Deploy Docker to Vultr

Steps

1. 1

   Create a Vultr API token

   In your Vultr account, open API, enable it and copy the API key. If you use access control, allow requests from Railyard. 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 Vultr server

   In Railyard, open Servers, then Add a server, then Create on your cloud, and pick Vultr, a region and a size. Railyard preselects vc2-1c-2gb (1 vCPU, 2 GB of memory). It creates the server in your Vultr account and installs Docker, Caddy and its agent 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 on a separate build server, 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.

Vultr regions

Thirteen regions across North America, Europe and Asia-Pacific.

• New Jersey
• Chicago
• Los Angeles
• Atlanta
• Miami
• Seattle
• London
• Frankfurt
• Amsterdam
• Paris
• Singapore
• Tokyo
• Sydney

Questions