What is Deploy?
Also called: Deployment
The short answer
To deploy is to publish a new version of a website to its host so visitors see it; modern hosts deploy automatically when code is pushed to Git.
What people say: “put it live”, “push it live”, “go live”.
Deploy, explained
Each deploy should be repeatable and reversible: the same steps every time, and a one-click way back if something breaks.
Questions people ask about Deploy
What is Deploy?
To deploy is to publish a new version of a website to its host so visitors see it; modern hosts deploy automatically when code is pushed to Git.
How do I put my website online?
Connect your code to a host (or upload the files), deploy, then point your domain's DNS at the host.
Related terms
CI/CD is automation that checks and ships code: continuous integration runs builds and tests on every change, and continuous deployment releases what passes.
Preview deploymentA preview deployment is a temporary, shareable URL of a site built from one branch or pull request, so changes can be reviewed live before release.
RollbackA rollback restores a website to a previous working version after a bad release.
ProductionProduction is the live version of a website that real visitors use, as opposed to development and staging copies.
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