The creation or building of the Website/WebApp is a big task, but after that, the bigger or more complex task rather than creation is the deployment of that Website/WebApp.
As per website development company Singapore the person can easily create the product for its business but deploying is the main and important task for making the business out of it.
Deploying it on the best cloud, getting good and reliable servers with the perfect domain and a good SSL is a primary demand for the deployment.
Here we have 5 fundamental steps using which mobile app developer Singapore can make the deployment easier.
Step 1: Preparation
After finalizing the product, the deployment part comes up. In this, we have three scenarios based on which type of deployment we are going to use.
Those 3 scenarios are:
The client has nothing in his scenario for the deployment. We have a total blank platform in which we have to perform all the things including hosting and deployment.
The client has done the hosting part, in this scenario the client is done with the hosting part by itself and we have to just deploy on their server.
The client has the hosting part, in this scenario you have to move the website on some different server.
Now, here the first scenario is the easiest one where we have to do both the hosting and the deployment part, whereas the second and the third one are the trickiest ones in which the person can be stuck and the time consuming if stuck.
Step 2: Set Up DNS Records
This step comes under the hosting part where it is needed at the time of hosting. Here we use the domains for the DNS section. If you have the one then it will be great or you can get that also.
Now when the website is hosted on the main server or the domain, we can have the subdomain for the internal development purpose.
Here the development side has access for the code but not having the full-on access depends upon the client or to that person who creates the hosting side.
With the help of the GUI’s, we can set up or maintain the DNS records.
Step 3: Set Up a Live Testing Site
Hereafter the hosting and deployment, the time came for the live testing of the website on the live server environment.
The main and the easiest way to do this type of testing by using the sub-domains.
It will give you the full functionality the same as of the main server domain or we can even alter the functionality of the sub-domain other than the main server.
Here we can save the permissions to the folders with the same access as with the main domain, the subdomain will be having the different directory where we can set up the different permissions too.
The second way is to create a different URL parsing with the same main domain which will be having the same directory and the permissions but the different environment which will not be going to affect the production one.
Step 4: Set Up Email Accounts
Now the time comes for setting up the email accounts for the client on the hosting site to get informed.
Here if the pre-hosted site is to be deployed or to be re-hosted on some new server or host and the client has the pre-set email address there so you have to make them configure it again on the new one with the same URL or the environment so that it does not get erupted.
Now if the client has nothing configured or has the blank/new one this comes so easy for the person who is deploying it.
Now if the email server is third-party then the developer has to take care that the DNS records should be maintained accordingly.
Step 5: Backup and Go Live
This is the final step after which we can go live with the website.
Before going live the main and important task is to take a backup of all the code and the database setup and related things.
Now for going live, you have to just change the DNS record with the IP which takes around 15-20 mins to go live.
If you are changing the server name or related things then it will take around 72 hours to be reflected.
Now suppose if you have deployed something wrong and the site stops then you do not have to worry at all as you the backup of the code and you can deploy it instantly to restart the website.
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