Deploy Strategies

DeployShip auto-detects your project type and selects the appropriate deploy strategy. You can override this in project settings.

SIMPLE (default for most projects)

DeployShip runs your build command, then starts or restarts your application using PM2. Suitable for Node.js, Python, PHP, Go, Ruby, and static frontends.

Auto-detection covers:

Stack	Detected by	Build command	Start mechanism
Next.js	next.config.*	npm run build	PM2 + next binary
Vite / React	vite.config.*	npm run build	PM2 + built-in static server
CRA	public/index.html	npm run build	PM2 + built-in static server
Angular	angular.json	npm run build	PM2 + built-in static server
Express / Fastify / NestJS	package.json	npm run build	PM2 + npm start
Django	manage.py	pip install	Gunicorn
FastAPI	main.py	pip install	Uvicorn
Flask	app.py	pip install	Gunicorn
Laravel	artisan	composer install	artisan serve
Go	go.mod	go build	binary execution
Rust	Cargo.toml	cargo build	binary execution
Static HTML	index.html	—	PM2 + built-in static server

COMPOSE

If your repository contains a docker-compose.yml file, DeployShip uses Docker Compose to build and run all services. Dependencies like PostgreSQL, Redis, or any other service defined in your compose file are managed automatically by Docker.

# What DeployShip runs
docker compose build --no-cache
docker compose up -d --remove-orphans

Use this strategy if your project has external dependencies (database, cache, queue workers, etc.) that you want to manage alongside your app.

Note: For Compose projects, you declare the port your application container exposes. DeployShip uses this port to configure the reverse proxy. DeployShip does not inject PORT into Compose deployments.

SCRIPT

If your repository contains a deployship.sh file in the root, DeployShip executes it directly. You have full control over the deploy process.

#!/bin/bash
set -e
git pull origin main
npm install
npm run build
pm2 restart myapp

Use this for complex setups, monorepos, or any case where the auto-detection does not cover your workflow.

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