How to Deploy an AI Agent to Production: VPS, Docker & Serverless (2026)
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How to Deploy an AI Agent to Production: VPS, Docker & Serverless Your agent works on your laptop. Great. Now how do you make it run 24/7 without you babysitting it? Deployment is where most AI agent projects die - not because the agent doesn't work, but because nobody figured out how to keep it running reliably. This guide covers three deployment approaches (VPS, Docker, serverless), with real configs, cost breakdowns, and the monitoring you need to sleep at night while your agent works.