Guides

Production setup

Put Ferry on one Linux server that hosts your apps with HTTPS, starts at boot and keeps its API private.

A visitor opens https://hello.apps.example.com. The request comes to port 443 of your server.

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This guide sets up one Linux server. Your apps answer at https://<name>.apps.example.com, with certificates from Let’s Encrypt.

systemd starts ferryd at each boot. The API stays private.

The main command

Terminal

sudo systemctl enable --now ferryd

This command starts ferryd now and at each boot. First do the pages of part 1, in order.

Part	Pages
1. Set up the server	From What you need to Deploy an app and check HTTPS
2. Tune the guards	From Size the container limits to Container logs
3. Operate the server	From Behind another reverse proxy to the security checklist

Differences with Render

Some features of Render work in a different way on Ferry, and some are not in Ferry.

What you need

A Linux server with three open ports, Docker, git, a domain and the two Ferry programs.