Deployment from Scratch

English | 2023 | 507 Pages | PDF, EPUB | MB

An introductory but comprehensive guide to web application deployment.

Demystify running web applications in production. Learn the groundwork for setting up Linux virtual servers and containers. Provision web servers and databases. Stop guessing and learn from scratch.

What will you get?

A distilled knowledge of a few books in a single packaging written by a former professional Linux packager. Everything from network theory to encrypting database backups. 26 chapters of great content.

Scripted real-world demonstrations using just plain Bash. They will help you understand more about good system defaults, secure configuration, and how things work if they are not buried in thousands of lines of higher-level tooling.

Checklists and cheatsheets for your later reference

Example Dockerfiles for inspiration.