From Localhost to Live SaaS: Deploying My FastAPI App with Apache, SSL & JWT Auth

Hey friends 👋 Today I’m sharing my complete real-world deployment journey — from building a FastAPI project to making it live with: JWT Authentication (Login/Register) Landing Page + Dashboard UI FastAPI Backend Apache Reverse Proxy HTTPS (SSL with Certbot) VPS Hosting (Linux) This is a step-by-step, copy-paste friendly guide — no confusion, just execution Project Overview My project includes: ✅ Landing page ✅ User Registration & Login ✅ JWT Authentication ✅ Dashboard (after login) ✅ API-based backend (FastAPI) ✅ Static + Templates (HTML/CSS/JS) Step 1 — Setup Server Install Python & pip: sudo apt update sudo apt install python3 python3-pip -y Step 2 — Upload Project Navigate to your project folder: cd ~/htdocs/soical-media-automation/automation_platform Step 3 — Install Dependencies If you have requirements.txt : pip3 install -r requirements.txt If not: pip3 install fastapi uvicorn python-dotenv Step 4 — Run FastAPI App nohup python3 -m uvicorn app.main:app --host 0.0.0.0 --port 8000