Deployment Guide

This guide covers deployment strategies for Goals Tracker.

Render Deployment

Goals Tracker is deployed on Render platform.

Services

1. Backend Service - Spring Boot application
2. Frontend Service - React application
3. PostgreSQL Database - Managed database

Deployment Process

1. Code pushed to main branch
2. GitHub Actions runs tests
3. Docker images built and pushed to Docker Hub
4. Render pulls new images and deploys

Environment Variables

Configure in Render dashboard: - DATABASE_HOST - DATABASE_PORT - DATABASE_USER - DATABASE_PASSWORD - DATABASE_NAME - JWT_SECRET - JWT_EXPIRATION

Manual Deployment

Trigger deployment via Render dashboard or API:

curl -X POST "https://api.render.com/v1/services/SERVICE_ID/deploys" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer YOUR_API_TOKEN"

Next Steps

• Review GitHub Actions
• Learn about Docker Setup