This means that the system should look for programs in the directories:

* `/usr/local/bin`
* `/usr/bin`
* `/bin`
* `/usr/sbin`
* `/sbin`

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```plaintext
C:\Program Files\Python312\Scripts;C:\Program Files\Python312;C:\Windows\System32
```

This means that the system should look for programs in the directories:

* `C:\Program Files\Python312\Scripts`

And then, there would be another program (in some cases it's another program, in some cases it could be the same TLS Termination Proxy) that would talk to Let's Encrypt, and renew the certificate(s).

<img src="/img/deployment/https/https.drawio.svg">

The **TLS certificates** are **associated with a domain name**, not with an IP address.

## Server Machine and Server Program { #server-machine-and-server-program }

There's a small detail about names to keep in mind. 💡

The word "**server**" is commonly used to refer to both the remote/cloud computer (the physical or virtual machine) and also the program that is running on that machine (e.g. Uvicorn).

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Then the next concepts to consider are all about the program running your actual API (e.g. Uvicorn).

## Program and Process { #program-and-process }

We will talk a lot about the running "**process**", so it's useful to have clarity about what it means, and what's the difference with the word "**program**".

### What is a Program { #what-is-a-program }

The word **program** is commonly used to describe many things:

A `requirements.txt` with some packages could look like:

```requirements.txt
fastapi[standard]==0.113.0
pydantic==2.8.0
```

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## Run Your Program { #run-your-program }

After you activated the virtual environment, you can run your program, and it will use the Python inside of your virtual environment with the packages you installed there.

<div class="termy">

```console
$ python main.py

* **Coroutines**

## Asenkron kod

Asenkron kod programlama dilinin 💬 bilgisayara / programa 🤖 kodun bir noktasında, *başka bir kodun* bir yerde bitmesini 🤖 beklemesi gerektiğini söylemenin bir yoludur. Bu *başka koda* "slow-file" denir 📝.

Böylece, bu süreçte bilgisayar "slow-file" 📝 tamamlanırken gidip başka işler yapabilir.

     <span style="background-color:#007166"><font color="#D3D7CF"> INFO </font></span>  Application startup complete.
```

</div>

The command line program called `fastapi` is **FastAPI CLI**.

FastAPI CLI takes the path to your Python program (e.g. `main.py`) and automatically detects the `FastAPI` instance (commonly named `app`), determines the correct import process, and then serves it.

To **deploy** an application means to perform the necessary steps to make it **available to the users**.

For a **web API**, it normally involves putting it in a **remote machine**, with a **server program** that provides good performance, stability, etc, so that your **users** can **access** the application efficiently and without interruptions or problems.

* the data from the client to be sent through the network
* the data sent by your program to be received by the client through the network
* the contents of a file in the disk to be read by the system and given to your program
* the contents your program gave to the system to be written to disk
* a remote API operation
* a database operation to finish
* a database query to return the results

application/wordperfectd       wpd              # WordPerfect
application/x-bcpio            bcpio            #
application/x-cpio             cpio             #
application/x-csh              csh              # C-Shell Program
application/x-director         dcr              # Director File
application/x-dvi              dvi              # TeX dvi Format
application/x-gtar             gtar             # Gzip and Tar file