from standard deployments over to atomic deployments in DeployHQ for zero downtime.
Woodworkers and web developers have this in common
In celebration of that belief and in appreciation of the service DeployHQ provides our team, I’m happy to share a “jig” our team built to bootstrap new projects.
The DeployHQ Build Pipeline
In a lot of modern web applications, a number of assets or dependencies are generated separately from your normal development cycle. For example, you might be compiling some JavaScript, fetching...
Increase your DeployHQ account security using two factor authentication
Two factor authentication is a good way of increasing account security, by adding a second step to the normal login flow. In the case of DeployHQ (and other aTech Media...
Deploying to multiple servers at the same time
You may be deploying your code to more than one server, which can be particularly inconvenient when it comes to making sure all of your servers are running the same...
Restricting users from deploying to certain servers
There may be cases where you don't want some users to be able to deploy to certain servers in a project. For example, you may have a production server that...