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Tutorials

We like to help people so we try to publish useful tutorials about how to use our products, open source libraries or how to accomplish various design & development tasks.

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Migrating to DeployHQ: A Smooth Transition Guide

Posted in July 2025 on the DeployHQ blog

Learn how to migrate to DeployHQ's automated deployment platform with our step-by-step guide. Discover a smoother workflow with zero-downtime deployments, intuitive interface, and powerful integration options for your development team.

How to deploy a PHP website for free?

Posted in July 2025 on the DeployHQ blog

Deploy your PHP application for free using AWS Lightsail's free tier and DeployHQ's free plan. Learn how to set up your server, automate deployments, and get your PHP app online without cost.

Smoother Deployments with Canary Releases: A Code‑Centric Approach

Posted in July 2025 on the DeployHQ blog

Canary releases let you roll out changes to a small percentage of users before a full deployment — reducing the blast radius of bugs. This guide covers canary release patterns as defined by Martin Fowler, progressive rollout strategies with feature flags in PHP, and traffic splitting with Nginx and Apache.

Fail2Ban: Comprehensive Protection for Your Servers

Posted in May 2025 on the DeployHQ blog

Install and configure Fail2Ban to block brute-force attacks on SSH, Nginx, and Apache. Includes real log examples, custom jail configuration, email alerts, fail2ban-regex testing, Docker integration, and an honest comparison with CrowdSec and Cloudflare WAF.