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Deployment Overview
The Solar Flare website runs on production-grade infrastructure designed for reliability and performance.
Key Features
High Availability
- Automated service management
- Health monitoring
- Graceful deployments
Security
- Reverse proxy with security headers
- Encrypted connections
- Regular security updates
Performance
- Brotli and Gzip compression
- Static asset optimization
- CDN-ready architecture
Production Characteristics
Zero Downtime
- Rolling update strategy
- Automated health checks
- Graceful shutdown handling
Reliability
- Automatic restart on failure
- Comprehensive logging
- Error tracking and monitoring
Built for production, optimized for excellence 🚀
- Automated cleanup keeps only the 3 most recent backups using
ls -dtandtail -n +4 - See DEPLOYMENT_GUIDE.md for full deployment workflow
Caching & Compression
- Multi-tier cache headers
- Brotli + Gzip compression
- Pre-compressed asset serving
- CDN-friendly configuration
- Efficient cache invalidation
Monitoring & Logs
- Systemd journal integration
- Application log aggregation
- Health check monitoring
- Resource usage tracking
- Error alerting
Security Features
Infrastructure Security
- Firewall configuration (UFW)
- SSH key-only authentication
- WireGuard encrypted mesh networking
- Regular security updates
- Automated vulnerability scanning
Application Security
- Security headers via Pangolin proxy
- Strict Content Security Policy
- X-Frame-Options protection
- HTTPS enforcement
- Input validation & sanitization
Environment Security
- Secrets stored in environment files
- No credentials in source code
- Secure credential rotation
- Principle of least privilege
- Protected configuration files
Production Checklist
- ✅ Environment variables configured
- ✅ Systemd service installed and enabled
- ✅ Pangolin proxy configuration updated
- ✅ Health checks responding
- ✅ Logs accessible and monitored
- ✅ Backup strategy implemented
- ✅ Security headers verified
- ✅ Performance monitoring active
- ✅ Error tracking configured
- ✅ SSL/TLS certificates installed
Architecture Highlights
Service Management
- Systemd service with auto-restart
- Graceful shutdown with 30s timeout
- Environment variable injection
- Log rotation and management
- Resource limits enforcement
Reverse Proxy
- Pangolin handles SSL termination
- Security header injection
- Load balancing capabilities
- WebSocket support
- Rate limiting
Mesh Networking
- WireGuard peer-to-peer connectivity
- Encrypted inter-service communication
- Distributed deployment support
- Network segmentation
- High availability routing
Built for production reliability and security 🔒
Enterprise-grade infrastructure supporting a professional web application.