Deploy a Site

Create a site

1. Open the Create Site wizard

   Go to Sites → New Site.

2. Choose a source

   Source	Use when
   Blank	Empty directory, configure manually
   WordPress	Install WordPress via WP-CLI
   Template	Pick from 13 built-in starter templates
   GitHub	Clone from a GitHub repository
   GitLab	Clone from a GitLab repository
   Bitbucket	Clone from a Bitbucket repository
   ZIP	Upload a ZIP archive

3. Configure the runtime

   Select your runtime and version:

   • PHP — 8.1, 8.2, 8.3, 8.4 (with EOL and security-only badges)
   • Node.js — 20 LTS, 22 LTS, 24
   • Python — 3.11, 3.12, 3.13
   • Go — 1.22, 1.23, 1.24
   • Rust — stable, beta
   • Ruby — 3.2, 3.3, 3.4
   • .NET — 8, 9

4. Set the domain

   Enter the primary domain (e.g. example.com). Tundra automatically:

   • Provisions a Caddy vhost
   • Requests a TLS certificate from Let’s Encrypt

5. Choose a server

   Select which enrolled server to deploy to.

6. Create

   Tundra provisions the site directory, configures the web server and runtime, and shows deployment logs in real time.

Deployment flow

Every push to the site triggers a 6-stage blue/green deployment:

clone → build → release-dir → env-write → symlink-swap → prune

The live directory is an atomic symlink swap — zero-downtime. Tundra keeps the last 5 releases for instant rollback.

Rolling back

Go to Sites → [site] → Deployments, find any previous deployment, and click Roll back. The symlink swaps back in milliseconds.

Starter templates

Tundra ships 13 built-in templates:

PHP

• WordPress — full WP install via WP-CLI
• WooCommerce — WordPress + WooCommerce plugin
• Laravel — Laravel with Vite frontend

JavaScript

• Next.js — App Router, TypeScript
• Nuxt — Nuxt 3, TypeScript
• Remix — Remix with Vite
• Node API — Express + TypeScript

Python

• Django — Django 5 with Gunicorn
• FastAPI — FastAPI with Uvicorn

Other

• Rails — Ruby on Rails 7
• Go API — net/http + chi
• Rust API — Axum 0.8
• Static — plain HTML/CSS/JS

Environment variables

Add environment variables in Sites → [site] → Settings → Environment.
Secret values are encrypted at rest with AES-256-GCM.

Caution

Never commit .env files with real secrets to your repository. Use Tundra’s encrypted environment variable store instead.