Table of Contents

• Overview
• Prerequisites
• Install Docker Engine + Compose Plugin
• Create Website
  • Domain Binding
• Install Dockge
• Issue SSL Certificate
• Congratulations! You have successfully deploy dockge on FASTPANEL®.
• Extra Tips
• What’s Next?

Overview

In this guide, we’ll install Dockge — a clean, modern web interface for docker-compose, built by the same creator of Uptime Kuma.

Why Dockge?

• Manage Docker containers visually
• Create stacks using docker-compose.yml
• Restart, logs, and service controls in 1 click
• Perfect for FASTPANEL users deploying apps like:
  • n8n
  • Gitea
  • Uptime Kuma
  • Ghost Blog
  • Any Docker-based app

By the end of this tutorial, Dockge will be accessible via:

https://dg-orangevps.wakserver.com

Prerequisites

Before you continue, make sure you have:

✅ FASTPANEL® installed on your server
✅ Ubuntu 24.04 LTS
✅ A domain pointed to the server
✅ Terminal access as root or sudo user

We assume your domain is:

https://dg-orangevps.wakserver.com

Install Docker Engine + Compose Plugin

Run the following command to uninstall all conflicting packages:

for pkg in docker.io docker-doc docker-compose docker-compose-v2 podman-docker containerd runc; do sudo apt-get remove $pkg; done

Add Docker repo:

# Add Docker's official GPG key:
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install ca-certificates curl
sudo install -m 0755 -d /etc/apt/keyrings
sudo curl -fsSL https://download.docker.com/linux/ubuntu/gpg -o /etc/apt/keyrings/docker.asc
sudo chmod a+r /etc/apt/keyrings/docker.asc

# Add the repository to Apt sources:
echo \
"deb [arch=$(dpkg --print-architecture) signed-by=/etc/apt/keyrings/docker.asc] https://download.docker.com/linux/ubuntu \
$(. /etc/os-release && echo "${UBUNTU_CODENAME:-$VERSION_CODENAME}") stable" | \
sudo tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/docker.list > /dev/null
sudo apt-get update

Install Docker:

sudo apt-get install docker-ce docker-ce-cli containerd.io docker-buildx-plugin docker-compose-plugin

Verify:

docker --version
docker compose version
sudo systemctl status docker

Docker version 28.5.1, build e180ab8
Docker Compose version v2.40.2

Create Website

Now, we will create website for this dockge project.

Choose Create a site manually

Domain Binding

Fill Domain Binding

• Domain name: dg-orangevps.wakserver.com
• To which IP address: will set automatically
• Add www alias: choose if you using main domain
• Create email domain: choose if you want to make email domain (we’ll skip this)
• DNS account: Do not create a DNS Zone (because we using cloudflare)
• Then click Next step

Setting Backend

• Backend type : Reverse proxy
• Click on + Add :
• Type: host
• Address: http://localhost:5001 (Dockge use port 5001 for running)
• Click Save
• Then Click Save again

Turnoff Database, we don’t need it then click on Create site

Go to Site Card

Click on Files

Create 2 new folders: stacks and dockge

Double click on folder stacks then copy path to clipboard

Install Dockge

Goto https://dockge.kuma.pet/

Paste your path to clipboard on Stacks Directory

Scroll down and find Installation then copy # Download your compose.yaml to clipboard

That’s will be our compose file

curl "https://dockge.kuma.pet/compose.yaml?port=5001&stacksPath=%2Fvar%2Fwww%2Fdg_orangevps_usr%2Fdata%2Fwww%2Fdg-orangevps.wakserver.com%2Fstacks" --output compose.yaml

SSH into your server as root:

ssh root@your-server-ip

Then go to our dockge folder:

cd /var/www/dg_orangevps_usr/data/www/dg-orangevps.wakserver.com/dockge

Paste our compose file before

root@jeruk:/var/www/dg_orangevps_usr/data/www/dg-orangevps.wakserver.com/dockge# curl "https://dockge.kuma.pet/compose.yaml?port=5001&stacksPath=%2Fvar%2Fwww%2Fdg_orangevps_usr%2Fdata%2Fwww%2Fdg-orangevps.wakserver.com%2Fstacks" --output compose.yaml
  % Total    % Received % Xferd  Average Speed   Time    Time     Time  Current
                                 Dload  Upload   Total   Spent    Left  Speed
100   749  100   749    0     0   1385      0 --:--:-- --:--:-- --:--:--  1387

Then run docker compose up -d

docker compose up -d

root@jeruk:/var/www/dg_orangevps_usr/data/www/dg-orangevps.wakserver.com/dockge# docker compose up -d
[+] Running 12/12
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[+] Running 2/2
 ✔ Network dockge_default     Created                                                                              0.1s
 ✔ Container dockge-dockge-1  Started                                                                              1.0s
root@jeruk:/var/www/dg_orangevps_usr/data/www/dg-orangevps.wakserver.com/dockge#

Issue SSL Certificate

Don’t forget to enable SSL certificate on FASTPANEL dashboard and set HTTPS to true.

Congratulations! You have successfully deploy dockge on FASTPANEL®.

Now, you can access Dockge at https://dg-orangevps.wakserver.com/

On first load, Dockge will ask you to create an admin account.

🎉 Done! Dockge is now ready to manage your Docker services visually.

Extra Tips

✔ Use strong password — interface is publicly exposed
✔ Store stacks inside /var/www/dg_orangevps_usr/data/www/dg-orangevps.wakserver.com/stacks and import into Dockge
✔ Auto-backup your stacks

What’s Next?

In the next article, we will deploy n8n using Dockge!

Stay tuned — FASTPANEL + Docker is just getting started 😎