Best way to deploy app in production

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Hi all,

I am working on an application developed in TypeScript and I use a Docker environment with Docker Compose to connect my containers:

version: '3.8'
services:
  vcs:
    container_name: vcs_api
    restart: always
    build: .
    ports:
      - ${PORT}:${PORT}
    networks:
      - vcs_network
    depends_on:
      - db
      - redis
    volumes:
    - .:/usr/src/app

  db:
    container_name: vcs_postgre
    image: postgres:14.5-alpine
    ports:
      - '5432:5432'
    networks:
      - vcs_network
    volumes:
      - db_volume:/var/lib/postgresql/data
    environment:
      - POSTGRES_PASSWORD=${DB_PASSWORD}
      - POSTGRES_DB=${DB_NAME}

  redis:
    container_name: vcs_redis
    image: redis:alpine
    ports:
      - '6379:6379'
    networks:
      - vcs_network
networks:
  vcs_network: {}
volumes:
  db_volume:

Now I need to deploy it in production but I do not know whether to use Docker for it or do it in a classic way. Insalling postgre, redis, node…etc.

At the moment my application will not escalate. What do you recommend? Do I use docker-compose or avoid using containers? I worry that Docker is not so fast as each service installed on the machine itself could be.

In the event that it is better to do it with Docker. How would the backups of the database? Is there any tool or simply need to copy the files of the PostgreSQL volume?

Much thanks for your time :slight_smile: