Deploy and DevOps with Claude
Deployment is often the most neglected phase in personal projects, but it's essential for turning code into a working product. Claude can help you configure containerization, CI/CD, monitoring, and logging professionally.
In this article, we'll see how to use Claude to prepare the project for production, create automated deployment pipelines, and configure infrastructure.
What You'll Learn
- Containerization with Docker (multi-stage builds)
- Docker Compose for local development
- CI/CD with GitHub Actions
- Cloud deployment (AWS, Railway, Fly.io)
- Basic logging and monitoring
Containerization with Docker
Multi-Stage Build for Spring Boot
Dockerfile - Optimized Spring Boot
# Stage 1: Build
FROM eclipse-temurin:21-jdk-alpine AS builder
WORKDIR /app
COPY pom.xml mvnw ./
COPY .mvn .mvn
RUN ./mvnw dependency:go-offline -B
COPY src src
RUN ./mvnw package -DskipTests -B
RUN java -Djarmode=layertools -jar target/*.jar extract
# Stage 2: Runtime
FROM eclipse-temurin:21-jre-alpine
WORKDIR /app
RUN addgroup -g 1001 appgroup && \
adduser -u 1001 -G appgroup -D appuser
USER appuser
COPY --from=builder /app/dependencies/ ./
COPY --from=builder /app/spring-boot-loader/ ./
COPY --from=builder /app/application/ ./
HEALTHCHECK --interval=30s --timeout=3s --start-period=30s \
CMD wget -q --spider http://localhost:8080/actuator/health || exit 1
EXPOSE 8080
ENTRYPOINT ["java", "org.springframework.boot.loader.launch.JarLauncher"]Multi-Stage Build for Angular
Dockerfile - Angular with Nginx
# Stage 1: Build
FROM node:20-alpine AS builder
WORKDIR /app
COPY package*.json ./
RUN npm ci
COPY . .
RUN npm run build -- --configuration=production
# Stage 2: Serve
FROM nginx:alpine
COPY --from=builder /app/dist/*/browser /usr/share/nginx/html
COPY nginx.conf /etc/nginx/conf.d/default.conf
EXPOSE 80
CMD ["nginx", "-g", "daemon off;"]Docker Compose for Development
docker-compose.yml
version: '3.8'
services:
backend:
build: ./backend
ports:
- "8080:8080"
environment:
- SPRING_PROFILES_ACTIVE=docker
- DATABASE_URL=jdbc:postgresql://postgres:5432/orders
depends_on:
postgres:
condition: service_healthy
frontend:
build: ./frontend
ports:
- "4200:80"
depends_on:
- backend
postgres:
image: postgres:16-alpine
environment:
- POSTGRES_DB=orders
- POSTGRES_PASSWORD=postgres
volumes:
- postgres_data:/var/lib/postgresql/data
healthcheck:
test: ["CMD-SHELL", "pg_isready"]
interval: 10s
volumes:
postgres_data:CI/CD with GitHub Actions
.github/workflows/ci.yml
name: CI/CD Pipeline
on:
push:
branches: [main]
pull_request:
branches: [main]
jobs:
test:
runs-on: ubuntu-latest
steps:
- uses: actions/checkout@v4
- uses: actions/setup-java@v4
with:
java-version: '21'
distribution: 'temurin'
cache: maven
- run: ./mvnw verify
working-directory: ./backend
build:
needs: test
runs-on: ubuntu-latest
if: github.event_name == 'push'
steps:
- uses: actions/checkout@v4
- uses: docker/setup-buildx-action@v3
- uses: docker/login-action@v3
with:
registry: ghcr.io
username: