Building AI Agents - Bringing the Production VPS Online with Hermes Episode #8 Part 1

In Episode 8, Hermes starts helping us move from staging toward a real production infrastructure setup for BuildWithPXL.

Up to this point, most of the work has been happening inside our staging environment. Now we begin setting up the main production VPS and making sure Atlas/Hermes can safely connect, operate, and help build inside the production stack.

The goal is not just to spin up another server. The goal is to make the production VPS match our staging environment as closely as possible, so the same architecture can move from testing to real deployment without breaking.

In this episode, we work through:

setting up the main production VPS
preparing SSH access for Atlas/Hermes
creating and adding the SSH key needed for agent access
verifying that Hermes can connect to the production server
comparing production VPS setup against the staging VPS
checking folders, repos, services, scripts, and environment structure
problem-solving missing variables, secrets, and config differences
making sure the production setup has the same foundation as staging
reviewing how Hermes can help operate the VPS safely
preparing the production environment for the full BuildWithPXL stack

This is an important step because production infrastructure needs to be predictable. If staging and production are too different, every deploy becomes a guessing game.

By the end of the episode, we are close to finalizing our AI Agent Infrastructure,

This is where the tutorial series starts moving from prototype to production.

Chapters

00:00 - Intro
02:03 - Atlas overview
8:36 - Preparing Atlas and us
13:50 - Atlas first pass main VPS
14:55 - Github rulesets and pull releases
22:05 - Setup initial main cloudflare worker
26:04 - Thought on security and what to give an AI agent
29:52 - Main worker variables and secrets
32:26 - Setting up redirects in google console and supabase
34:48 - Wrangler setup
36:47 - Transferring n8n workflow
39:06 - Deploy settings
42:06 - Site is LIVE!
43:48 - Leads Agent errors
46:35 - N8N possible fix
49:44 - Leads Agent debugging
50:32 - Context compaction overview
51:41 - Custom kanban info
53:17 - Secure audit thoughts
54:19 - Outro

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