Coolify's one-line install script is great — until it isn't. Right now it officially supports Ubu...Coolify's one-line install script is great — until it isn't. Right now it officially supports Ubu...
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Coolify's one-line install script is great — until it isn't. Right now it officially supports Ubuntu 20.04, 22.04, and 24.04 LTS. If you're running anything newer (Ubuntu's already on 26.04 LTS), the script won't work and you're left doing it manually.
This is that manual walkthrough — set up in the order that fits a security-first VPS workflow rather than the order Coolify's own docs use. If you've been following along with the Ansible playbooks from earlier in this series, this picks up right where that left off.
Minimum Hardware Requirements
CPU: 2 cores
Memory: 2 GB RAM
Storage: 30 GB free
Coolify can technically run below this, but it's not recommended.
Prerequisites
Before touching Coolify itself, you'll need:
SSH access to your VPS
CURL installed
Docker Engine installed
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