Deploying Phoenix Applications with Kamal
Deploying Phoenix applications in production environments poses unique challenges due to Elixir and the Erlang Virtual Machine (VM). The ecosystem offers multiple strategies — ranging from releases to mix-based approaches (as detailed in the Phoenix Deployment Guide) — and various platforms employ different methods. While some rely on buildpacks (for example, Heroku and Gigalixir), others use containerization (like Fly).