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# Dyolink — Production Server Deploy Guide
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Linux VPS serves * * `https://nudentic.ir` only**. Images come from the **Gitea registry ** (`wixur.ir:3000` ) on git tags. Staging is Windows (`https://wixur.ir` ) — see [`STAGING-DEPLOY.md` ](STAGING-DEPLOY.md ).
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**Automated path:** tag `v1.0.1` → [`.gitea/workflows/prod-tag-deploy.yml` ](../.gitea/workflows/prod-tag-deploy.yml ) (Windows runner builds, SSH to this server).
**Manual / first SSL:** Docker Hub + [`scripts/build-and-push-prod.sh` ](scripts/build-and-push-prod.sh ) is still documented below as a fallback.
**Example host:** `https://nudentic.ir` (do not point `wixur.ir` at this VPS).
---
## Automated deploy (Gitea tags)
```
git tag v1.0.1 && git push origin v1.0.1
↓
Windows act_runner builds frontend with https://nudentic.ir
↓
Push wixur.ir:3000/<owner>/dyolink-*:v1.0.1 (never :latest)
↓
SSH → Linux docker login wixur.ir:3000 → compose pull + up
↓
https://nudentic.ir
```
`:latest` is **staging only ** (wixur.ir baked in). Production compose must pin `TAG=v1.0.1` .
### One-time on the Linux server
1. **HTTP registry ** — Gitea is `http://wixur.ir:3000` . In `/etc/docker/daemon.json` :
```json
{
"insecure-registries": ["wixur.ir:3000"]
}
```
Then `sudo systemctl restart docker` (containers restart).
2. * * `.env` ** in `/opt/dyolink/infrastructure/` — from [`deploy.prod.env.example` ](deploy.prod.env.example ):
- `DOMAIN=nudentic.ir`
- `REGISTRY_PREFIX=wixur.ir:3000/<gitea-owner>` (same owner as Gitea `REGISTRY_OWNER` )
- `TAG=v1.0.1` (CI overrides per release)
3. * * `secrets/backend.env` :** `FRONTEND_URL=https://nudentic.ir` , `COOKIE_SECURE=true`
4. **SSH ** — user that can run `docker` (e.g. `dyolink` in the `docker` group). Put the matching **public ** key in `~/.ssh/authorized_keys` .
5. **Test pull ** (after a staging or prod image exists):
```bash
docker login wixur.ir:3000 -u <gitea-user>
docker pull wixur.ir:3000/<owner>/dyolink-backend:<sha-or-tag>
```
### Gitea (same repo as staging)
**Variables:** `PROD_PUBLIC_BASE_URL=https://nudentic.ir` , `PROD_REGISTRY_HOST=wixur.ir:3000` , `PROD_INFRA_DIR=/opt/dyolink/infrastructure` , plus existing `REGISTRY_HOST` / `REGISTRY_OWNER` / `CLONE_HOST` .
**Secrets:** `PROD_SSH_HOST` , `PROD_SSH_USER` , `PROD_SSH_KEY` (private key). Reuse `REGISTRY_USERNAME` / `REGISTRY_PASSWORD` . Optional `PROD_SSH_PORT` (default 22).
OpenSSH must be on the Windows runner (`ssh.exe` / `scp.exe` ).
### Release
```bash
git tag v1.0.1
git push origin v1.0.1
```
Or Gitea → Actions → **Production — tag build, push, deploy ** → Run → tag `v1.0.1` .
Check `https://nudentic.ir/api/health` .
