Dokploy Docker Compose Deployment Skill

Overview

Dokploy is a self-hosted deployment platform that manages Docker containers on a VPS. It supports two compose modes (Docker Compose and Docker Stack) and requires specific patterns to work reliably.

Quick decision tree:

• Single-repo app with Dockerfile? → Application (Git) deployment
• Pre-built images or multi-service stack? → Compose deployment
• Need a public HTTPS domain? → Domains tab (Dokploy auto-injects Traefik labels)
• Need isolated networking per-app? → Enable Isolated Deployments in UI
• Config files needed without SSH? → File Mounts in Advanced → Mounts
• Complex stack needing generated configs + binary downloads? → Init Containers pattern

Part 1: Service Types