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# Dokku
Docker powered mini-Heroku. The smallest PaaS implementation you've ever seen.
[![Build Status](https://travis-ci.org/progrium/dokku.png?branch=master)](https://travis-ci.org/progrium/dokku)
## Requirements
Assumes Ubuntu 13 right now. Ideally have a domain ready to point to your host. It's designed for and is probably
best to use a fresh VM. The bootstrapper will install everything it needs.
## Installing
$ wget -qO- https://raw.github.com/progrium/dokku/master/bootstrap.sh | sudo bash
This may take around 5 minutes. Certainly better than the several hours it takes to bootstrap Cloud Foundry.
## Configuring
Set up a domain and a wildcard domain pointing to that host. Make sure `/home/git/DOMAIN` is set to this domain.
By default it's set to whatever the hostname the host has.
You'll have to add a public key associated with a username as it says at the end of the bootstrapper. You'll do something
like this from your local machine:
$ cat ~/.ssh/id_rsa.pub | ssh progriumapp.com "sudo gitreceive upload-key progrium"
That's it!
## Deploy an App
Right now Buildstep supports buildpacks for Node.js, Ruby, Python, [and more](https://github.com/progrium/buildstep#supported-buildpacks). It's not hard to add more, [go add more](https://github.com/progrium/buildstep#adding-buildpacks)! Let's deploy
the Heroku Node.js sample app. All you have to do is add a remote to name the app. It's created on-the-fly.
$ cd node-js-sample
$ git remote add progrium git@progriumapp.com:node-js-app
$ git push progrium master
Counting objects: 296, done.
Delta compression using up to 4 threads.
Compressing objects: 100% (254/254), done.
Writing objects: 100% (296/296), 193.59 KiB, done.
Total 296 (delta 25), reused 276 (delta 13)
remote: -----> Building node-js-app ...
remote: Node.js app detected
remote: -----> Resolving engine versions
... blah blah blah ...
remote: -----> Application deployed:
remote: http://node-js-app.progriumapp.com
You're done!
## Advanced installation (for development)
The bootstrap script allows source URLs to be overridden to include customizations from your own
repositories. The GITRECEIVE_URL and DOKKU_REPO environment variables
may be set to override the defaults (see the bootstrap.sh script for how these apply). Example:
$ wget j.mp/dokku-bootstrap
$ chmod +x bootstrap.sh
$ sudo DOKKU_REPO=https://github.com/yourusername/dokku.git ./bootstrap.sh
## Upgrading
Dokku is in active development. You can update the deployment step and the build step separately.
To update the deploy step (this is updated less frequently):
$ cd ~/dokku
$ git pull origin master
$ sudo make install
Nothing needs to be restarted. Changes will take effect on the next push / deployment.
## Support
You can use [Github Issues](https://github.com/progrium/dokku/issues), check [Troubleshooting](https://github.com/progrium/dokku/wiki/Troubleshooting) on the wiki, or join us on Freenode in #dokku
## Components
* [Docker](https://github.com/dotcloud/docker) - Container runtime and manager
* [Buildstep](https://github.com/progrium/buildstep) - Buildpack builder
* [gitreceive](https://github.com/progrium/gitreceive) - Git push interface
* [sshcommand](https://github.com/progrium/sshcommand) - Fixed commands over SSH
## Ideas for Improvements
* Custom domain support for apps
* HTTPS support on default domain
* Support more buildpacks (see Buildstep)
* Use dokku as the system user instead of git
* Heroku-ish commands to be run via SSH (like [Dokuen](https://github.com/peterkeen/dokuen#available-app-sub-commands))
Looking to keep codebase as simple and hackable as possible, so try to keep your line count down.
## Things this project won't do
* **Multi-host.** Not a huge leap, but this isn't the project for it. Maybe as Super Dokku.
* **Multitenancy.** It's ready for it, but again, probably for Super Dokku.
* **Client app.** Given the constraints, running commands remotely via SSH is fine.
## License
MIT