Installs, upgrades, and uses Dokku to create apps, deploy, run one-off/background tasks, and clean up containers. Use when the user asks to install or upgrade Dokku, deploy to Dokku, install an app, run something in the background, or clean up Dokku/containers. Trigger terms: dokku, install dokku, upgrade dokku, migration guide, deploy, cleanup, prune, containers.
Dokku is a PaaS; commands run on the Dokku host (SSH or local). Prefer running long operations (deploys, builds) in the background — use exec with background: true or short yieldMs when the tool allows.
Detailed command syntax and examples live in each section file. Read the relevant file when performing that category of task.
| Section | File | Commands / topics |
|---|---|---|
| Apps | apps/commands.md | create, destroy, list, rename, clone, lock, unlock, report |
| Config | config/commands.md | get, set, unset, export |
| Domains | domains/commands.md |
| add, set, remove, set-global, report |
| Git / deploy | git/commands.md | from-image, set, deploy-branch, git push |
| Run (one-off / background) | run/commands.md | run, run:detached |
| Logs | logs/commands.md | logs, logs:failed, logs:set |
| Process (ps) | ps/commands.md | scale, rebuild, restart, start, stop |
| Plugin | plugin/commands.md | list, install, update, uninstall |
| Certs | certs/commands.md | add, remove, generate |
| Nginx | nginx/commands.md | build-config, show-config, set |
| Storage | storage/commands.md | mount, list |
| Network | network/commands.md | report, bind-all-interfaces |
| Install | install/commands.md | Installing Dokku (bootstrap, post-install, alternatives) |
| Upgrade | upgrade/commands.md | Upgrading Dokku; check migration guides before upgrading |
| Cleanup | cleanup/commands.md | Cleaning up Dokku and containers (prune, builder prune, apps) |
dokku apps:create <app-name>dokku@<host>:<app-name>, then git push dokku <branch>:masterdokku git:from-image <app> <docker-image>dokku run:detached <app> <cmd> or dokku run --detach <app> <cmd>background: true or short yieldMs; poll or check logs as needed.For full command details and options, see the section files above.