From Local to Live: Your Strapi v5 Deployment Roadmap
How I built a reliable $6/month environment for Strapi v5 that works for staging, MVPs, and even light production.
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Building a Complete Deployment Environment for Strapi v5: A Practical Series
Learn how to build a production-ready, budget-friendly staging environment for Strapi v5 using Docker, DigitalOcean, and modern DevOps practices. Complete with automated backups and CI/CD.
Containerizing Strapi v5 for Production: The Right Way
Part 1 of "Building a Complete Deployment Environment for Strapi v5: A Practical Series"
Nov 21, 202511 min read23
Deploying Strapi v5 to DigitalOcean: Docker Compose in Action
Part 2 of "Building a Complete Deployment Environment for Strapi v5: A Practical Series"
Nov 29, 202513 min read15
Setting Up Nginx and SSL: Making Your Strapi Backend Production-Ready
Part 3 of "Building a Complete Deployment Environment for Strapi v5: A Practical Series"
Dec 7, 202519 min read15
Automated Database Backups for Strapi v5: AWS S3 Setup
Part 4 of "Building a Complete Deployment Environment for Strapi v5: A Practical Series"
Dec 8, 202527 min read7
CI/CD Pipeline Part 1: Automated Builds and Security Scanning with GitHub Actions
Part 5a of "Building a Complete Deployment Environment for Strapi v5: A Practical Series"
Dec 21, 202526 min read16