Production Deployment

For a free deployment that needs no server of your own, see Vercel + Supabase. This page covers a self-hosted server.

For production use docker-compose.prod.yml. It adds:

• Caddy as a reverse proxy with automatic TLS via Let's Encrypt
• Security headers — HSTS, X-Frame-Options, X-Content-Type-Options, Referrer-Policy
• PostgreSQL and Ollama are not exposed to the host — only reachable inside the Docker network
• App healthcheck (GET /api/health) wired to Docker restart policy

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Requirements

1. A server with Docker and Docker Compose
2. A domain name pointing to your server (A record)
3. Ports 80 and 443 open on your firewall

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Step by step

1. Configure .env

cp .env.example .env

Edit .env and fill in all CHANGE_ME values:

# PostgreSQL — use strong random values
POSTGRES_USER=hypar
POSTGRES_PASSWORD=a_strong_random_password
POSTGRES_DB=hypar_db

# Caddy — your public domain
DOMAIN=hypar.yourdomain.com

# Auth
BETTER_AUTH_SECRET=   # openssl rand -hex 32
BETTER_AUTH_URL=https://hypar.yourdomain.com

# Agent — llama3.1:8b is pulled by the Ollama service
OLLAMA_LLM_MODEL=llama3.1:8b

There is no embedding key and no ADMIN_API_KEY. Optional OAuth: set both GitHub or Google client id and secret.

2. Start

docker compose -f docker-compose.prod.yml up -d --build

Caddy will automatically obtain a TLS certificate for your domain. The first start takes a couple of minutes while Caddy negotiates with Let's Encrypt and Ollama downloads its chat model.

3. Verify

# App is up and database is reachable
curl https://hypar.yourdomain.com/api/health
# → {"status":"ok","checks":{"db":true},"ts":"..."}

# Container health
docker compose -f docker-compose.prod.yml ps

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Architecture in production

Internet
   │  :443 / :80
   ▼
┌──────────┐
│  Caddy   │  Automatic TLS, gzip, security headers
└──────────┘
   │  :3000 (internal only)
   ▼
┌──────────┐   ┌──────────────┐   ┌────────┐
│   app    │──▶│  postgres    │   │ ollama │
└──────────┘   └──────────────┘   └────────┘
             No host ports          No host ports

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Logs

docker compose -f docker-compose.prod.yml logs -f app
docker compose -f docker-compose.prod.yml logs -f caddy

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Backup

# Dump the database to a local file
docker compose -f docker-compose.prod.yml exec postgres \
  pg_dump -U $POSTGRES_USER $POSTGRES_DB > backup_$(date +%Y%m%d).sql

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Update

git pull
docker compose -f docker-compose.prod.yml up -d --build

Prisma migrations run automatically on startup.

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Using a managed database

To use a managed PostgreSQL service (Railway, Supabase, Neon) instead of the Docker container:

1. Remove the postgres service from docker-compose.prod.yml
2. Set DATABASE_URL in .env to the connection string provided by your service
3. The app service will migrate and connect on startup

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Customising Caddy

Edit Caddyfile to add rate limiting, basic auth, or a custom error page:

{$DOMAIN} {
  reverse_proxy app:3000
  encode gzip
}

After editing, reload Caddy without restarting:

docker compose -f docker-compose.prod.yml exec caddy caddy reload --config /etc/caddy/Caddyfile