Deploy guides

How to Deploy Actual Budget on a VPS

Self-host the Actual Budget sync server on a small VPS: one container, one data folder, and the HTTPS step the app will not run without.

~20 min setupeasy

How to Deploy Appwrite on a VPS

Self-host Appwrite, the open-source backend-as-a-service, on a VPS using its official installer run unattended. Covers domain and certificates, locking down the console, backups and upgrades.

~40 min setupmoderate

How to Deploy Audiobookshelf on a VPS

Self-host Audiobookshelf on a small VPS with Docker Compose and HTTPS — your own audiobook and podcast server with listening progress synced across devices.

How to Deploy Authelia on a VPS

Put Authelia in front of your self-hosted apps on a VPS. One small container adds a login portal and two-factor authentication through Caddy's forward_auth, with secrets kept in files and users in a hashed YAML database.

~40 min setupmoderate

How to Deploy Baserow on a VPS

Self-host Baserow, the open-core Airtable alternative, on your own VPS. One all-in-one container behind Caddy, with the backup command that captures everything.

~25 min setupeasy

How to Deploy BookStack on a VPS

Self-host BookStack on a small VPS — the shelves-books-pages documentation wiki, with MariaDB, a generated app key, HTTPS through Caddy, and a backup you can actually restore.

How to Deploy CapRover on a VPS

Install CapRover on an Ubuntu VPS — replace the default captain42 password before anything else, set up wildcard DNS and HTTPS, deploy a first app, and back up both halves of the platform.

~40 min setupeasy

How to Deploy Directus on a VPS

Self-host Directus, the headless CMS and data platform, on a VPS with Docker Compose, PostgreSQL, Redis and HTTPS. Pinned versions, generated secrets and real backups.

How to Deploy Docmost on a VPS

Self-host Docmost, the collaborative wiki positioned as an open-source Confluence and Notion alternative, with PostgreSQL, Redis, HTTPS through Caddy, email for invites, and backups.