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EN-C021-041-docker-vps-dual-control-plane-coolify-dokploy

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[EN-C021-041] Docker/VPS Deployment: Dual Control Plane (Coolify + Dokploy) with Safe Promotion Lanes

Overview​

Operators are increasingly running two deployment control planes in parallel: one lane optimized for speed (Coolify), another for deterministic API-driven release workflows (Dokploy), with explicit promotion gates between them.

Use Case​

  • Ship preview apps fast via Coolify templates.
  • Promote stable builds through Dokploy API/GitHub Action gates.
  • Keep rollback metadata and health probes synchronized across both lanes.

Tools Used​

  • cron: scheduled canary checks and promotion windows
  • sessions_spawn: release-manager + SRE-agent split
  • sessions_send: gate results, rollback votes, and incident notes
  • message: optional release digest broadcast to ops channels

Trend Signals (2026 Q1)​

  • StuMason/coolify-mcp shows strong demand for AI-native operations over self-hosted PaaS.
  • VidhyaSanjeevi/dokployaction and related Dokploy tooling indicate growing API-first deployment habits.
  • Quick-start VPS bootstrap repos (e.g., omrfc/quicklify) continue to reduce time-to-first-deploy for small teams.

Registry ID: EN-041 | Status: Verified | Language: English