Tips & Tricks - DeployHQ Blog

Our products pack a punch when it comes to features and it would be easy to miss some of them. Here we post helpful tips & tricks about how to use our products & services.

Start using zero-downtime deployments with DeployHQ

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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.

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

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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

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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

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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.