DevOps Skill

Deploy and manage cloud infrastructure across Vercel, Railway, Supabase, and GitHub Actions.

When to Use

• Deploy frontends and serverless functions to Vercel
• Deploy backend services to Railway
• Manage databases, auth, and storage with Supabase
• Set up CI/CD pipelines with GitHub Actions
• Monitor deployments and debug production issues
• Manage environment variables and secrets

Platform Selection

Quick Start

# Vercel - deploy frontend
vercel deploy              # Preview deployment
vercel deploy --prod       # Production deployment

# Railway - deploy backend
railway up                 # Deploy current directory
railway logs               # View service logs

# Supabase - manage database
supabase db push           # Push migrations to remote
supabase migration new feat_name  # Create new migration

# GitHub Actions - CI/CD
gh workflow run deploy.yml  # Trigger workflow manually
gh run list                # View recent runs

Command Reference

Vercel

# Deployments
vercel deploy                           # Deploy to preview
vercel deploy --prod                    # Deploy to production
vercel ls                               # List recent deployments
vercel inspect <url>                    # Deployment details
vercel logs <url>                       # View function logs
vercel redeploy                         # Redeploy latest

# Environment variables
vercel env pull .env.local              # Pull env vars locally
vercel env add SECRET_KEY               # Add env var (interactive)
vercel env rm SECRET_KEY                # Remove env var

# Project management
vercel link                             # Link local dir to project
vercel project ls                       # List all projects

# Domains
vercel domains add example.com          # Add custom domain
vercel domains ls                       # List domains

Railway

# Deployments
railway up                              # Deploy current directory
railway up --detach                     # Deploy without tailing logs
railway logs                            # View service logs
railway logs --tail                     # Follow live logs
railway status                          # Service status

# Environment variables
railway variables                       # List all env vars
railway variables set KEY=VALUE         # Set env var
railway variables get KEY               # Get specific var

# Services
railway service                         # Current service info
railway open                            # Open in browser

# Database
railway connect postgres                # Connect to Postgres shell

Supabase

# Database
supabase db push                        # Push migrations to remote
supabase db reset                       # Reset LOCAL db only (never production!)
supabase migration new <name>           # Create migration file
supabase migration list                 # List migrations

# Edge Functions
supabase functions deploy <name>        # Deploy edge function
supabase functions serve                # Local dev server
supabase functions list                 # List deployed functions

# Auth
supabase auth list                      # List auth providers

# Storage
supabase storage create <bucket>        # Create storage bucket

# General
supabase link --project-ref <ref>       # Link to remote project
supabase db diff                        # Show schema diff
supabase gen types typescript           # Generate TS types from schema

GitHub Actions

# Workflows
gh workflow list                        # List all workflows
gh workflow run <name>                  # Trigger workflow
gh run list                             # List recent runs
gh run view <id>                        # View run details
gh run view <id> --log                  # View run logs
gh run watch                            # Watch running workflow

# Secrets
gh secret set SECRET_KEY                # Set repo secret
gh secret list                          # List secrets

Best Practices

Security: Never commit .env files, use platform-managed secrets, rotate keys regularly, use Supabase RLS policies Performance: Use Vercel edge caching, Railway health checks, Supabase connection pooling (pgBouncer) Cost: Stay on free tiers when possible, monitor usage in platform dashboards, use preview deployments to test before prod Development: Use vercel dev / supabase start for local development, branch deploys for PRs

Safety Guardrails

NEVER do these:

• vercel remove / vercel project rm -- deletes the project
• railway delete -- deletes the service
• supabase db reset on production -- destroys all data
• Commit secrets to git -- use platform env vars instead

ALWAYS do these:

• Test on preview/staging before production
• Use migrations for database changes (never raw SQL on prod)
• Keep deployment logs for debugging
• Set up health check endpoints

Resources

• Vercel: https://vercel.com/docs
• Railway: https://docs.railway.com
• Supabase: https://supabase.com/docs
• GitHub Actions: https://docs.github.com/en/actions