Website deployment setup on Selectel

Configuring Website Deployment on Selectel

Selectel is a Russian cloud provider with data centers in Moscow, St. Petersburg, and Tashkent. The preferred choice for projects requiring data storage in the Russian Federation (Law 152-FZ). Provides Cloud VPS, Managed Kubernetes, S3-compatible storage.

Creating Server via CLI

# Install openstack CLI
pip install python-openstackclient

# Configure credentials (from Selectel panel → API Keys)
export OS_AUTH_URL=https://cloud.api.selcloud.ru/identity/v3
export OS_PROJECT_ID=your_project_id
export OS_USERNAME=your_username
export OS_PASSWORD=your_password
export OS_REGION_NAME=ru-1

# Create server
openstack server create \
    --flavor 1014 \          # 2 vCPU, 4 GB RAM
    --image "Ubuntu 22.04 LTS 64-bit" \
    --key-name my-key \
    --security-group web-sg \
    myapp-prod

Terraform for Selectel

# main.tf
terraform {
  required_providers {
    selectel = {
      source  = "selectel/selectel"
      version = "~> 5.0"
    }
    openstack = {
      source  = "terraform-provider-openstack/openstack"
      version = "~> 1.53"
    }
  }
}

provider "selectel" {
  token = var.selectel_token
}

resource "selectel_vpc_project_v2" "myapp" {
  name   = "myapp-project"
  theme  = { color = "#4CAF50" }
}

resource "openstack_compute_instance_v2" "app" {
  name            = "myapp-prod"
  flavor_name     = "1014"
  image_name      = "Ubuntu 22.04 LTS 64-bit"
  key_pair        = openstack_compute_keypair_v2.mykey.name
  security_groups = ["web-sg", "ssh-sg"]
  region          = "ru-1"

  network {
    name = "public"
  }

  user_data = file("cloud-init.yaml")
}

Selectel Object Storage (Swift/S3)

# Configure AWS CLI for Selectel S3
aws configure
# AWS Access Key ID: your_key
# AWS Secret Access Key: your_secret
# Default region: ru-1
# Default output format: json

# Create container
aws --endpoint-url https://s3.selcdn.ru s3 mb s3://myapp-assets

# Upload static files
aws --endpoint-url https://s3.selcdn.ru \
    s3 sync ./dist/assets s3://myapp-assets \
    --acl public-read \
    --cache-control "public, max-age=31536000, immutable"

# CDN via Selectel CDN
# Bind domain cdn.example.com → myapp-assets.s3.selcdn.ru

Laravel + Selectel S3

// config/filesystems.php
'selectel' => [
    'driver'   => 's3',
    'key'      => env('SELECTEL_S3_KEY'),
    'secret'   => env('SELECTEL_S3_SECRET'),
    'region'   => 'ru-1',
    'bucket'   => env('SELECTEL_S3_BUCKET'),
    'endpoint' => 'https://s3.selcdn.ru',
    'url'      => env('SELECTEL_CDN_URL'),
    'use_path_style_endpoint' => true,
],

Managed Kubernetes (MKS)

# Create cluster via web panel or API
# Get kubeconfig
selectel mks kubeconfig --cluster-id CLUSTER_ID > kubeconfig.yaml
export KUBECONFIG=./kubeconfig.yaml

# Deploy
kubectl apply -f k8s/

# Testing
kubectl get pods -n myapp
kubectl get svc -n myapp

GitHub Actions for Selectel VPS

jobs:
  deploy:
    steps:
      - name: Deploy
        uses: appleboy/ssh-action@v1
        with:
          host: ${{ secrets.SELECTEL_SERVER_IP }}
          username: deploy
          key: ${{ secrets.SSH_KEY }}
          script: |
            cd /var/www/myapp
            git pull origin main
            composer install --no-dev --optimize-autoloader
            npm ci && npm run build
            php artisan migrate --force
            php artisan optimize
            sudo systemctl reload php8.3-fpm nginx

Law 152-FZ and Selectel

Selectel has certification under Law 152-FZ for personal data storage. When deploying applications with Russian users, Selectel ensures direct compliance with data localization requirements.

Implementation Timeline

• VPS + Nginx + deploy: 1–2 days
• Object Storage + CDN: 1 day
• Managed Kubernetes: 3–4 days