What do I need to deploy VPS on a VPS?

You need a VPS (starting at $4-6/month), SSH access, and the app code in a GitHub repo. For VPS, you also need environment variables, a domain, and SSL configured before going live.

How long does it take to deploy to a VPS?

A straightforward VPS deployment takes 2-4 hours for someone familiar with servers. RepoAssistant does it in 24h with a ship-or-refund guarantee.

How much does it cost to host VPS on a VPS?

A VPS for VPS starts at $4-6/month for a 1-2 GB instance from providers like Hetzner, DigitalOcean, or Hostinger. RepoAssistant's deploy service is a fixed $39-149 one-time fee.

What if something breaks after deployment?

Every deployment includes a smoke test (login, forms, database writes, API calls) and a handover doc with restart, rollback, and deploy commands. If the app is blocked pre-launch, we fix and ship within 24h or refund.

FastAPI deployment guide

Deploy FastAPI on Ubuntu with Nginx and SSL

FastAPI is simple locally, but production needs a managed Python process, a reverse proxy, secrets, logs, and a restart strategy.

VPS

What is probably broken

The API runs with `uvicorn main:app --reload`, but dies after SSH closes or returns 502 through Nginx.

What production should look like

A FastAPI service running as a managed Ubuntu service, reachable through HTTPS, with logs you can inspect.

STEP 01

Create a clean Python runtime

Use an isolated environment so dependency versions are controlled and deploys do not depend on global Python packages.

Create a virtual environment on the server.
Install from a locked requirements file or project manager.
Store database URLs and API keys outside the repository.

STEP 02

Run ASGI workers behind systemd

Production FastAPI should run under a process supervisor, not an interactive shell.

Use Gunicorn with Uvicorn workers for a normal VPS setup.
Create a systemd service that starts on boot.
Check `journalctl` logs before debugging Nginx.

STEP 03

Proxy traffic with Nginx

Nginx terminates SSL and forwards requests to the internal FastAPI port or socket.

Keep FastAPI bound to localhost or a private socket.
Set proxy headers so the app sees the original host and protocol.
Add health checks before handing over the server.

Quick check

Is your app production-ready?

If you cannot tick all five, we can fix it. Send us the repo and we handle the rest.

?Custom domain with HTTPS
?Environment variables configured
?Database wired and backed up
?Auto-deploy on push
?Smoke tested and live

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