Deployment guides

Which plan fits your workload A practical way to size RAM, vCPU and storage for a bot, an API or a worker — without paying for capacity you will never touch. 5 min read Your first deployment, step by step From an empty account to a running container with a subdomain — the complete path, including the two mistakes that stop most first deployments. 6 min read Runtimes and custom Docker images What ships prebuilt, how the image is chosen, and how to bring your own when the default is not quite right. 5 min read

Deploy a Node.js application Binding the right port, a startup command that survives restarts, and keeping install time off your request path. 7 min read Deploy a Python application WSGI and ASGI servers, binding to all interfaces, and why a containerised database in the same service keeps restarting. 7 min read Deploy a Go application The smallest memory footprint of the common runtimes, one detail that breaks Go deployments everywhere, and building inside the container. 6 min read Deploy a Discord bot that stays online Bots have no HTTP port, which means the usual health checks do not apply. Handling that, plus sessions and reconnects. 7 min read

Ports, subdomains and custom domains How the assigned port works, what the free subdomain gives you, and bringing your own domain with a valid certificate. 6 min read File manager and SFTP Moving files in through the browser or SFTP, the two settings that catch people out, and keeping the working directory right. 5 min read Environment variables and secrets Setting variables on the service, keeping tokens out of your code and your images, and the difference that catches everyone. 5 min read Working with databases Provisioning a managed database, connecting to it safely, and why hosting one inside your app container keeps causing restarts. 6 min read Scheduled tasks and cron Automating git pulls, restarts and deploys — and the execution-time limit that will surprise you. 5 min read Backups and restores Taking point-in-time snapshots, what they do and do not include, and testing a restore before you need one. 5 min read

Building with the AI assistant What the in-panel assistant does, how to write requests it handles well, and the token quota on each plan. 5 min read Automating with the REST API Client and application keys, automating deploys and status checks, and keeping credentials out of scripts. 6 min read Performance and memory tuning Finding real memory growth, reading the panel metrics honestly, and reducing load before upgrading the plan. 6 min read Troubleshooting: symptom to cause The failures that come up repeatedly, ordered by how often they are the answer — starting with the container that will not start. 7 min read