# 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.
***
**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
```
***
**STEP 2 — Install Docker Compose**
```
sudo apt install docker-compose -y
```
Check Docker Compose Version
```
docker compose version
```
***
**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
***
**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
```
***
**STEP 4 — Check containers**
```
docker ps
```
You MUST see:
* dokploy-traefik
* dokploy-postgres
* dokploy-redis
* dokploy
* dokploy-api
***
**STEP 5 — ACCESS DOKPLOY DASHBOARD**
Open:
```
http://: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.
