Deployment Tips

Deploy InstaTunnel in production environments, CI/CD pipelines, and team workflows with these deployment strategies and best practices.

🚀 CI/CD Integration

GitHub Actions

# .github/workflows/preview.yml

on:

pull_request:

branches: [main]

jobs:

deploy-preview:

runs-on: ubuntu-latest

steps:

- uses: actions/checkout@v3

- name: Setup Node.js

uses: actions/setup-node@v3

with:

node-version: '18'

- name: Install InstaTunnel

run: npm install -g instatunnel

- name: Build and Deploy Preview

env:

INSTATUNNEL_API_KEY: ${{ secrets.INSTATUNNEL_API_KEY }}

run: |

npm install && npm run build

npm start &

sleep 10

instatunnel 3000 --subdomain pr-${{ github.event.pull_request.number }} --background

echo "Preview: https://pr-${{ github.event.pull_request.number }}.instatunnel.my"

💡 Result: Every pull request gets a unique preview URL like https://pr-123.instatunnel.my for easy testing and review.

GitLab CI

# .gitlab-ci.yml

stages:

- build

- deploy-preview

deploy_preview:

stage: deploy-preview

image: node:18

script:

- npm install -g instatunnel

- npm install && npm run build

- npm start &

- sleep 15

- instatunnel 3000 --subdomain mr-$CI_MERGE_REQUEST_IID --background

- echo "Preview deployed to https://mr-$CI_MERGE_REQUEST_IID.instatunnel.my"

only:

- merge_requests

environment:

url: https://mr-$CI_MERGE_REQUEST_IID.instatunnel.my

Jenkins Pipeline

// Jenkinsfile

pipeline {

agent any

stages {

stage('Build') {

steps {

sh 'npm install'

sh 'npm run build'

}

stage('Deploy Preview') {

when { changeRequest() }

steps {

sh 'npm install -g instatunnel'

sh 'npm start &'

sh 'sleep 10'

sh "instatunnel 3000 --subdomain pr-${env.CHANGE_ID} --background"

}

🐳 Docker Integration

Docker Compose Setup

# docker-compose.yml

version: '3.8'

services:

app:

build: .

ports:

- "3000:3000"

environment:

- NODE_ENV=production

tunnel:

image: instatunnel/cli:latest

command: instatunnel 3000 --subdomain myapp-prod

environment:

- INSTATUNNEL_API_KEY=${INSTATUNNEL_API_KEY}

network_mode: host

depends_on:

- app

restart: unless-stopped

# Usage

$ docker-compose up -d

✅ App running at https://myapp-prod.instatunnel.my

Multi-Service Docker Setup

# docker-compose.prod.yml

services:

frontend:

build: ./frontend

ports: ["3000:3000"]

api:

build: ./api

ports: ["8000:8000"]

frontend-tunnel:

image: instatunnel/cli

command: instatunnel 3000 --subdomain myapp-frontend

environment:

- INSTATUNNEL_API_KEY

network_mode: host

api-tunnel:

image: instatunnel/cli

command: instatunnel 8000 --subdomain myapp-api

environment:

- INSTATUNNEL_API_KEY

network_mode: host

Kubernetes Deployment

# k8s-deployment.yml

apiVersion: apps/v1

kind: Deployment

metadata:

spec:

replicas: 1

template:

spec:

containers:

- name: app

image: myapp:latest

ports:

- containerPort: 3000

- name: tunnel

image: instatunnel/cli:latest

command: ["instatunnel", "3000", "--subdomain", "k8s-myapp"]

env:

- name: INSTATUNNEL_API_KEY

valueFrom:

secretKeyRef:

key: api-key

🔄 Environment Management

Multi-Environment Strategy

# Environment-specific subdomains

$ instatunnel 3000 --subdomain myapp-dev # Development

$ instatunnel 3000 --subdomain myapp-staging # Staging

$ instatunnel 3000 --subdomain myapp-prod # Production

# Branch-based deployments

$ BRANCH=$(git branch --show-current)

$ instatunnel 3000 --subdomain myapp-$BRANCH

Environment URLs:

• Development: https://myapp-dev.instatunnel.my
• Staging: https://myapp-staging.instatunnel.my
• Production: https://myapp-prod.instatunnel.my
• Feature branches: https://myapp-feature-auth.instatunnel.my

