Deploy Gitlab on your own server using Dokku

Last week, I wrote a tutorial on using “git push” to deploy Ruby applications to your own server using Dokku, a tool that lets you create an environment similar to Heroku on your own server. I demonstrated an example using a simple Ruby app to test the system, which if you haven’t done is well worth running […]

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Using “git push” to deploy Ruby applications to your own server

If you’ve used Heroku you’ll be familiar with the convenience of using “git push” to deploy your Ruby application. Here’s how you can do the same on Bytemark Cloud using Dokku – a simple system that allows quick deployment of packaged applications, or “buildpacks”. Dokku uses software called Buildstep and contains your applications using Docker. That’s a lot of buzzwords to put onto […]

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