Dokku Installation
Introduction
Dokku is "the smallest PaaS" implementation (Platform as Service). It functions as a simplified version of heroku on Docker, allowing you to deploy your web apps through a simple git push.
Preparation
- A fresh installation of Ubuntu 16.04 x64, Ubuntu 14.04 x64, Debian 8.2 x64 or CentOS 7 x64 (experimental).
- The system should have FQDN setted
- You can check this using command
hostname
- To set your hostname, use
hostnamectl set-hostname YOUR_HOSTNAME
- You can check this using command
- The machine should have at least 1 GB memory
- Note: the newest official system requirements is here
Installation
Install Dokku
# for debian systems, installs Dokku via apt-get
wget https://raw.githubusercontent.com/dokku/dokku/v0.14.5/bootstrap.sh;
sudo DOKKU_TAG=v0.14.5 bash bootstrap.sh
Note: this installation may take 5-10 minutes
Setup SSH Key and Virtualhost Settings
Once the installatin is complete, visit your hostname or ip address to set up SSH Key and virtualhost for your dokku
Note: if you don't complete the set up via web installer, you should check by ps auxf | grep dokku-installer
and close it using service dokku-installer stop
or stop dokku-installer
Deploy first App
Deploying dokku apps are SUPER simple!
On your computer:
git remote add dokku dokku@YOUR_HOSTNAME:YOUR_APP_NAME
git push dokku master
After deployment, you should see your app deployed at http://YOUR_APP_NAME.YOUR_HOSTNAME
Reference
Cover Photo by Javier Quesada