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.

Database Deployments Made Easy with DeployHQ

Fear database migrations? You're not alone. Discover how DeployHQ simplifies database deployments, ensuring schema changes run smoothly and preventing costly mistakes.

Pull Request Best Practices: A Complete Guide (2026)

Learn pull request best practices that actually improve code review quality. Covers PR sizing (why 400 lines is the limit), effective descriptions, reviewer techniques, stacked PRs, and deploy-on-merge workflows with CI/CD integration.

Makefiles for Web Developers: A Practical Guide

Use Makefiles as a task runner for web projects — dependency chains, parallel execution, environment configs, and integration with deployment pipelines. No C compilation required.

Installing cPanel on Ubuntu 22.04 and DeployHQ

cPanel requires AlmaLinux, not Ubuntu. This guide covers installing cPanel on a supported OS and recommends free Ubuntu-compatible alternatives like CloudPanel and HestiaCP, with DeployHQ deployment setup.

Managing Application Services with Systemd and Monit

Keep your production applications running with Systemd and Monit. Learn service unit configuration, resource monitoring, health checks, email alerts, and how to integrate service management into your DeployHQ deployment workflow.

How to Deploy Laravel with DeployHQ

Set up automated Laravel deployments with build pipelines, database migrations, cache management, and zero-downtime releases. Works with any SFTP/SSH host.