Practical constraints.
WHAT IS DIFFERENT
Limited or no terminal access No control over system packages Resource limits No persistent processes, typically
WHAT THAT RULES OUT
Some tooling Long-running workers Building on the server, frequently
WHAT WORKS WELL
Pulling from version control, where terminal access exists Deploying prebuilt artefacts Running tasks through cron
WHAT TO PREPARE LOCALLY
Compiled frontend assets Dependencies, if they cannot be installed on the server
WHAT TO SET UP ON CPANEL
The correct runtime version Cron entries, with full paths Directory structure keeping application files out of the public directory
WHAT TO AUTOMATE
The deployment steps, as a script run from the terminal.
WHAT TO CHECK AFTER EVERY DEPLOYMENT
Caches rebuilt Permissions correct Links to storage intact Scheduled tasks still configured
WHAT TO KEEP
The previous version, so reverting is possible.
WHAT TO DOCUMENT
The whole procedure.
