Final Deployment and Documentation

Security
- •✅ Remove all test accounts and credentials
- •✅ Set appropriate environment variables
- •✅ Enable HTTPS
- •✅ Set secure HTTP headers using Helmet
- •✅ Implement rate limiting
- •✅ Add CORS protection
- •✅ Validate and sanitize all inputs
- •✅ Check for security vulnerabilities with npm audit
- •✅ Implement proper authentication and authorization
- •✅ Set appropriate cookie security flags
Performance
- •✅ Optimize database indexes
- •✅ Implement caching strategies
- •✅ Enable compression
- •✅ Use a process manager (PM2)
- •✅ Set appropriate Node.js flags (--max-old-space-size, etc.)
- •✅ Configure proper connection pooling
Reliability
- •✅ Add health checks
- •✅ Set up monitoring and alerts
- •✅ Implement logging
- •✅ Add graceful shutdown
- •✅ Set up proper error handling
- •✅ Implement timeouts for external services
- •✅ Add circuit breakers for unreliable dependencies
Maintenance
- •✅ Prepare backup strategies
- •✅ Set up CI/CD pipelines
- •✅ Prepare rollback procedures
- •✅ Document deployment steps
- •✅ Create maintenance documentation
Environment Configuration
Production-Ready Server Setup
Setting Up Logging for Production
Health Check Endpoint
API Documentation with Swagger
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git clone https://github.com/yourusername/project.git cd project
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npm install
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cp .env.example .env
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# Development
npm run dev
# Production
npm start
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docker-compose up -d
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pm2 start src/server.js --name api
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npm test
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Monitoring and Error Tracking
Heroku
AWS Elastic Beanstalk
Digital Ocean App Platform
Recommended Image
A diagram showing the complete deployment architecture with the API server,
database, caching layer, load balancer, and how clients interact with it.
Alternative: A screenshot of Swagger API documentation showing the available
endpoints and their parameters.
Further Reading
- •[Express.js Production Best Practices](https://expressjs.com/en/advanced/best-practice-security.html)
- •[Node.js Best Practices for Production](https://github.com/goldbergyoni/nodebestpractices)
- •[Swagger Documentation Best Practices](https://swagger.io/blog/api-documentation/best-practices-in-api-documentation/)
- •[The Twelve-Factor App Methodology](https://12factor.net/)