--- title: Guides (Blueprints) layout: docs toc: true nav: guides --- A growing library of guides for running, designing, and deploying all kinds of apps on Fly.io. Whether you're just getting started or looking for new ideas, these are real-world patterns you can learn from and build on. ## Architecture Patterns Guides for the structure your app on Fly.io. Layouts, tradeoffs, moving parts. - [Resilient apps use multiple Machines](/docs/blueprints/resilient-apps-multiple-machines/) - [Getting Started with N-Tier Architecture](/docs/blueprints/n-tier-architecture/) - [Shared Nothing Architecture](/docs/blueprints/shared-nothing/) - [Session Affinity (a.k.a. Sticky Sessions)](/docs/blueprints/sticky-sessions/) - [Multi-region databases and fly-replay](/docs/blueprints/multi-region-fly-replay/) - [Deploying Remote MCP Servers](/docs/blueprints/remote-mcp-servers/) ## Deployment & Developer Workflow Stuff you set up once and adjust when you ship code. Includes previews, base images, staging, and Docker wrangling. - [Seamless Deployments on Fly.io](/docs/blueprints/seamless-deployments/) - [Rollback Guide](/docs/blueprints/rollback-guide/) - [Git Branch Preview Environments on Github](/docs/blueprints/review-apps-guide/) - [Staging and production isolation](/docs/blueprints/staging-prod-isolation/) - [Per-User Dev Environments with Fly Machines](/docs/blueprints/per-user-dev-environments/) - [Using base images for faster deployments](/docs/blueprints/using-base-images-for-faster-deployments/) - [Managing Docker Images with Fly.io's Private Registry](/docs/blueprints/using-the-fly-docker-registry/) ## Networking & Connectivity Connecting things. Public apps, private services, bridging deployments, SSH, and WireGuard. - [Run private apps with Flycast](/docs/blueprints/private-applications-flycast/) - [Jack into your private network with WireGuard](/docs/blueprints/connect-private-network-wireguard/) - [Bridge your other deployments to Fly.io](/docs/blueprints/bridge-deployments-wireguard/) - [Connecting to User Machines](/docs/blueprints/connecting-to-user-machines/) - [Run an SSH server](/docs/blueprints/opensshd/) ## Scaling, Performance & Observability Make it fast. Make it reliable. Monitor what's happening. - [Observability for User Apps](/docs/blueprints/observability-for-user-apps/) - [Autoscale Machines](/docs/blueprints/autoscale-machines/) - [Autostart and autostop private apps](/docs/blueprints/autostart-internal-apps/) - [Setting Hard and Soft Concurrency Limits](/docs/blueprints/setting-concurrency-limits/) - [Using Fly Volume forks for faster startup times](/docs/blueprints/volume-forking/) - [Going to Production with Healthcare Apps](/docs/blueprints/going-to-production-with-healthcare-apps/) ## Background Jobs & Automation How to run periodic tasks, long-running jobs, infrastructure automation, and the things that run when you’re asleep. - [Building Infrastructure Automation without Terraform](/docs/blueprints/infra-automation-without-terraform/) - [Deferring long-running tasks to a distributed work queue](/docs/blueprints/work-queues/) - [Task scheduling guide with Cron Manager and friends](/docs/blueprints/task-scheduling/) - [Crontab with Supercronic](/docs/blueprints/supercronic/)