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---
## Architecture
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```
Internet → Nginx (:80 / :443)
├── / → frontend:3000 (Next.js)
└── /api → backend:3000 (NestJS)
└── postgres:5432
```
| Service | Image | Notes |
|-----------|------------------------------------|--------------------------------|
| postgres | `postgres:15-alpine` | Data in Docker volume |
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| backend | `REGISTRY_PREFIX/dyolink-backend:TAG` | Gitea `v*` or Hub `dyolink/…` |
| frontend | `REGISTRY_PREFIX/dyolink-frontend:TAG` | URLs baked in at **build time ** |
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| nginx | `nginx:alpine` | SSL termination + reverse proxy |
| certbot | `certbot/certbot` | Auto-renews certificates |
---
## Prerequisites
### On your Mac (build machine)
- Docker Desktop running
- Repo cloned
- Docker Hub account (`dyolink` ) with images pushed
### On the server
- Ubuntu 24.04 (or similar)
- Root or sudo access
- **Domain** with DNS **A record ** → server public IP
- Ports **22 ** , **80 ** , **443 ** open (UFW + cloud provider firewall)
---
## Part 1 — Build & push images (Mac)
Frontend URLs are **compiled into the image ** . Always build with the real public domain:
```bash
cd /path/to/dyolink
docker login # only needed on Mac to push
./infrastructure/scripts/build-and-push-prod.sh YOUR_DOMAIN.com latest
```
Example:
```bash
./infrastructure/scripts/build-and-push-prod.sh wixur.ir latest
```
This pushes:
- `dyolink/dyolink-backend:latest`
- `dyolink/dyolink-frontend:latest`
**When to rebuild:** domain changes, frontend env (`NEXT_PUBLIC_*` ) changes, or new app release.
---
## Part 2 — Server bootstrap (once per server)
SSH as root:
```bash
ssh root@YOUR_SERVER_IP
```
### 2.1 Update system & create deploy user
```bash
apt update && apt upgrade -y
apt install -y curl git ufw fail2ban
adduser dyolink
usermod -aG sudo dyolink
# Optional: copy SSH keys from root
mkdir -p /home/dyolink/.ssh
cp /root/.ssh/authorized_keys /home/dyolink/.ssh/ 2>/dev/null || true
chown -R dyolink:dyolink /home/dyolink/.ssh
chmod 700 /home/dyolink/.ssh
```
### 2.2 Install Docker
If `curl -fsSL https://get.docker.com | sh` returns **403 ** , use Ubuntu packages:
```bash
apt update
apt install -y docker.io docker-compose-v2
systemctl enable --now docker
usermod -aG docker dyolink
```
Verify:
```bash
docker --version
docker compose version
```
### 2.3 Docker Hub login (if images are private)
```bash
docker login
```
Public images skip this step.
### 2.4 Firewall
```bash
ufw default deny incoming
ufw default allow outgoing
ufw allow OpenSSH
ufw allow 80/tcp
ufw allow 443/tcp
ufw --force enable
```
Also open **80 ** and **443 ** in your VPS provider's cloud firewall panel if one exists.
### 2.5 DNS
Before SSL, confirm DNS:
```bash
dig +short YOUR_DOMAIN.com
# Must return YOUR_SERVER_IP
```
---
## Part 3 — Copy infrastructure to server (Mac)
```bash
cd /path/to/dyolink
ssh dyolink@YOUR_SERVER_IP "sudo mkdir -p /opt/dyolink/secrets && sudo chown -R dyolink:dyolink /opt/dyolink"
scp -r infrastructure/docker-compose.prod.yml \
infrastructure/nginx \
infrastructure/scripts \
infrastructure/database \
infrastructure/deploy.prod.env.example \
infrastructure/backend.prod.env.example \
infrastructure/database.prod.env.example \
dyolink@YOUR_SERVER_IP:/opt/dyolink/infrastructure/
```
On the server:
```bash
ssh dyolink@YOUR_SERVER_IP
chmod +x /opt/dyolink/infrastructure/scripts/*.sh
```
---
## Part 4 — Configure secrets (server)
### 4.1 Main `.env`
```bash
cd /opt/dyolink/infrastructure
cp deploy.prod.env.example .env
nano .env
```
```env
DOMAIN=wixur.ir
DOCKER_USERNAME=dyolink
TAG=latest
LETSENCRYPT_EMAIL=your-email@example .com
DEPLOY_SECRETS_DIR=/opt/dyolink/secrets
```
### 4.2 Database secrets
```bash
cp database.prod.env.example /opt/dyolink/secrets/database.env
nano /opt/dyolink/secrets/database.env
```
```env
POSTGRES_USER=dyolink_user
POSTGRES_PASSWORD=STRONG_PASSWORD_HERE
POSTGRES_DB=dyolink_db
```
### 4.3 Backend secrets
```bash
cp backend.prod.env.example /opt/dyolink/secrets/backend.env
nano /opt/dyolink/secrets/backend.env
```
Generate JWT secrets:
```bash
openssl rand -hex 32 # use for JWT_SECRET
openssl rand -hex 32 # use for JWT_REFRESH_SECRET (must be different)
