Self-Hosting Simplified: Installing Coolify on a VPS + NextJs Deployment

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This video will explore Coolify, an open-source and self-hostable Heroku/Netlify/Vercel alternative. Coolify enables you to launch static websites, API’s, backends, databases, services and other types of applications.
There are several reasons why you might want to use Coolify such as:
Ease of deployment, self-hosting, open source, multi-environment support, integrated services, simplified management, ci/cd integration, docker support and it can be cost-effective.
I'll guide you through selecting and creating a VPS, installing Coolify, and setting up a NextJs 14 website with a custom domain, SSL and continuous deployments.
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◾ 0:00 Introduction:
◾ 0:27 VPS Setup
◾ 6:00 Install Coolify
◾ 13:06 Deploying NextJs Website
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@marksto6581 13 күн бұрын

I must admit, this is the most thoroughly details Coolify installation tutorial out there on KZfaq, and I've seen A LOT of these recently. Thx for your dedication, @RaddyDev! Cheers!

@RaddyDev 10 күн бұрын

I appreciate the comment; thank you!

@RaddyDev Ай бұрын

I tested Coolify for a few weeks, and I can confirm that the name checks out. Highly recommend giving it a try. *** Update: I wanted to mention that adding WAF protection is worthwhile. You can route your Coolify domain through Cloudflare and utilize their free WAF protection at a minimum.

@Its-InderjeetSinghGill Ай бұрын

Can you teach us how to add WAF protection? That would be really helpful. Thanks for your efforts by the way.

@naylord5 Ай бұрын

This is exactly what I was looking for! Thank you so much for sharing such a useful tutorial mate. Cheers! 🔥🔥

@genericframes 16 күн бұрын

Perfect! Everything works, thanks!

@josemamontano3617 Ай бұрын

Amazing video! Thank you very much Raddy!

@RaddyDev Ай бұрын

Glad you liked it!

@sovanchheang170 Ай бұрын

Perfect Raddy, you got 5 Stars. Thank you so much

@RaddyDev Ай бұрын

I appreciate it, thank you!

@RazCodes404 23 күн бұрын

really enjoyed watching this tutorial, thanks for sharing

@RaddyDev 22 күн бұрын

Appreciate the comment, Raz! Thank you

@twxq834 Ай бұрын

Amazing tutorial. Thank you

@RaddyDev Ай бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it!

@WarchantUA Ай бұрын

One addition: do not forget to update the password for coolify instance after you've set up HTTPS, because the first time you registered it was sent over HTTP and it is 100% logged somewhere in between your machine & hetzner instance.

@RaddyDev Ай бұрын

That's a valid concern, thank you. If you set it up in public place, like a coffee shop where network traffic might be monitored, that could be a problem.

@djfoo000 Ай бұрын

Can you also show in your next videos how to set up a publicly-accessible postgres instance hosted on coolify? Maybe also set up a domain name pointing to that postgres instance using cloudflare tunnel or something so that the connection string doesn't have to depend on a static IP address? I've tried and couldn't get it to work.

@RaddyDev Ай бұрын

I haven't tried setting up a tunnel, but the publicly-accessible Postgres worked for me. I had to open port 5432 and check the "make it public" option. Is that not working for you?

@ojvribeiro Ай бұрын

Hi! Can you make a video on how to setup Deployment Previews?

@TexmerYT Ай бұрын

AWESOME TUTORIAL , it was soo helpful just a quick question what about serverless, can you have a similar DX with coolify as for example in vercel?

@RaddyDev Ай бұрын

In my opinion, Vercel's DX is superior. They make deploying, debugging, and monitoring your application incredibly easy. There's no need to worry about server configuration, security, or scalability. Naturally, these benefits come at a cost. Coolify isn't serverless, but there are other options that you might want to explore like SST and AWS Amplify. SST is more technical, whereas Amplify offers a user experience somewhat similar to Vercel's. Currently, I use Coolify for most of my projects and find it quite nice. However, I wouldn't personally put a big client on it.

@AbijithB-ne1ln Ай бұрын

django website hosting using coolify

@AnthonyCandaele Ай бұрын

thanks for this very instructive video. So if I got it right, you should register a domain name for the Coolify instance, and then register domain names for every app running on this instance?

@RaddyDev Ай бұрын

Thank you, I appreciate it. Yep, that's it. This way you can easily create websites with subdomains and also enables you to set up preview deployments for testing. Forgot to mention that it might make it easier to add WAF protection from platforms like Cloudflare.

