Dokku is an open-source platform that lets you easily deploy and manage your applications. It's a single-host PaaS solution that you can easily install on your own server. In this tutorial, we will learn how to install Dokku on macOS.
Before we start, make sure that you have the following installed:
The easiest way to install Dokku on macOS is to use Homebrew. Open up your terminal and enter the following command to install Dokku:
brew install dokku
Once Dokku is installed, run the following command to configure it:
dokku bootstrap web
This will start the configuration process, which will ask you a bunch of questions about your hosting environment (such as your hostname and SSH keys). Follow the on-screen instructions to complete the configuration process.
To create a new app on Dokku, run the following command:
dokku apps:create myapp
Replace myapp with the name of your app.
To deploy your app, you need to push your code to Dokku's Git repository. First, add Dokku's Git remote endpoint to your project:
git remote add dokku dokku@your-server-address:myapp
Replace your-server-address with the IP address or domain name of your server, and myapp with the name of your app.
Next, push your code to Dokku:
git push dokku master
This will deploy your app to Dokku.
To access your app, open up your web browser and enter the following URL:
http://myapp.your-server-address
Replace myapp with the name of your app, and your-server-address with the IP address or domain name of your server.
Congratulations! You've successfully installed Dokku on your macOS machine and deployed your first app. With Dokku, you can easily manage and scale your applications with ease.
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