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Deployment Guides

Step-by-step guides to deploy Medusa on different platforms. Choose the platform that fits your needs and skill level.

Advanced
AWS
Production in ~20–30 min: RDS (Postgres), ElastiCache (Redis), S3, ECS/EC2, VPC.
  • Terraform automation
  • Auto-scaling
  • Managed services
  • Enterprise-grade
Intermediate
Digital Ocean
App Platform, Managed Database
  • Simple deployment
  • Managed database
  • Built-in CDN
  • Cost-effective
Beginner
Railway
Quick deployment with managed PostgreSQL and Redis, GitHub integration.
  • Quick setup
  • Managed databases
  • GitHub integration
  • Developer-friendly
Advanced
VPS
Linux + Docker Compose, reverse proxy, SSL.
  • Full control
  • Docker Compose
  • Self-managed
  • Budget-friendly
Coming Soon
Advanced
Azure
AKS/App Service, Azure DB for PostgreSQL, Azure Cache for Redis, Blob Storage.
  • Enterprise ready
  • Managed services
  • Global scale
  • Azure integration
Coming Soon
Advanced
GCP
Cloud Run/GKE, Cloud SQL (Postgres), MemoryStore (Redis).
  • Serverless option
  • Google Cloud SQL
  • Auto-scaling
  • Global CDN
Coming Soon
Advanced
Kubernetes
Helm/manifests, autoscaling, HA, logging, Ingress, certs.
  • High availability
  • Custom clusters
  • Advanced orchestration
  • Multi-cloud
Coming Soon
Intermediate
Hetzner Cloud
Cost-effective German/EU cloud: deploy Medusa on a VPS or dedicated server with Terraform or Docker Compose.
  • Low-cost VMs
  • EU data centers
  • Terraform support
  • Built-in backups
Coming Soon
Intermediate
Coolify
Self-hosted PaaS on your own VPS — point-and-click deploys with Docker under the hood.
  • Self-hosted PaaS
  • Docker-based
  • One-click deploys
  • No platform fees

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