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    6-Part Tutorial Series

    Deploy Like a Pro with Coolify

    Self-host your own PaaS on RamNode. Get the deployment experience of Heroku, Vercel, and Netlify—but on your own infrastructure, with your own rules.

    Self-hosted PaaS
    ~2.5 hours total
    6 of 6 parts available
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    Series Overview

    1

    Introduction & Installation

    15 min

    Set up Coolify on your RamNode VPS, configure DNS, enable SSL, and understand the core concepts.

    2

    Deploying Your First Application

    20 min

    Connect a GitHub repository, configure environment variables, set up custom domains, and enable automatic deployments.

    3

    Database & Service Management

    20 min

    Spin up PostgreSQL, MySQL, Redis, and MongoDB. Connect databases to your applications securely.

    4

    Docker Compose & Self-Hosted Apps

    25 min

    Deploy complex multi-container applications using Docker Compose files directly in Coolify.

    5

    Multi-Server & Scaling

    25 min

    Add remote servers, distribute workloads, and scale your applications across multiple VPS instances.

    6

    Advanced Topics & Production Hardening

    30 min

    Backup strategies, monitoring, security hardening, and production best practices for Coolify.

    What You'll Learn

    Git-Based Deployments

    Push to GitHub or GitLab and watch your app deploy automatically with zero configuration.

    One-Click Databases

    Spin up PostgreSQL, MySQL, Redis, or MongoDB in seconds with automatic backups.

    Automatic SSL

    Let's Encrypt certificates provisioned automatically for all your domains.

    Multi-Server Scaling

    Add multiple RamNode VPS instances and distribute your workloads.

    Prerequisites

    • •A RamNode VPS with at least 2GB RAM running Ubuntu 22.04 or 24.04
    • •A domain name with DNS access (for SSL and dashboard access)
    • •SSH access to your server
    • •About 15 minutes for initial setup

    Why Self-Host Your PaaS?

    Cost Predictability

    A $16/month VPS can run dozens of small apps that would cost hundreds on managed platforms. Pay for compute, not per-app pricing.

    No Artificial Limits

    Deploy unlimited preview environments. Run background jobs without paying extra. Keep your build minutes.

    Privacy & Compliance

    Your code and data never touch third-party infrastructure. Essential for projects with strict data residency requirements.

    Learning Opportunity

    Understanding what happens beneath the abstraction makes you a better developer—and makes debugging production issues far less mysterious.