Dokku is a self-hosted Platform-as-a-Service (PaaS) that makes it easy to deploy and manage applications on any server. In this tutorial, we will walk you through the steps to install Dokku on Windows 11.
Open PowerShell by right-clicking on the Windows Start button and selecting "Windows PowerShell (Admin)".
Install Chocolately, a package manager for Windows, by running the following command in PowerShell:
Set-ExecutionPolicy Bypass -Scope Process -Force; [System.Net.ServicePointManager]::SecurityProtocol = [System.Net.ServicePointManager]::SecurityProtocol -bor 3072; iex ((New-Object System.Net.WebClient).DownloadString('https://community.chocolatey.org/install.ps1'))
choco install dokku
dokku plugin:install-dependencies --core
Next, we need to install Docker for Windows. Download and install Docker Desktop from the official website: https://www.docker.com/products/docker-desktop
Once Docker is installed, open the Docker Desktop application and ensure that it is running. You can confirm this by checking the system tray for the Docker icon.
Congratulations! You have now successfully installed Dokku on Windows 11.
Dokku is a powerful tool for deploying and managing applications on any server. With this tutorial, we hope that you can now get started using Dokku on your Windows 11 machine. If you encounter any issues or have any feedback, please let us know in the comments below.
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