Deploy Your Next.js or Node App to Your Own VPS Over SSH — Without a PaaS

Description and use

Shipown enables deploying Next.js or Node apps on a personal VPS over SSH, automating Nginx setup, PM2 management, certificate issuance, and rollback.

Problem

Clients need to run web apps on their own VPS without managing SSH, Nginx, PM2, Certbot manually.

Outcome

Shipown enables a PaaS-like workflow on a plain VPS, reducing manual SSH tasks and providing automated deployment, rollback, and monitoring.

Workflow

• Connect a server via SSH credentials
• Pick a source (GitHub repo or local folder)
• Review and approve deployment plan
• Watch the build and deployment output
• Operate the app: view status, logs, redeploy, rollback

Evidence

Shipown is a desktop application (Windows and Linux today) that deploys and operates apps on a Linux VPS, cloud VM, or bare-metal server you control.

Source

The flow is five steps: Connect a server, Pick a source, Review the plan, Watch it build, Operate it.

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When you point a domain at an app, Shipown writes the Nginx virtual host, tests the config before reloading, and asks Certbot for a certificate when you want HTTPS.

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The AI never runs on Shipown's servers: requests go from your computer to the provider you chose, and your key is encrypted by the OS.

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