Setup Dokploy

Dokploy is an open-source application deployment and server management platform. It helps you easily deploy, monitor, and manage applications using Docker, without writing complex commands. It provides a modern web dashboard where you can manage containers, configure domains, enable SSL, and monitor your server.

Key Features

• One-click app deployment using Docker Compose, Dockerfile, Git, Registry, etc.

• Built-in Traefik reverse proxy with automatic HTTPS (Let’s Encrypt).

• Self-hosted dashboard for managing containers, domains, and certificates.

• Centralized monitoring, logs, and metrics.

• Supports Docker & Docker Swarm mode for multi-server clusters.

• Automated backups and database management (Postgres, Redis).

Steps to Install and Configure Dokploy on Ubuntu 22.04

Requirements and Prerequisites

Before installing Dokploy, ensure the following conditions are met:

• A clean Ubuntu 22.04 server

• Root or sudo access

• Internet connectivity

• Domain name (optional but required for HTTPS)

• Ports 80, 443, and 3000 must be free and ufw allow.

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STEP 1 — Install Docker

curl -fsSL https://get.docker.com | sudo bash

Start service:

sudo systemctl enable docker
sudo systemctl start docker

Check Docker Version

docker --version

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STEP 2 — Install Docker Compose

sudo apt install docker-compose -y

Check Docker Compose Version

docker compose version

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STEP 3 — Run Official Dokploy Installer (most important)

This script auto-creates correct docker-compose.yml No need to manually write YAML now No need to guess images

curl -sSL https://dokploy.com/install.sh | sh

This will install:

• Dokploy Traefik

• Dokploy API

• Dokploy App

• Redis

• Postgres

• All correct configs

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After installation completes

The script displays a message in your terminal similar to:

Dokploy installation completed successfully!
Access your dashboard at: http://YOUR-SERVER-IP:3000

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STEP 4 — Check containers

docker ps

You MUST see:

• dokploy-traefik

• dokploy-postgres

• dokploy-redis

• dokploy

• dokploy-api

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STEP 5 — ACCESS DOKPLOY DASHBOARD

Open:

http://<YOUR-IP>:3000

This will load the Dokploy login/setup page.

When you access Dokploy for the first time, you will see a setup page asking you to create an Admin Account.

This page contains three required fields:

• Name

• Email

• Password

Enter your details and click the Create Account button

Dokploy will save your details and automatically log you into the dashboard.

Dokploy provides a library of ready-to-use templates that allow you to deploy popular open-source applications such as Adminer, Gitea, MySQL, PostgreSQL, Apprise API, BentoPDF, Firecrawl, and many others. You can filter templates by tags (e.g., databases, developer-tools) and deploy them instantly with one click.