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Pre-Deployment Checklist

Complete this checklist before deploying MCP Hub to production.

✅ Pre-Deployment Validation

1. File Structure ✓

  • Run validation: ./test-deployment.sh (Linux/Mac) or test-deployment.bat (Windows)
  • All required files present
  • No missing directories
  • Scripts are executable

2. Configuration ✓

  • .env file created from template
  • CRITICAL: All CHANGE_ME passwords replaced with strong passwords
  • Database credentials set (PostgreSQL, MongoDB, Redis)
  • API keys added for services you plan to use
  • Domain name configured (for production)

3. Testing ✓

  • Validation tests pass: ./test-deployment.sh
  • Integration tests pass: ./test-integration.sh
  • All services start correctly
  • Health endpoints respond
  • No errors in logs

4. Security ✓

  • Strong passwords set (minimum 16 characters, mixed case, numbers, symbols)
  • .env file has secure permissions (chmod 600)
  • .env is in .gitignore (verify it won't be committed)
  • Default ports changed (if needed for security)
  • Firewall rules planned
  • SSL certificate plan ready (Let's Encrypt or Cloudflare)

5. Documentation ✓

  • Read CLOUD_DEPLOYMENT.md
  • Understand backup/restore process
  • Know how to access logs
  • Emergency rollback plan documented

🔒 Security Checklist

Passwords & Secrets

  • PostgreSQL password: Strong & unique
  • MongoDB password: Strong & unique
  • Redis password: Strong & unique
  • All API keys are valid and working
  • No hardcoded secrets in code
  • MCP API key set (optional but recommended)

Network Security

  • Only necessary ports exposed (80, 443, 22)
  • Database ports NOT exposed to internet
  • Firewall configured: 
    ufw allow ssh
ufw allow http
ufw allow https
ufw enable

Application Security

  • nginx security headers enabled
  • Rate limiting configured
  • SSL/TLS certificates ready
  • CORS properly configured
  • Docker containers run as non-root (where possible)

☁️ Cloud Deployment Checklist

Pre-Deployment

  • Cloud provider account ready (Digital Ocean, Cloudflare, AWS, etc.)
  • Domain name purchased and DNS accessible
  • Payment method set up
  • Backup storage configured (S3 or similar)

Deployment Steps

  • Server provisioned (minimum 2 vCPU, 4GB RAM)
  • Docker & Docker Compose installed
  • Files uploaded to server
  • .env configured on server
  • Domain DNS pointed to server IP
  • SSL certificate obtained

Post-Deployment

  • Health check passes: curl https://yourdomain.com/health
  • All services responding
  • Prometheus accessible (if exposed)
  • Logs are clean (no critical errors)
  • Backups configured and tested

🧪 Testing Checklist

Local Testing

# 1. Validation tests
./test-deployment.sh          # Should pass all checks

# 2. Integration tests
./test-integration.sh         # Should pass all tests

# 3. Manual testing
curl http://localhost:3100/health
curl http://localhost:3100/tools

Production Testing

# 1. Health check
curl https://yourdomain.com/health

# 2. SSL verification
curl -vI https://yourdomain.com 2>&1 | grep -i "ssl\|certificate"

# 3. MCP endpoint
curl -X POST https://yourdomain.com/mcp \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"jsonrpc":"2.0","method":"notion.placeholder","params":{},"id":1}'

# 4. Load test (optional)
ab -n 100 -c 10 https://yourdomain.com/health

💾 Backup Checklist

Before First Deployment

  • Backup script tested: ./scripts/backup.sh
  • Restore script tested: ./scripts/restore.sh
  • S3 bucket created (or alternative)
  • Backup retention policy set (default: 7 days)

Setup Automated Backups

# Add to crontab
crontab -e

# Daily backup at 2 AM
0 2 * * * cd /opt/mcp-hub && docker-compose run --rm backup

Test Restore

  • Take a backup
  • Restore to test environment
  • Verify all data intact

📊 Monitoring Checklist

Setup Monitoring

  • Prometheus accessible
  • Node exporter running
  • Key metrics visible:
    • Container health
    • Memory usage
    • CPU usage
    • Disk space
    • Request rates

Setup Alerts (Recommended)

  • Disk space < 10% alert
  • Memory usage > 90% alert
  • Service down alert
  • SSL certificate expiry < 30 days

External Monitoring (Optional)

  • UptimeRobot configured
  • Healthchecks.io configured
  • PagerDuty/OpsGenie (for critical systems)

🚀 Deployment Day Checklist

T-1 Hour

  • All tests passing
  • Backups verified
  • Team notified
  • Rollback plan ready

Deployment

  1. Take final backup
  2. Upload files to server
  3. Configure environment
  4. Start services
  5. Verify health checks
  6. Test from external network
  7. Monitor logs for 15 minutes

T+1 Hour

  • All services stable
  • No errors in logs
  • Response times acceptable
  • External access working
  • IDE connection tested

T+24 Hours

  • System stable for 24 hours
  • Automated backups running
  • Monitoring showing normal metrics
  • No unexpected issues

🔧 Maintenance Checklist

Daily

  • Check service health
  • Review error logs
  • Monitor disk space

Weekly

  • Review all logs
  • Check resource usage trends
  • Verify backups completed
  • Test restore (monthly)

Monthly

  • Update Docker images
  • Security updates
  • SSL certificate check
  • Review access logs
  • Performance optimization

🆘 Emergency Procedures

Service Down

  1. Check logs: docker-compose logs -f
  2. Restart service: docker-compose restart <service>
  3. If failed, full restart: docker-compose down && docker-compose up -d

Data Corruption

  1. Stop services: docker-compose down
  2. Restore from backup: ./scripts/restore.sh
  3. Verify data integrity
  4. Restart services

Security Breach

  1. Immediately stop services
  2. Rotate all passwords and API keys
  3. Review access logs
  4. Restore from clean backup
  5. Apply security patches
  6. Document incident

✅ Final Sign-Off

Before going to production, ensure:

  • All checklist items above completed
  • Tests passing (validation + integration)
  • Security hardened
  • Backups configured and tested
  • Monitoring active
  • Documentation updated
  • Team trained
  • Rollback plan ready

Deployment Approved By: _______________

Date: _______________

Notes:

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📞 Support Contacts

Emergency Contacts:

  • Cloud Provider Support: ______________
  • Domain Registrar: ______________
  • On-Call Engineer: ______________

Documentation:

  • README.md - Main documentation
  • CLOUD_DEPLOYMENT.md - Deployment guide
  • IDE_CONNECTIONS.md - Integration guide

Monitoring:

🎯 Success Criteria

Your deployment is successful when:

✅ All services respond to health checks ✅ MCP endpoint accessible from IDE ✅ SSL certificate valid ✅ No critical errors in logs for 1 hour ✅ Response times < 500ms for health check ✅ Backups running automatically ✅ Monitoring shows green status

After completing this checklist, you're ready to deploy! 🚀

Good luck with your deployment!