Website-template

vue ts + vite frontend, express backend, with a dockerfile and a deploy script to my dokku

steps to get started on the dokku side

1. create a dokku app

   dokku apps:create $REPO_NAME
   

2. create postgres database

   dokku postgres:create ${REPO_NAME}-db
   

3. link the database to the app

   dokku postgres:link ${REPO_NAME}-db $REPO_NAME
   

4. setup db if applicable

   • dump local db

    pg_dump -Fc --no-acl --no-owner -h localhost -U <db-user> <db-name> > db.dump
   

   • restore to dokku db

    dokku postgres:import ${REPO_NAME}-db < db.dump
   

5. set app to use nginx

   • set proxy to nginx

   dokku proxy:set $REPO_NAME nginx
   

   • map nginx port to internal docker port

    dokku ports:add $REPO_NAME <scheme>:<nginx-port>:<internal-docker-port>
   

6. set repo dokku deploy key

   • copy the private key from dokku into the repo secrets under the name DOKKU_DEPLOY_KEY

7. add the public key to known hosts on dokku

    dokku ssh-keys:add $REPO_NAME <path-to-public-key>
   

8. set environment variables

   • create a .env file on the dokku server
   • add the variables to the .env file
   • add the variables to the app

   cat .env | xargs dokku config:set --no-restart $REPO_NAME
   

it should be ready to go now, you can deploy with the deployment script