@hamza_jazayri Ай бұрын

Great Video Raddy!, can you explain how to build shopify app.

@RaddyDev Ай бұрын

Thank you! I don't have much experience building Shopify apps. I've only used liquid once to build a basic theme. It wasn't fun 😄

@lindor94 Ай бұрын

Perfect, this is what I needed to stop feeling paranoid about Vercel. Just one question: How can we achieve the same firewall behaviour of what Hetzner offers, but on some other VPS provider that doesn't have the any firewall features, so the firewall needs to be set up manually with something like ufw. But docker exposes the port 8000 even if you block it using ufw. Any idea?

@RaddyDev Ай бұрын

UTW can be a solution. Have a look at the article "How To Set Up a VPS Firewall?" by scalahosting as it talks about all that

@AlessioDiasparra-lx4ns Ай бұрын

Hi Raddydev, how can I get Coolify to run locally on a Macbook pro M2 with docker? I am experiencing many problems. Thank you for your content

@neofox2526 Ай бұрын

Coolify is only really officially supported on linux systems

@justdoitk Ай бұрын

Nice tutorial, i've tried to put a remix app from shopify and doesn't build, any tips? the remix app has a dockerfile.

@RaddyDev Ай бұрын

Hard to say what it could be. If you haven't looked already, check out the logs when you deploy. Hopefully that will give you an indication of what it could be

@belonggame Ай бұрын

Nice video 👍 Isn't it faster to just create a CNAME record pointing www to your root domain to simplify Traefik config?

@RaddyDev Ай бұрын

thank you and I agree with you. It took me a long time to figure out the Traefik redirect. The instructions in the the official documentation didn’t seem work for me

@ramongodaslopez-rm1si Күн бұрын

is it better to self host or just use theur 5$ solution? looks like it's about the same price than a vps with 30+gb

@RaddyDev Күн бұрын

With the Cloud, I guess you'll get to do less maintenance, free email notifications, and potential access to support. I haven't had to do much maintenance and I have no idea how good the support is. If you want to support Coolify and its creator, Andreas, choose the Cloud option. I personally have self-hosted everything on one server since I am only using it for personal projects. If you're using it for clients or important projects, separate servers are the best option. So, ask yourself if you need separate servers, free email notifications, less maintenance and support. That was a wordy answer, but I hope it helps. Let us know what you choose and why.

@prethammuthappabs2241 6 күн бұрын

Amazing explanation, but i couldn't understand one thing that why do we need two domain names one for colify and one for the project, is it possible to not register colify with a domain name but only my project?

@RaddyDev 6 күн бұрын

Technically, IP address will work for Coolify. Many server are managed that way, but domain names are easier to remember and look more professional if you care about that. The big thing for me was being able to easily create an application with a custom subdomains like analytics.mydomaincom without messing around too much. Oh and you get SSL on your coolify. Not sure how it works with the IP - it's probably fine. And thank you!

@oliversaxon8656 Ай бұрын

is it still possible to use API routes in Next when deploying with Coolify?

@RaddyDev Ай бұрын

Yeah they work absolutely fine

@Epirium Ай бұрын

Can you make video on how to host api endpoints on coolify

@RaddyDev Ай бұрын

It would be more or less the same. Let's say that you build your API with NodeJs, then the process of deploying will be exactly the same as the NextJs project

@ricozuares Ай бұрын

i got a message, that coolify needs some ports for example 8000, When I add it to my firewall its again accessible via the ip. What am I doing wrong?

@RaddyDev Ай бұрын

Did you apply the firewall settings to your server? That's the only thing that I can think of if you followed along. A bit strange, let me know how it goes and if there is anything i can help with

@user-ik7rp8qz5g Ай бұрын

Are system requirements hard or can I still use it on 1 core 1 gb + swap server if needed?

@RaddyDev Ай бұрын

I wouldn't waste your time trying with less than the minimum requirements. The server will probably crash at some point. Ubuntu itself requires 1GB RAM and 1 vCPU or better.

@hawolex2341 Ай бұрын

will this auto build if you commit change to Main?

