Deploying an API
localhost:3000 is not a production URL. Sorry.
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the intro
Deploying means putting your API on a machine the internet can reach: a VPS with nginx and a process manager, or a platform that handles it. The skills that matter: environment config, logs, restarts, and zero-downtime updates.
fun fact ✦
“Works on my machine” ends the day you deploy — that is why environments must match.
the docs
quick hits about Deploying an API
15-second answers · interviews, tips, trivia & hidden gems
🎤 interview
What is a reverse proxy?
🎤 interview
Dev, staging, prod?
📚 tutorial
What happens when you deploy?
🔧 useful
Where do errors hide on a VPS?
🔧 useful
Config in production?
💎 deep
Deploy without dropping users?
💎 deep
What is graceful shutdown?