☁️ Add FastAPI Cloud deployment (#2438)

README.md

@@ -11,20 +11,21 @@
   - 🔍 [Pydantic](https://docs.pydantic.dev), used by FastAPI, for the data validation and settings management.
   - 💾 [PostgreSQL](https://www.postgresql.org) as the SQL database.
 - 🚀 [React](https://react.dev) for the frontend.
-  - 🧩 Built into the backend image and served by FastAPI on the same domain as the API.
+  - 🧩 Built into the backend application and served by FastAPI on the same domain as the API.
   - 💃 Using TypeScript, hooks, [Vite](https://vitejs.dev), and other parts of a modern frontend stack.
   - 🎨 [Tailwind CSS](https://tailwindcss.com) and [shadcn/ui](https://ui.shadcn.com) for the frontend components.
   - 🤖 An automatically generated frontend client.
   - 🧪 [Playwright](https://playwright.dev) for End-to-End testing.
   - 🦇 Dark mode support.
-- 🐋 [Docker Compose](https://www.docker.com) for local services and deployment.
+- ☁️ [FastAPI Cloud](https://fastapicloud.com) for deployment.
+- 🐋 [Docker Compose](https://www.docker.com) for local services and self-hosted deployment.
+  - 📞 [Traefik](https://traefik.io) as a reverse proxy with automatic HTTPS.
 - 🔒 Secure password hashing by default.
 - 🔑 JWT (JSON Web Token) authentication.
 - 📫 Email based password recovery.
 - 📬 [Mailcatcher](https://mailcatcher.me) for local email testing during development.
 - ✅ Tests with [Pytest](https://pytest.org).
-- 📞 [Traefik](https://traefik.io) as a reverse proxy / load balancer.
-- 🚢 Deployment instructions using Docker Compose with automatic HTTPS provided by Traefik.
+- 🚢 Deployment with FastAPI Cloud or self-hosting with Docker Compose and Traefik.
 - 🏭 CI (continuous integration) and CD (continuous deployment) based on GitHub Actions.
 
 ### Dashboard Login
@@ -123,17 +124,7 @@ git merge --continue
 
 ### Configure
 
-You can then update configs in the `.env` files to customize your configurations.
-
-Before deploying it, make sure you change at least the values for:
-
-- `SECRET_KEY`
-- `FIRST_SUPERUSER_PASSWORD`
-- `POSTGRES_PASSWORD`
-
-You can (and should) pass these as environment variables from secrets.
-
-Read the [deployment.md](./deployment.md) docs for more details.
+You can update the local settings in the `.env` file. Before deploying, configure the environment variables and secrets described in the [FastAPI Cloud deployment guide](./deployment.md) or the [Docker Compose deployment guide](./deployment-docker-compose.md). Never deploy with the default `changethis` values.
 
 ### Generate Secret Keys
 
@@ -159,11 +150,13 @@ Frontend docs: [frontend/README.md](./frontend/README.md).
 
 Deployment docs: [deployment.md](./deployment.md).
 
+Docker Compose deployment: [deployment-docker-compose.md](./deployment-docker-compose.md).
+
 ## Development
 
 General development docs: [development.md](./development.md).
 
-This includes the local FastAPI and Vite workflow, Docker Compose services, custom local domains, `.env` configuration, and more.
+This includes the local FastAPI and Vite workflow, Docker Compose services, `.env` configuration, and more.
 
 ## Release Notes