DevOps & CI/CD
GitHub Actions pipelines, automated deployment to VPS, staging environments, Docker containerisation, server hardening, and zero-downtime release workflows - for CI4, Laravel, WordPress, and Node.js. Stop deploying via FTP. Ship with confidence.
Six signs your deployment workflow is a liability.
Every manual step in your deployment process is a risk. Most platforms we inherit have at least four of these.
Files dragged and dropped into FileZilla. No history. No rollback. One wrong overwrite and the site breaks. You find out from a customer.
Every change - plugin update, code fix, config change - goes straight to production. Testing means hoping. Breaking means downtime.
The code on production does not match what is in your Git repo - or there is no Git repo. You cannot tell what changed, when, or who changed it.
SSH in, git pull, composer install, run migrations, clear cache, restart PHP. Every time. Somebody does this manually while holding their breath.
A bad deploy goes live. The only option is to manually reverse the changes - which nobody remembers exactly. You are debugging in production under pressure.
Deployment is tribal knowledge. If that person is on leave, sick, or has left - nobody else can safely push a change. The platform is held hostage to one person's memory.
What a CI/CD pipeline changes.
What happens when you push to main.
A typical CI/CD pipeline we build - from code push to production in under 90 seconds.
Tests run automatically. If they fail, the pipeline stops. Nothing broken reaches staging or production.
Every passing build automatically deploys to staging. Your team reviews before production approval is granted.
Production deploy requires a manual approval step - one click in GitHub Actions. No accidental production pushes.
Six DevOps capabilities we set up.
GitHub Actions CI/CD Pipeline
Full pipeline setup - test job, build job, staging deploy, manual production approval gate. Environment secrets managed via GitHub Secrets. Workflow tested end-to-end before handover. YAML documented so your team can modify it.
Staging Environment Setup
Staging subdomain on your VPS with its own database, password-protected, and auto-deployed on every passing build. Mirrors production config exactly. Your team tests on staging - not on your users.
Docker Containerisation
Dockerfile and docker-compose.yml for your application - local dev environment matches production exactly. No more "works on my machine". PHP, Nginx, MySQL, Redis all in compose. CI pipeline builds and pushes the image on every commit.
Server Hardening & SSH Setup
SSH key auth only, root login disabled, UFW firewall rules, fail2ban, unattended security upgrades, a dedicated deploy user with limited permissions, and server-level rate limiting. Security baseline before your app goes anywhere near it.
Monitoring & Alerting
UptimeRobot or Better Uptime for endpoint monitoring. Slack or WhatsApp alerts on downtime. Server resource monitoring via Netdata or similar - CPU, memory, disk alerts before they become incidents. Deploy notifications posted to your team channel.
Zero-Downtime Deploy Strategy
Rolling deploy or blue-green strategy depending on your infrastructure - new code served alongside old until health checks pass, then traffic switches. Database migrations designed to be backward-compatible. Deployment takes 60 seconds; users notice nothing.
The DevOps stack we configure.
Fixed price. Done once. Works forever.
A CI/CD pipeline is a one-time setup cost. Once it is running, every future deploy is automatic.
GitHub Actions pipeline for one app. Test → deploy to production. SSH-based, no Docker.
Pipeline + staging environment + server hardening + monitoring + zero-downtime deploy strategy.
Full containerisation, Docker Compose local dev, image registry, CI/CD pipeline, staging, monitoring.
All prices exclusive of GST. Scoped individually - complexity varies by app and infrastructure. Get a quote
Questions about CI/CD setup.
Not sure if your project needs this? Describe your current deploy process and we will tell you what to fix first.
Set Up My PipelinePlatform and performance work we have done.
One-time setup. Every future deploy is automatic.
Push to GitHub. Tests run. Staging deploys. You approve. Production updates. All in 60 seconds. No FTP, no SSH, no prayer.