@RaddyDev Ай бұрын

Yeah it will auto redeploy the website when you push change to main. You can choose whatever branch you want

@ALVIERIDEVELOPER Ай бұрын

Hey Raddy, you said you have three websites running on Droplet(server). How's that possible, when you have just one public ip address. Am i missing something

@RaddyDev Ай бұрын

Yep, that's correct, you can host multiple websites on a single server. It works similarly to using Nginx, where you can have many domains point to one server IP. Nginx then handles directing traffic to the correct website. Coolify simplifies this process as it acts like a Platform as a service. Like Render and Varcel I guess. You simply create your websites within the platform, point your domain names to hosting IP, and Coolify takes care of everything. This includes routing traffic to the appropriate website, managing SSL certificates, and more

@ALVIERIDEVELOPER Ай бұрын

@@RaddyDev I won't lie, I still don't understand. From what you said, You can have many projects(websites) on one server right. How do you configure nginx to redirect to these different websites

@belonggame Ай бұрын

@@ALVIERIDEVELOPER Coolify uses Traefik as a proxy server to route traffic; it listens to incoming requests and, based on rules you set (like domain names), directs traffic to the right web service (e.g., React app on port 3000, Angular app on port 4200), acting like a traffic manager to ensure each request reaches the correct website. As for nginx it's more barebone from the get go, but it has a bigger community and you can configure it to your needs.

@valour.se47 4 күн бұрын

after applying firewall, I am not able to see the coolify using the ip as expected , but instead I can see the page saying 404 not found what does that mean? I mean isn't it just time out like in the video

@RaddyDev 2 күн бұрын

After applying the firewall rules, accessing Coolify via the IP address should be blocked, which is expected behaviour. To access Coolify, use the domain name you have set up. If you haven't set up a domain name, you can unblock the port to continue using the IP address. That's what I've done in the video. Configure Coolify via IP -> Lock IP -> Use Coolify with a Domain. I hope that you've managed to set it up

@staticalmo Ай бұрын

I still didn't understand if it has php buildpacks

@RaddyDev Ай бұрын

You can deploy PHP websites, but it relies on Docker compose for handling the development environment. You could look into some of the articles online on deploying Laravel websites. Maybe that would help clear things up. I haven't deployed any PHP applications on it yet, except for WordPress.

@TutoDS2014 Ай бұрын

Any way to deploy Wordpress websites?

@TutoDS2014 Ай бұрын

And SSL, can you generate it on the Coolify?

@RaddyDev Ай бұрын

There is a one click deploy option and SSL is automatically generated. I made a video on how I migrated pre-existing wp website and that covers the WP installation: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/rdepe6l02p_GdoE.html

@snatvb Ай бұрын

what about ci/cd for branches? is it possible?

@RaddyDev Ай бұрын

Yeah there is an option for which branch you want to use for deployments and you can always change it

@snatvb Ай бұрын

@@RaddyDev I mean automaticly, like on vercel - i create new brach and can see preview after push

@RaddyDev Ай бұрын

There is an option called Preview Deployments which does that, but only works with Github. It's disabled by default, so you just need to go to Advanced and tick the box. You can configure the domain as well. Here is what the docs are saying: "Preview deployments are a great way to test your application before merging it into the main branch. Imagine it like a staging environment. URL Template You can setup your preview URL with a custom template. Default is {{pr_id}}.{{domain}}. This means that if you open a Pull Request with the ID 123, and you resource domain is example.com the preview URL will be 123.example.com." You can also create another website on coolify with a test/development environment and connect it to the branch you want.

@snatvb Ай бұрын

@@RaddyDev omg, needs to try. And buy raspberrypi 5 :D

@Abhishek-fw7oo Ай бұрын

why redirect to non www version ?

@RaddyDev Ай бұрын

It's a personal preference and also helps with split ranking

@the_13east Ай бұрын

pls start using dark mode ! we love our eyes even if you dont

@draylegend Ай бұрын

why didn't you update & upgrade newly created ubuntu instance? Does the coolify script do it for you automatically?

@RaddyDev Ай бұрын

When I create a new instance on Hetzner, it usually comes up to date. As you SSH there should be a message that the system is up to date as far as I remember. (It's most likely on the video when i ssh). It's still a good practice to manually check and run updates. If I log in now, I am sure that there will be some updates available to install. Coolify doesn't do ubuntu updates and with self-hosting, so you'll have to do the security yourself

@haruke4981 Ай бұрын

coolify v2 ui is so much better

@RaddyDev Ай бұрын

I haven't used v2, but I do think the UI in v4 could be improved. It's not bad, but there is always room for improvement. With time, it will only get better.