Self-host Komodo

updated Sep 2026deployed by usprices checked · Jul 2026Install verified on Ubuntu 26.04 · Sep 2026 · how we test

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A tool for building and deploying software across many servers: it manages Docker containers and Compose stacks, builds images from Git repositories, and reaches each server through a small Periphery agent.

Key facts

CategoryContainer management

LicenseGPL-3.0

StackRust, TypeScript

Min RAM1024 MB

Official imageyes

Measured idle RAM110 MB

Difficulty

Sourcegithub.com/moghtech/komodo

Websitekomo.do

What you need

Any VPS with at least 1024 MB of RAM
A domain you control — most self-hosted setups need HTTPS in front of them
Under an hour if you've used Docker before

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Install

Run these commands on your server:

# Komodo — official compose files: Core + FerretDB (Postgres) + the Periphery agent
# (FerretDB, not MongoDB: MongoDB refuses to start on Linux 6.19 and newer, e.g. Ubuntu 26.04 — SERVER-121912)
wget -P komodo https://raw.githubusercontent.com/moghtech/komodo/main/compose/ferretdb.compose.yaml https://raw.githubusercontent.com/moghtech/komodo/main/compose/compose.env
# replace the example secrets with random ones
for k in KOMODO_DATABASE_PASSWORD KOMODO_INIT_ADMIN_PASSWORD KOMODO_WEBHOOK_SECRET KOMODO_JWT_SECRET; do \
  sed -i "s|^$k=.*|$k=$(openssl rand -hex 24)|" komodo/compose.env; done
grep ^KOMODO_INIT_ADMIN komodo/compose.env
docker compose -p komodo -f komodo/ferretdb.compose.yaml --env-file komodo/compose.env up -d
# →  http://SERVER_IP:9120, log in with the admin username/password printed above