Setting Up a VPS with Docker: A Step-by-Step Guide

Running applications in the cloud gives you reliability, accessibility, and the power to scale. In this guide, I'll walk through setting up a Virtual Private Server (VPS) with Docker, using environment variables to make this guide reusable for your own projects. Prerequisites Before we begin, set these variables according to your project: # Your server details export SERVER_IP="your-server-ip" export DOMAIN="your-domain.com" export PROJECT_NAME="your-project-name" # User credentials for deployment export DEPLOY_USER="deploy" export DEPLOY_EMAIL="${DEPLOY_USER}@${DOMAIN}"

May 3, 2025 - 22:46

Setting Up a VPS with Docker: A Step-by-Step Guide

Running applications in the cloud gives you reliability, accessibility, and the power to scale. In this guide, I'll walk through setting up a Virtual Private Server (VPS) with Docker, using environment variables to make this guide reusable for your own projects.

Prerequisites

Before we begin, set these variables according to your project:

# Your server details
export SERVER_IP="your-server-ip"
export DOMAIN="your-domain.com"
export PROJECT_NAME="your-project-name"

# User credentials for deployment
export DEPLOY_USER="deploy"
export DEPLOY_EMAIL="${DEPLOY_USER}@${DOMAIN}"