What do I need to deploy Lovable on a VPS?

You need a VPS (starting at $4-6/month), SSH access, and the app code in a GitHub repo. For Lovable and Supabase, 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 Lovable 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 Lovable on a VPS?

A VPS for Lovable or Supabase 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.

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Deploy a Lovable app to a production VPS

Lovable can publish a demo quickly. Real production still needs code ownership, secrets handling, a database, a custom domain, SSL, backups, updates, and a server handover.

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What is probably broken

The app looks finished, but it still depends on platform settings, hidden env vars, a temporary URL, or a database setup you do not fully control.

What production should look like

A Lovable-generated app running from your GitHub repo on a hardened server, with the domain, env vars, database, backups, and handover steps documented.

STEP 01

Get the app out of builder mode

Do not start with the VPS. First make sure the app has a real repo and that you know every external service it depends on.

Export or sync the Lovable project to GitHub.
Write down the build command, start command, and required Node version if the repo specifies one.
Collect Supabase URL/key, auth settings, email keys, Stripe keys, analytics keys, and any callback URLs.

STEP 02

Choose the deployment layer

Dokploy can be useful as a deployment panel, but it is not the production setup by itself. You still need server updates, restricted panel access, secret rotation, backups, and a recovery plan.

Use a current patched deploy panel, or deploy with Docker Compose/systemd if the app is simple.
Never leave the deploy panel casually exposed by IP and port after the domain is configured.
Add environment variables in the server/deploy panel, not in the repository.

STEP 03

Wire domain, SSL, database, and test flows

A Lovable app is not production-ready just because the homepage loads. Test the flows that make the app useful.

Point your domain DNS to the VPS and route it through the chosen reverse proxy or deploy panel.
Set callback URLs in Supabase/auth/payment providers to the final domain.
Smoke test signup, login, database writes, file uploads, emails, payments, and admin pages.

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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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