Tutorials - DeployHQ Blog

We like to help people so we try to publish useful tutorials about how to use our products, open source libraries or how to accomplish various design & development tasks.

Deploying to servers in a private network

Learn how to deploy to servers behind firewalls and private networks using the DeployHQ Agent, a lightweight proxy that creates a secure outbound connection to route deployment traffic.

Using the DeployHQ CLI

With DeployHQ, you can deploy to your servers in several different ways. Most commonly, customers set up automatic deployments to trigger deployments on push to their repository host, deploy manually...

Start using zero-downtime deployments with DeployHQ

Learn how to set up zero-downtime deployments with DeployHQ using atomic deployment strategies. Step-by-step guide covering symlink-based releases, rollback strategies, and server group deployments.

Selectable Deployment Notifications

Control exactly when your deployment notifications fire. Learn how to configure start, success, and failure triggers for Discord, Slack, Teams, and other integrations in DeployHQ.

How to Fix SSH, SFTP and FTP Server Connection Errors in DeployHQ

Cannot connect to your deployment server? This guide walks through every common SSH, SFTP, and FTP connection error in DeployHQ — from firewall timeouts and key authentication failures to permission issues — with step-by-step fixes for each.

Excluding files with .deployignore

Use a .deployignore file to control which files and directories are excluded from your DeployHQ deployments. Works like .gitignore, supports all version control systems, and keeps exclusion rules version-controlled alongside your code.

Excluded Files per Server

Configure different file exclusion rules for each deployment server in DeployHQ. Keep environment configs, backend code, or test files off servers that don't need them.