```
```env
NODE_ENV=production
PORT=3000
DATABASE_URL=postgresql://dyolink_user:STRONG_PASSWORD_HERE@postgres:5432/dyolink_db
JWT_SECRET=<first openssl output>
JWT_EXPIRES_IN=15m
JWT_REFRESH_SECRET=<second openssl output>
JWT_REFRESH_EXPIRES_IN=30d
FRONTEND_URL=https://wixur.ir
SMS_IR_API_KEY=your_key
SMS_IR_TEMPLATE_ID=your_template_id
```
**Critical checks:**
| Rule | Why |
|------|-----|
| `DATABASE_URL` password = `POSTGRES_PASSWORD` | Backend cannot connect otherwise |
| `FRONTEND_URL` = `https://YOUR_DOMAIN` | CORS, cookies, invite links |
| JWT secrets must **not ** contain `CHANGE_ME` | App refuses to start (by design) |
| Postgres password set **before first ** `up` | Password only applied on first volume create |
---
## Part 5 — Deploy (server)
```bash
cd /opt/dyolink/infrastructure
./scripts/deploy-prod.sh
```
This script:
1. Issues Let's Encrypt certificate (first run)
2. Renders HTTPS nginx config
3. Pulls images from Docker Hub
4. Starts all containers
First deploy takes **3– 5 minutes ** .
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## Part 6 — Verify
```bash
docker compose -f docker-compose.prod.yml --env-file .env ps
```
Expected:
| Container | Status |
|-----------|--------|
| dyolink_db_prod | Up (healthy) |
| dyolink_backend_prod | Up (healthy) |
| dyolink_frontend_prod | Up |
| dyolink_nginx_prod | Up |
| dyolink_certbot_prod | Up |
```bash
curl -s https://YOUR_DOMAIN/api/health
# {"status":"ok","timestamp":"..."}
curl -I https://YOUR_DOMAIN/
# HTTP/2 200
```
Open `https://YOUR_DOMAIN` in a browser.
---
## Updating the app (new release)
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**Preferred:** `git tag vX.Y.Z && git push origin vX.Y.Z` (Gitea production workflow).
**Fallback (Docker Hub from a Mac):**
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```bash
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./infrastructure/scripts/build-and-push-prod.sh nudentic.ir v1.0.1
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```
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**On server** (if not using CI):
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```bash
cd /opt/dyolink/infrastructure
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# TAG in .env or: TAG=v1.0.1 docker compose -f docker-compose.prod.yml --env-file .env pull backend frontend
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docker compose -f docker-compose.prod.yml --env-file .env pull backend frontend
docker compose -f docker-compose.prod.yml --env-file .env up -d
```
Backend runs `prisma migrate deploy` automatically on container start.
---
## Troubleshooting
### Docker install: `get.docker.com` returns 403
Use `apt install docker.io docker-compose-v2` (see Part 2.2).
### Docker Hub pull: 403 Forbidden
```bash
docker login
```
If still blocked, transfer images from Mac:
```bash
# Mac
docker save dyolink/dyolink-backend:latest dyolink/dyolink-frontend:latest \
postgres:15-alpine nginx:alpine certbot/certbot:latest | gzip > images.tar.gz
scp images.tar.gz dyolink@SERVER:/tmp/
# Server
gunzip -c /tmp/images.tar.gz | docker load
```
### Backend crash: `JWT_SECRET must be changed from the placeholder value`
Edit `/opt/dyolink/secrets/backend.env` — replace JWT secrets with `openssl rand -hex 32` output. Restart:
```bash
docker compose -f docker-compose.prod.yml --env-file .env up -d backend
```
### HTTP shows "obtaining SSL certificate" / HTTPS fails
Nginx is still on the bootstrap config. Fix:
```bash
cd /opt/dyolink/infrastructure
./scripts/render-nginx-ssl.sh
docker compose -f docker-compose.prod.yml --env-file .env up -d nginx --force-recreate
curl -s https://YOUR_DOMAIN/api/health
```
### Backend `Restarting` — database password mismatch
If you changed `POSTGRES_PASSWORD` after the first deploy, reset the DB volume (destroys data):
```bash
docker compose -f docker-compose.prod.yml --env-file .env down
docker volume rm dyolink_postgres_data_prod
# Fix database.env + backend.env passwords to match
./scripts/deploy-prod.sh
```
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### Docker login to `wixur.ir:3000`: `http response to HTTPS client`
Add `"insecure-registries": ["wixur.ir:3000"]` to `/etc/docker/daemon.json` and restart Docker.
