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Production Checklist

1

Security

  • Change default passwords
  • Enable HTTPS/SSL
  • Set strong JWT secret
  • Configure CORS properly
  • Enable rate limiting
  • Set up firewall rules
2

Performance

  • Enable Redis caching
  • Configure connection pooling
  • Set up CDN for static assets
  • Enable gzip compression
  • Optimize database indexes
3

Monitoring

  • Set up error tracking
  • Configure logging
  • Enable health checks
  • Set up uptime monitoring
  • Configure alerts
4

Backup

  • Automated database backups
  • File storage backups
  • Backup retention policy
  • Test restore procedures

Security

HTTPS/SSL

Use Let’s Encrypt with Certbot:

Environment Variables

Never commit .env files to version control!
Production environment variables:

CORS Configuration

Restrict CORS to your domain:

Rate Limiting

Enable rate limiting in production:

Performance

Redis Caching

Enable Redis for better performance:
Caches:
  • User sessions
  • Guild data
  • Presence information

Database Optimization

Create indexes for common queries:

Connection Pooling

Configure in backend/.env:

CDN Setup

Use a CDN for static assets:
  • Cloudflare
  • AWS CloudFront
  • Fastly

Monitoring

Error Tracking

Integrate Sentry:

Logging

Configure structured logging:

Health Checks

Monitor endpoints:
  • GET /api/health - API health
  • Database connectivity
  • Redis connectivity
  • MinIO connectivity

Uptime Monitoring

Use services like:
  • UptimeRobot
  • Pingdom
  • StatusCake

Backup Strategy

Automated Database Backups

Backup Retention

  • Daily backups: Keep 7 days
  • Weekly backups: Keep 4 weeks
  • Monthly backups: Keep 12 months

MinIO Backups

Scaling

Vertical Scaling

Increase server resources:
  • 4+ CPU cores
  • 8+ GB RAM
  • SSD storage

Horizontal Scaling

Run multiple backend instances:
Add load balancer (nginx/HAProxy).

Database Scaling

  • Read replicas for queries
  • Connection pooling
  • Query optimization

Deployment Platforms

VPS (DigitalOcean, Linode, Vultr)

AWS

  • EC2 for compute
  • RDS for PostgreSQL
  • S3 for file storage
  • ElastiCache for Redis

Kubernetes

Use provided Kubernetes manifests (coming soon).

Maintenance

Updates

Database Migrations

Always backup before migrations:

Troubleshooting

  • Check for memory leaks
  • Increase swap space
  • Scale horizontally
  • Add database indexes
  • Enable query logging
  • Optimize N+1 queries
  • Check nginx timeout settings
  • Verify firewall rules
  • Enable keepalive

Next Steps

Environment Variables

Full configuration reference

Docker Deployment

Docker setup guide