Final Deployment and Documentation

• •✅ 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

• •✅ 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

• •✅ 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

• •✅ Prepare backup strategies
• •✅ Set up CI/CD pipelines
• •✅ Prepare rollback procedures
• •✅ Document deployment steps
• •✅ Create maintenance documentation

git clone https://github.com/yourusername/project.git cd project

npm install

cp .env.example .env

# Development

npm run dev

# Production

npm start

docker-compose up -d

pm2 start src/server.js --name api

npm test

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.

• •[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/)