Deploying Agents

Choose the best deployment target for your agent workload. Learn how serverless, containers, and VPS hosts impact timeouts, cold starts, and concurrency.

Learn to package a Python agent as a Docker image, run it locally, inject secrets, and deploy it to a host with 10 practical examples.

Package an agent's runtime, dependencies, and tools into a Docker image. Learn to build a multi-stage, non-root image with pinned dependencies.

Deploy stateless agents to Vercel or AWS Lambda. Learn to package handlers, manage secrets, bound agent turns, and deploy Python or Node.js functions.

Manage API keys, config, and secrets consistently across deployment targets like local dev, Docker, and Vercel. Prevent leaks and failures.

Learn ten best practices for deploying agents, covering host selection, runtime packaging, and secret hardening to optimize performance and security.