Configuration Management

# Environment-specific config files

.instatunnel.development.yml

.instatunnel.staging.yml

.instatunnel.production.yml

# Usage with NODE_ENV

$ instatunnel --config .instatunnel.$NODE_ENV.yml

# Environment variables override

$ export INSTATUNNEL_CONFIG=production

$ instatunnel 3000 # Uses production config

🔧 Production Best Practices

High Availability Setup

# Multiple tunnel instances for redundancy

$ instatunnel 3000 --subdomain myapp --region us-east --auto-restart &

$ instatunnel 3000 --subdomain myapp --region us-west --auto-restart &

# Health checks and monitoring

$ instatunnel 3000 --health-check /health --health-interval 30s \

--alert-webhook https://monitoring.myapp.com/tunnel-alert

# Process management with PM2

$ pm2 start "instatunnel 3000 --subdomain myapp-prod" --name tunnel

Security for Production

# Production security configuration

$ instatunnel 3000 --subdomain myapp-prod \

--auth admin:$SECURE_PASSWORD \

--allow-ips 203.0.113.0/24 \

--force-https \

--log-level info \

--log-file /var/log/tunnel.log \

--alert-failed-attempts 5

Production Security Checklist:

✅ Strong authentication enabled
✅ IP whitelisting configured
✅ HTTPS enforcement active
✅ Request logging enabled
✅ Failed attempt monitoring
✅ Regular credential rotation

Monitoring & Alerting

# Comprehensive monitoring setup

$ instatunnel 3000 --subdomain myapp-prod \

--analytics detailed \

--alert-webhook https://alerts.myapp.com/tunnel \

--alert-requests 1000/hour \

--alert-errors 10/hour \

--alert-latency 2000ms \

--datadog-api-key $DATADOG_API_KEY

👥 Team Workflows

Collaborative Development

# Shared team configuration

# .instatunnel.team.yml

team_name: "frontend-team"

subdomain_prefix: "team-frontend"

shared_auth:

username: "team"

password: "${TEAM_PASSWORD}"

allowed_members:

- "alice@company.com"

- "bob@company.com"

analytics:

shared_dashboard: true

# Usage by team members

$ instatunnel 3000 --config .instatunnel.team.yml --user alice

Review Process Integration

# Automated review deployment script

#!/bin/bash

# deploy-review.sh

PR_NUMBER=$1

SUBDOMAIN="review-pr-$PR_NUMBER"

echo "Deploying review app for PR #$PR_NUMBER"

npm install && npm run build

npm start &

sleep 10

instatunnel 3000 --subdomain $SUBDOMAIN \

--auth review:$REVIEW_PASSWORD \

--background

echo "✅ Review app: https://$SUBDOMAIN.instatunnel.my"

echo "👤 Login: review / $REVIEW_PASSWORD"

⚡ Performance Optimization

Production Performance Tuning

# Optimized production configuration

$ instatunnel 3000 --subdomain myapp-prod \

--compress \

--connections 20 \

--keep-alive 60s \

--timeout 120s \

--region auto \

--log-level warn

Scaling Considerations

• Load balancing: Use multiple tunnel instances with the same subdomain
• Regional distribution: Deploy tunnels in multiple regions for global users
• Connection pooling: Increase concurrent connections for high-traffic apps
• Compression: Enable gzip compression for bandwidth optimization
• Caching: Implement application-level caching to reduce response times
• Monitoring: Use detailed analytics to identify performance bottlenecks

🚀 Deployment Tip: For production deployments, always use --auto-restart --health-check /health --alert-webhook https://yourmonitoring.com/alerts to ensure maximum uptime and immediate notification of issues.

Where should I start in InstaTunnel docs?

Evidence and trust

Release cadence

Security controls

Reliability runbooks

Documentation

Deployment Tips

🚀 CI/CD Integration

GitHub Actions

GitLab CI

Jenkins Pipeline

🐳 Docker Integration

Docker Compose Setup

Multi-Service Docker Setup

Kubernetes Deployment

🔄 Environment Management

Multi-Environment Strategy

Environment URLs:

Configuration Management

🔧 Production Best Practices

High Availability Setup

Security for Production

Production Security Checklist:

Monitoring & Alerting

👥 Team Workflows

Collaborative Development

Review Process Integration

⚡ Performance Optimization

Production Performance Tuning

Scaling Considerations

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