Deploy Anywhere

Static output means you can host on any CDN or object storage. No vendor lock-in. Pay pennies, not hundreds.

The Traditional CMS Hosting Problem

Traditional CMS platforms like WordPress, Drupal, or proprietary systems require complex server infrastructure. You need PHP/Node.js runtimes, databases, caching layers, load balancers, and constant security patching. This creates vendor lock-in, high costs, and deployment complexity.

Traditional CMS Infrastructure

  • Application servers ($50-500/month)
  • Database servers ($30-200/month)
  • Redis/Memcached cache ($20-100/month)
  • Load balancers ($20-50/month)
  • SSL certificates (managed)
  • DevOps engineer time (priceless)

Total: $120-850+/month minimum

Aether Static Architecture

  • S3/Object Storage ($1-5/month)
  • CloudFront/CDN ($5-20/month)
  • No database needed
  • No application servers
  • Free SSL via ACM/Let's Encrypt
  • Zero maintenance required

Total: $6-25/month for most sites

How Simplex Enables Universal Deployment

Simplex's compile-time architecture eliminates runtime dependencies

Content-Addressed Output

Every generated file is hashed with SHA-256. Files are immutable and cacheable forever. Perfect for CDN edge caching with no invalidation complexity.

Build-Time Intelligence

CHAI specialists process content during build, not at request time. AI-generated SEO, translations, and optimizations are pre-computed and baked into static files.

Zero Runtime Dependencies

No PHP, no Node.js, no databases at runtime. The output is pure HTML, CSS, and JavaScript that any web server can deliver.

Supported Deployment Targets

One build command. Deploy anywhere.

AWS

S3 + CloudFront with ACM SSL

aether deploy --target aws

Azure

Static Web Apps or Blob Storage

aether deploy --target azure

Google Cloud

Cloud Storage + Cloud CDN

aether deploy --target gcp

CloudFlare

Pages with Workers for dynamic

aether deploy --target cloudflare

Netlify

Git-based deploys with functions

aether deploy --target netlify

Vercel

Edge functions + global CDN

aether deploy --target vercel

Self-Hosted

Nginx, Apache, or any web server

aether build && rsync

Docker

Containerized for Kubernetes

aether deploy --target docker

GitHub Pages

Free hosting for open source

aether deploy --target gh-pages

Deployment Configuration

deploy.sx 
use aether::deploy::*

// Define multiple deployment targets
deploy Production {
    target: aws_s3 {
        bucket: "my-site.example.com",
        region: "us-east-1",
        cloudfront_distribution: env("CLOUDFRONT_ID"),
    },

    // Automatic cache invalidation on deploy
    on_deploy: [
        invalidate_cdn(paths: ["/*"]),
        notify_slack(channel: "#deployments"),
    ],
}

deploy Staging {
    target: cloudflare_pages {
        project: "my-site-staging",
        branch: "develop",
    },
}

deploy Preview {
    target: vercel {
        // Auto-deploy preview for each PR
        preview_branches: true,
        comment_on_pr: true,
    },
}

Multi-Region Deployment

Simplex's actor model enables intelligent geo-distributed deployment

Automatic Region Selection

CHAI's GeoOptimizer specialist analyzes your content and audience to recommend optimal deployment regions. For multisite installations, each site can have its own deployment configuration based on its primary audience.

Edge-First Architecture

Static files are pushed to edge locations worldwide. Users load content from the nearest edge node, typically under 50ms latency. No origin servers to bottleneck traffic.

Fault Tolerance

Simplex's self-healing architecture means builds automatically retry on failure. If one cloud provider has an outage, Aether can failover to another provider transparently.

Blue-Green Deployments

Deploy new versions without downtime. Aether maintains multiple versions and can instantly rollback if issues are detected. Content-addressed files ensure cache consistency.

Cost Comparison

Real hosting costs for a 10,000 page website with 1M monthly visitors

Platform Infrastructure Monthly Cost Scalability
WordPress (Managed) Application + DB + Cache + CDN $150-500 Limited
Drupal (Enterprise) Application + DB + Cache + CDN $200-800 Moderate
Contentful + Next.js SaaS + Vercel hosting $500-2000 Good
Aether (AWS) S3 + CloudFront only $15-40 Infinite
Aether (CloudFlare) Pages (free tier) $0-20 Infinite

CI/CD Integration

.github/workflows/deploy.yml 
name: Deploy Aether Site

on:
  push:
    branches: [main]
  pull_request:
    branches: [main]

jobs:
  build-deploy:
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    steps:
      - uses: actions/checkout@v4

      - name: Setup Aether
        uses: senuamedia/setup-aether@v1

      - name: Build site
        run: aether build --production

      - name: Deploy to production
        if: github.ref == 'refs/heads/main'
        run: aether deploy --target production
        env:
          AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID: ${{ secrets.AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID }}
          AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY: ${{ secrets.AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY }}

      - name: Deploy preview
        if: github.event_name == 'pull_request'
        run: aether deploy --target preview
        env:
          VERCEL_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.VERCEL_TOKEN }}

Incremental Builds

Aether only rebuilds pages that have changed. For a 10,000 page site, updating a single article takes seconds, not minutes. CHAI specialists only reprocess affected content, dramatically reducing build times and AI compute costs.

Deploy Your First Site

From zero to production in under 5 minutes. No infrastructure expertise required.

Quick Start Guide Infrastructure Docs