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 .NET Applications with DeployHQ on Digital Ocean

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Step-by-step guide to deploying ASP.NET Core applications on a DigitalOcean Droplet with DeployHQ. Covers server setup, NGINX reverse proxy, systemd, SSL, zero-downtime deployments, and automatic deploys on every git push.

Database Deployments Made Easy with DeployHQ

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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)

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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

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

Managing Application Services with Systemd and Monit

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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

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