Dokku on Ubuntu 24.04 LTS

Overview

Dokku is a self hosted platform as a service that brings a Heroku style workflow to a single server. You push your application with git and Dokku builds it, using Cloud Native or Heroku buildpacks, a Dockerfile or a prebuilt image, then runs it as a container and publishes it behind an nginx reverse proxy on its own hostname. A single command line manages the whole lifecycle: create an app, set environment variables and secrets, attach databases and other services through official plugins, scale processes, add domains and provision TLS, and read logs. It gives a small team the ergonomics of a managed platform while everything stays on infrastructure they own and control.

It suits developers who want push to deploy simplicity without a managed platform bill, teams running review and staging environments, and anyone hosting side projects or internal services who prefers one predictable server they administer themselves.

Common uses

• Push to deploy hosting for apps without a managed platform bill
• Self hosted review, staging and production environments on one server
• A Heroku style workflow for side projects and internal services you own