Phase 9: Deployment

Ship to production

Deployment Options

Starter Level: Vercel/Netlify

# Vercel deployment
npm i -g vercel
vercel deploy --prod

# Or connect GitHub for auto-deploy

Dynamic Level: Docker + Platform

# 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

# 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

# .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

# 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:

1. Verify functionality
2. Monitor logs
3. Check performance
4. Generate completion report: /pdca report {feature}