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dokku — Docker powered mini-Heroku (PaaS). Easily deploy multiple apps to your server in different languages

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Problem

How to use the dokku command: Docker powered mini-Heroku (PaaS). Easily deploy multiple apps to your server in different languages using a single git-push command. More information: <https://dokku.com/docs/deployment/application-deployment/>.

Solution

dokku — Docker powered mini-Heroku (PaaS). Easily deploy multiple apps to your server in different languages using a single git-push command. More information: <https://dokku.com/docs/deployment/application-deployment/>.

List running apps:

dokku apps

Create an app:

dokku apps:create {{app_name}}

Remove an app:

dokku apps:destroy {{app_name}}

Install plugin:

dokku plugin:install {{full_repo_url}}

Link database to an app:

dokku {{db}}:link {{db_name}} {{app_name}}

Code Snippets

List running apps

dokku apps

Create an app

dokku apps:create {{app_name}}

Remove an app

dokku apps:destroy {{app_name}}

Install plugin

dokku plugin:install {{full_repo_url}}

Link database to an app

dokku {{db}}:link {{db_name}} {{app_name}}

Context

tldr-pages: common/dokku

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