Deploy Docker to UpCloud

Steps

1. 1

   Create a UpCloud API token

   In your UpCloud account, open Account → Permissions → API access and create a new API user with read-write access. Paste it into Railyard and tick Save it to the team, so it's reused for every server after this one.

2. 2

   Add a UpCloud server

   In Railyard, open Servers, then Add a server, then Create on your cloud, and pick UpCloud, a region and a size. Railyard preselects 1xCPU-2GB (1 vCPU, 2 GB of memory). It creates the server in your UpCloud account and finishes setup in about two minutes.

3. 3

   Deploy your Docker repository

   Paste the GitHub link. Railyard reads the repository, detects Docker and fills in the build, the port, the release command, workers and any database.

4. 4

   Go live on HTTPS

   Railyard builds your app, runs the release command, health-checks the new version and moves traffic only when it answers. Add your domain and the certificate is issued and renewed for you.

What Railyard sets up for Docker

• Your Dockerfile is built as it is.
• Build arguments and BuildKit secrets are passed without being baked into a layer.
• Private repositories and submodules clone with short-lived GitHub App tokens.
• Add Postgres, MySQL, Redis or object storage and the connection strings are injected.
• A release command, such as a migration, runs before the new version takes traffic.

UpCloud regions

UpCloud is a privately-owned Finnish provider, independent of the large hyperscalers.

• Frankfurt
• Helsinki
• Amsterdam
• London
• Madrid
• Warsaw

Questions