Node Health Checks That Fail Fast When Wedged
Expose a cheap health endpoint, let systemd watchdog the event loop, and fail the unit before a wedged Node process sits silent in production.
App Deployment8 min read
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33 practical App Deployment articles from Netbay Engineering — written for operators running Linux and Windows VPS in India.
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System Cron for wp-cron and Laravel Scheduler
Disable WP-Cron and Laravel web pings, then run wp-cron.php and artisan schedule:run from system cron so jobs fire on time without depending on visitor traffic.
App Deployment8 min read
Debug a Wedged Python Worker with py-spy and Logs
Unstick a hung Gunicorn or Uvicorn worker with py-spy, journalctl, and a few process checks so you fix the stall instead of blindly restarting.
App Deployment8 min read
Deploy Node.js from Git with Pull Build Restart
Ship a Node.js app with a git pull, npm install, build, and restart script so a tagged commit becomes a repeatable Ubuntu VPS deployment path.
App Deployment8 min read
Python Deploy Script: git pull, pip install, migrate
Write a small deploy script that git pulls, installs pinned deps, runs migrations, and restarts systemd so Python releases stay boring and repeatable.
App Deployment8 min read
Deploy PHP with Git and a Shared Storage Dir
Ship PHP with git releases on the VPS: clone to timestamped folders, symlink current, and keep .env plus storage in a shared directory that deploys never wipe.
App Deployment9 min read
Structured Node.js Logs Piped into journald
Write JSON logs from Node to stdout, let systemd capture them in journald, and query a single stream instead of rotating application log files.
App Deployment7 min read
Database URLs and Postgres Connection Counts in Python
Parse DATABASE_URL, size SQLAlchemy or Django pools, and cap Postgres max_connections so one VPS does not melt under worker fan-out and idle sessions.
App Deployment8 min read
PHP-FPM Pools and Process Counts on 2 GB RAM
Size PHP-FPM pm.max_children on a 2 GB VPS so workers fit beside nginx and MySQL, then split pools if two apps should not share one process budget.
App Deployment8 min read
Set Node max-old-space-size on a 2 GB VPS
Cap the V8 old space on a 2 GB Ubuntu VPS so Node cannot starve the kernel, nginx, and the page cache before the Linux OOM killer fires first.
App Deployment7 min read
Celery or a Simple Queue When Python Needs Two Processes
Know when a second process is required for Celery or a simple Redis queue so web requests stay fast while emails and reports run in the background.
App Deployment8 min read
HTTPS, Security Headers, and Hiding PHP Version
Terminate TLS on nginx, send strict security headers, and hide PHP and nginx versions so scanners see a boring VPS instead of a versioned attack surface.
App Deployment8 min read