Phase 9: Deployment
Ship to production
Deployment Options
Starter Level: Vercel/Netlify
bash# Vercel deployment npm i -g vercel vercel deploy --prod # Or connect GitHub for auto-deploy
Dynamic Level: Docker + Platform
dockerfile# Dockerfile FROM node:20-alpine AS builder WORKDIR /app COPY package*.json ./ RUN npm ci COPY . . RUN npm run build FROM node:20-alpine AS runner WORKDIR /app COPY --from=builder /app/.next ./.next COPY --from=builder /app/node_modules ./node_modules COPY --from=builder /app/package.json ./ EXPOSE 3000 CMD ["npm", "start"]
Enterprise Level: Kubernetes
yaml# kubernetes/deployment.yaml apiVersion: apps/v1 kind: Deployment metadata: name: app spec: replicas: 3 selector: matchLabels: app: myapp template: metadata: labels: app: myapp spec: containers: - name: app image: myapp:latest ports: - containerPort: 3000
CI/CD Pipeline
yaml# .github/workflows/deploy.yml name: Deploy on: push: branches: [main] jobs: deploy: runs-on: ubuntu-latest steps: - uses: actions/checkout@v4 - uses: actions/setup-node@v4 with: node-version: '20' - run: npm ci - run: npm run build - run: npm run test - uses: amondnet/vercel-action@v25 with: vercel-token: ${{ secrets.VERCEL_TOKEN }} vercel-org-id: ${{ secrets.ORG_ID }} vercel-project-id: ${{ secrets.PROJECT_ID }} vercel-args: '--prod'
Environment Variables
bash# Production .env DATABASE_URL=postgres://... NEXT_PUBLIC_API_URL=https://api.example.com AUTH_SECRET=<generated-secret>
Deployment Checklist
- All tests passing
- Environment variables set
- Database migrations run
- SSL certificates configured
- Monitoring set up
- Backup strategy in place
Post-Deployment
After successful deployment:
- Verify functionality
- Monitor logs
- Check performance
- Generate completion report:
/pdca report {feature}

