Deployment Overview
Overview
Smart Academic Hub can be deployed on various platforms with Docker support.
Deployment Options
Cloud Platforms
- AWS (Elastic Beanstalk, ECS)
- Google Cloud Platform
- Microsoft Azure
- DigitalOcean
- Heroku
Self-Hosted
- VPS with Docker
- Kubernetes cluster
- Traditional LAMP stack
Architecture
┌─────────────┐
│ CDN │ Static assets
└─────────────┘
↓
┌─────────────┐
│ Load Balancer│
└─────────────┘
↓
┌─────────────┬─────────────┐
│ Web App │ Web App │ (Scaled instances)
└─────────────┴─────────────┘
↓
┌─────────────┐
│ Database │ (MySQL)
└─────────────┘
↓
┌─────────────┐
│ Redis │ (Cache/Queue)
└─────────────┘
Requirements
Backend
- PHP 8.2+
- MySQL 8.0+
- Redis (optional)
- Composer
Frontend
- Node.js 18+
- Nginx or Apache
Mobile
- Expo EAS for builds
- App store accounts