Deploy Apps Visually with Dockge: A Step‑by‑Step Docker Compose Guide

Overview

Dockge is a web UI for managing Docker Compose stacks. It supports compose.yaml file management, an interactive editor, a web terminal, automatic conversion of docker run commands to compose files, and real‑time log streaming.

Installation

Pull the Docker image and run a container. Example:

docker pull louislam/dockge:1
docker run -p 5001:5001 --name dockge \
  -e "DOCKGE_STACKS_DIR=/opt/stacks" \
  -e "DOCKGE_ENABLE_CONSOLE=true" \
  -v /var/run/docker.sock:/var/run/docker.sock \
  -v /mydata/dockge/data:/app/data \
  -v /mydata/dockge/stacks:/opt/stacks \
  -d louislam/dockge:1

After the container starts, access the UI at http://HOST:5001 and create an administrator account.

Deploying a Stack

Example compose.yaml that runs a MySQL 5.7 container and a Spring Boot application:

version: '3'
services:
  db:
    image: mysql:5.7
    container_name: mysql2
    ports:
      - "3306:3306"
    volumes:
      - /mydata/mysql2/log:/var/log/mysql
      - /mydata/mysql2/data:/var/lib/mysql
    environment:
      - MYSQL_ROOT_PASSWORD=root

  mall-tiny-docker:
    image: mall-tiny/mall-tiny-docker:1.0-SNAPSHOT
    container_name: mall-tiny-docker
    ports:
      - "8080:8080"
    volumes:
      - /etc/localtime:/etc/localtime
      - /mydata/app/mall-tiny-docker/logs:/var/logs

In the Dockge UI, click +Compose, paste the file, give the stack a name, and press Deploy. Both containers start simultaneously.

Post‑deployment Operations

View real‑time logs, restart, stop, or delete the stack from the list.

Click the Bash button to open an interactive shell inside a selected container.

Use the Terminal button (top‑right) to open a web‑based terminal that shows all running containers.

The Spring Boot container exposes Swagger UI at http://HOST:8080/swagger-ui/, allowing API testing against the MySQL service.

Project Repository

https://github.com/louislam/dockge