Deploy Aplikasi ke VPS: Nginx, SSL, dan CI/CD dari Nol di 2026

Deploy ke VPS: Full Control atas Server Anda

Vercel dan Railway memang nyaman, tapi ada kalanya Anda butuh VPS: database custom, software khusus, atau sekadar kontrol penuh atas infrastruktur. Ini panduan lengkap setup dari nol.

Pilih VPS yang Tepat

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Setup Awal VPS Ubuntu 24.04

# Update sistem
apt update && apt upgrade -y

# Buat user non-root
adduser deploy
usermod -aG sudo deploy

# Setup SSH key (dari local machine)
ssh-copy-id deploy@your-server-ip

# Disable root SSH login
echo "PermitRootLogin no" >> /etc/ssh/sshd_config
echo "PasswordAuthentication no" >> /etc/ssh/sshd_config
systemctl restart sshd

# Setup firewall
ufw allow OpenSSH
ufw allow 80
ufw allow 443
ufw enable

Install dan Konfigurasi Nginx

apt install nginx -y
systemctl enable nginx

# /etc/nginx/sites-available/myapp
server {
    listen 80;
    server_name yourdomain.com www.yourdomain.com;
    
    # Redirect ke HTTPS
    return 301 https://$server_name$request_uri;
}

server {
    listen 443 ssl http2;
    server_name yourdomain.com www.yourdomain.com;
    
    ssl_certificate /etc/letsencrypt/live/yourdomain.com/fullchain.pem;
    ssl_certificate_key /etc/letsencrypt/live/yourdomain.com/privkey.pem;
    
    # Security headers
    add_header X-Frame-Options DENY;
    add_header X-Content-Type-Options nosniff;
    add_header Strict-Transport-Security "max-age=31536000";
    
    location / {
        proxy_pass http://localhost:3000;
        proxy_http_version 1.1;
        proxy_set_header Upgrade $http_upgrade;
        proxy_set_header Connection "upgrade";
        proxy_set_header Host $host;
        proxy_set_header X-Real-IP $remote_addr;
        proxy_cache_bypass $http_upgrade;
    }
    
    # Static files langsung dari Nginx (lebih cepat)
    location /_next/static {
        proxy_pass http://localhost:3000;
        add_header Cache-Control "public, max-age=31536000, immutable";
    }
}

ln -s /etc/nginx/sites-available/myapp /etc/nginx/sites-enabled/
nginx -t && systemctl reload nginx

SSL Gratis dengan Certbot

apt install certbot python3-certbot-nginx -y
certbot --nginx -d yourdomain.com -d www.yourdomain.com

# Certbot otomatis renew setiap 90 hari
systemctl status certbot.timer

Deploy Aplikasi dengan PM2

# Install Node.js via nvm
curl -o- https://raw.githubusercontent.com/nvm-sh/nvm/v0.40.0/install.sh | bash
nvm install 22

# Install PM2
npm install -g pm2

# Build dan start aplikasi
cd /var/www/myapp
npm install && npm run build
pm2 start npm --name "myapp" -- start
pm2 startup  # Auto start saat reboot
pm2 save

CI/CD dengan GitHub Actions

# .github/workflows/deploy.yml
name: Deploy to VPS

on:
  push:
    branches: [main]

jobs:
  deploy:
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    steps:
      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
      
      - name: Deploy via SSH
        uses: appleboy/ssh-action@master
        with:
          host: ${{ secrets.VPS_HOST }}
          username: deploy
          key: ${{ secrets.VPS_SSH_KEY }}
          script: |
            cd /var/www/myapp
            git pull origin main
            npm install
            npm run build
            pm2 reload myapp --update-env
            echo "Deploy berhasil!"

Dengan setup ini, setiap kali push ke main, aplikasi otomatis ter-deploy dalam ~2 menit.

Zero-Downtime Deploy

# PM2 handle zero-downtime dengan cluster mode
pm2 start npm --name "myapp" -- start -i max
pm2 reload myapp  # Reload satu per satu, tidak ada downtime

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