Where the process was losing clarity.
Multiple storefronts depended on web traffic, application services, databases, caching and email, but those layers needed clearer operational boundaries.
Deployment · Infrastructure
VPS & Mail Infrastructure
A containerized hosting foundation that gives traffic, applications, data, caching and transactional email clear responsibilities.
The decisions that created a cleaner path.
Organized the environment around Ubuntu and Docker Compose, with Nginx routing, MariaDB, Redis, Cloudflare DNS/TLS and Mailcow assigned distinct roles.
One state moves deliberately into the next.
Route
Send public traffic through Cloudflare and Nginx to the intended application service.
Run
Keep application responsibilities separated inside the Docker Compose environment.
Persist
Give database and cache services explicit, independent roles.
Deliver
Keep transactional mail within its own managed service boundary.
A focused system—not a collection of tools.
Reverse proxy and TLS boundaries
Containerized application services
Separated data, cache and mail responsibilities
UbuntuDocker ComposeNginxMariaDBRedisCloudflareMailcow
What the work proves—and what it does not claim.
The documented stack coordinated the hosting and mail responsibilities. Current uptime or SLA is not claimed.
Interface system
Designed as a system,
not a collection of screens.
Organized the environment around Ubuntu and Docker Compose, with Nginx routing, MariaDB, Redis, Cloudflare DNS/TLS and Mailcow assigned distinct roles.
Working framework
How the experience
works underneath.
Each layer has one responsibility. That separation keeps the interface easier to understand now and easier to move from Vercel to dedicated infrastructure later.
Route
Send public traffic through Cloudflare and Nginx to the intended application service.
Run
Keep application responsibilities separated inside the Docker Compose environment.
Persist
Give database and cache services explicit, independent roles.
Deliver
Keep transactional mail within its own managed service boundary.
Interface decisions
Reverse proxy and TLS boundaries
This decision keeps the vps & mail infrastructure experience focused, understandable and easier to operate.
Containerized application services
This decision keeps the vps & mail infrastructure experience focused, understandable and easier to operate.
Separated data, cache and mail responsibilities
This decision keeps the vps & mail infrastructure experience focused, understandable and easier to operate.
Build stack & plugins
UbuntuDocker ComposeNginxMariaDBRedisCloudflareMailcow
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