dokku_deploy.md

Configure new server with SSH key

Each key can be added to a new server.

In the example below, the username is root. Replace <server-address> with the server domain name or IP in all of the following examples.

You will need to generate key wth a proper passphrase:

ssh-keygen -t rsa -b 4096 -C "[email protected]"

You can now login using:

ssh root@<server-address>

Logging in There are multiple ssh keys defined on your system

ssh -i ~/.ssh/id_rsa_hetz.pub -o IdentitiesOnly=yes root@<server-address>

Install dokku on server

Follow the Dokku installation instructions.

APP url: http://.

Deploy GeriLife

Enable MongoDB

sudo dokku plugin:install https://github.com/dokku/dokku-mongo.git mongo

dokku mongo:create gerilife-mongo

Create GeriLife app

dokku apps:create gerilife-meteor

Link GeriLife to MongoDB

dokku mongo:link gerilife-mongo gerilife-meteor

Configure GeriLife with Buildpack

Check the current GeriLife configuration:

dokku config:show gerilife-meteor

Set Buildpack configuration. Make sure to update your ROOT_URL.

dokku config:set gerilife-meteor BUILDPACK_URL=https://github.com/AdmitHub/meteor-buildpack-horse.git ROOT_URL=http://<server-address> METEOR_SETTINGS="{\"public\": {}}"

Tell Dokku to use the main branch for deployment (instead of `master').

dokku git:set gerilife-meteor deploy-branch main

Set Dokku port map

In the case where we are hosting the frontend and backend on the same server, the backend should be accessible at a port other than 80 or 443. For example, the backend can be made available on port 5000. By default, Dokku sets up a port mapping to 80, so we will first remove the default mapping.

dokku proxy:ports-clear gerilife-meteor

Then, we configure Dokku to map the desired port to the container port 5000.

dokku proxy:ports-set gerilife-meteor http:5000:5000

Local configuration

Configure your public key on the remote Dokku instance, to allow deploying from local computer. Make sure to replace the server IP in the following command. Replace <server-address> with the server domain name or IP.

cat ~/.ssh/id_rsa.pub | ssh root@<server-address> sshcommand acl-add dokku deploy

Set up remote Dokku repository

From within your local GeriLife repository, run the following command to set up a Dokku remote. Be sure to use the correct IP address below.

git remote add dokku [email protected]:gerilife-meteor

Push changes to remote Dokku repository

git push dokku main

References

• Run a Meteor App with MongoDB on Digital Ocean using Dokku - Also useful for restoring backup from other mongo instances