Push your app to a VPS and let InfraPilot build it, run it, and put it behind Nginx with SSL. A managed-platform workflow without the managed-platform bill.
The problem
Platforms like Heroku, Render, and Railway make the first deploy painless. The trouble comes later: per-service pricing, metered usage, and egress fees that grow with your app, all on infrastructure you do not control.
The alternative used to be a manual chore. SSH in, pull the code, build it, wire up a process manager, configure Nginx, request a certificate, and repeat every time you ship.
The solution
Point InfraPilot at a repository and it builds the app, from your Dockerfile or automatically with Nixpacks, then runs it. No external CI required.
Every app gets a proxy host and a Let's Encrypt certificate, provisioned and renewed for you.
Stream build and container logs live, and revert to the previous image in one step if a deploy goes wrong.
Keep configuration in an encrypted secrets store bound to the container, instead of .env files that drift and leak.
Want the step-by-step walkthrough?
The full tutorial covers the exact setup end to end.
One container on a server you own. Free Community Edition, no credit card required.
curl -fsSL https://infrapilot.sh | bash