How to deploy any tool with Docker

Choose a provider from the Hosting & Deals page and create an Ubuntu 22.04+ server. 1 vCPU and 1-2GB RAM is enough for most tools in the catalog; check your tool's technical profile if you need more (for example, generative AI tools usually need more RAM or a GPU).

Save the public IP the provider gives you — you'll need it in the next step.

From your terminal, connect to the server:

ssh root@YOUR_SERVER_IP

Install Docker and the Compose plugin with the official script:

curl -fsSL https://get.docker.com | sh

Go to the profile of the tool you want to deploy, click Copy on the code block, and create the file on your server:

mkdir my-app && cd my-app
nano docker-compose.yml
# paste the content, save with Ctrl+O and exit with Ctrl+X

Before continuing, change the example passwords (change-me, change-me-super-secret) to your own secure values.

From the same folder, run:

docker compose up -d

Docker will pull the images and start all services in the background. Check everything is running with:

docker compose ps

Create an A DNS record pointing your domain (or subdomain) to the server's IP. For free HTTPS, the simplest approach is putting Caddy in front as a reverse proxy — it generates and renews Let's Encrypt certificates automatically with a 3-line Caddyfile:

yourdomain.com {
  reverse_proxy localhost:YOUR_APP_PORT
}

To safely update your tool to the latest version:

docker compose pull
docker compose up -d

Back up your data volumes periodically (the ones under volumes: in each docker-compose.yml) — they hold your database and files.