Quotidien Shaarli
March 6, 2026
ny port 8000 sudo ufw route allow proto tcp from any to any port 8443
Introduction
So you want to deploy your Phoenix app. You head to the docs, and in typical Elixir fashion you find a number of thorough and well-written guides. Unfortunately, they're all guides for deploying to cloud PaaS platforms. Well, there is a Releases guide, but it only teaches you how to build a release. Not how to deploy it!
But what if you want to deploy to an actual server? Maybe you want to avoid vendor lock-in, or maybe you just want to manage your own system. You know, like the good old days. This is an opinionated guide for deploying an Elixir/Phoenix app to an actual server. VPS, bare metal - it doesn't matter. Just a server.
Nothing here is novel, but there aren't really any guides that spell it out.
I am going to spell it out.