Deploying and Monitoring Your Application

In the previous chapter, we built the frontend of our app, thereby completing it as a useable tool. However, while we are able to use it locally, no other users would be able to. Therefore, in this chapter, we’ll deploy our application and make it available via a public domain name, tozo.dev. We’ll also ensure that we are monitoring the app so that we can quickly fix any issues.

So, in this chapter, you’ll learn how to build the infrastructure in AWS for any Docker containerized app that needs a database; this infrastructure will be able to scale to very high loads without major changes. You’ll also learn how to set up a domain name system (DNS) and HTTPS for your domain, both of which are applicable to any website or application. Finally, you’ll learn the importance of monitoring and how to do so easily.

For our app to be accessible via a public domain name, it will need to be running on a system that...