Dokploy Best Practices

Apply these rules when deploying or reviewing applications, databases, Docker Compose stacks, domains, or infrastructure managed by Dokploy.

Dokploy is a self-hostable PaaS that orchestrates Docker Swarm behind a Traefik reverse proxy, with a PostgreSQL + Redis control plane and a Next.js UI. Most behaviors (zero downtime, rollbacks, domains) are thin wrappers over Swarm and Traefik primitives — understanding both explains most pitfalls.