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### `connection reset by peer` while pulling `:v*` from Gitea
`docker login` succeeded, then `compose pull` failed on a frontend/backend manifest or layer from `wixur.ir:3000` . Auth is fine — the Windows Gitea registry dropped the TCP connection (common right after a large push, or when both images pull in parallel).
Images are already in the registry. Re-run only the **deploy ** job, or on the VPS:
```bash
cd /opt/dyolink/infrastructure
./scripts/prod-remote-deploy.sh v1.0.2
```
`prod-remote-deploy.sh` pulls backend then frontend with retries. If every attempt RSTs, check Gitea is up and `insecure-registries` includes `wixur.ir:3000` .
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### View logs
```bash
docker compose -f docker-compose.prod.yml --env-file .env logs backend --tail 50
docker compose -f docker-compose.prod.yml --env-file .env logs nginx --tail 50
docker compose -f docker-compose.prod.yml --env-file .env logs frontend --tail 50
```
### Internal health checks (bypass public network)
```bash
docker compose -f docker-compose.prod.yml --env-file .env exec nginx \
wget -qO- http://backend:3000/api/health
docker compose -f docker-compose.prod.yml --env-file .env exec frontend \
wget -qO- http://127.0.0.1:3000/ | head -3
```
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## File reference
| Path on server | Purpose |
|----------------|---------|
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| `/opt/dyolink/infrastructure/.env` | `DOMAIN` , `REGISTRY_PREFIX` , `TAG` , Let's Encrypt email |
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| `/opt/dyolink/secrets/database.env` | Postgres credentials |
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| `/opt/dyolink/secrets/backend.env` | API secrets, DATABASE_URL, JWT, SMS, `FRONTEND_URL` |
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| `/opt/dyolink/infrastructure/nginx/generated/default.conf` | Auto-generated nginx SSL config |
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| `/opt/dyolink/infrastructure/scripts/prod-remote-deploy.sh` | Tag deploy (CI SSH) |
| `/opt/dyolink/infrastructure/scripts/deploy-prod.sh` | First-time SSL + stack up |
| `.gitea/workflows/prod-tag-deploy.yml` | CI: build, push `:v*` , SSH deploy |
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## Quick checklist (new server)
- [ ] DNS A record → server IP
- [ ] Docker installed on server
- [ ] UFW + cloud firewall: 22, 80, 443 open
- [ ] Images built with correct domain and pushed to Docker Hub
- [ ] `infrastructure/` copied to `/opt/dyolink/`
- [ ] `.env` , `database.env` , `backend.env` configured (real passwords + JWT)
- [ ] `./scripts/deploy-prod.sh` completed
- [ ] `curl https://DOMAIN/api/health` returns `{"status":"ok",...}`
- [ ] App loads in browser
---
## Issues encountered on first deploy (wixur.ir) — summary
| Problem | Cause | Type |
|---------|-------|------|
| `get.docker.com` 403 | Regional/network block | **Server setup ** — use `apt install docker.io` |
| Docker Hub pull 403 | Hub blocked without login | **Server setup ** — `docker login` |
| Backend crash loop | `JWT_SECRET` still had `CHANGE_ME` | **Config ** — edit `backend.env` |
| HTTP "obtaining SSL" / HTTPS broken | Nginx not recreated after SSL config | **Deploy script ** — fixed in `init-letsencrypt.sh` / `deploy-prod.sh` |
| Frontend "unhealthy" in `docker ps` | Healthcheck timing; app still served pages | **Cosmetic ** — no action needed |
**No application code changes were required.** The app, migrations, and seed all worked on first deploy once config was correct.