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Solo quickstart

Solo mode keeps the deployment loop local: your checkout, your VM, SSH, Docker, and the devopsellence CLI.

  1. Initialize the workspace.
Terminal window
devopsellence init --mode solo

Start from an app that already has a Dockerfile. devopsellence does not install language toolchains or generate Rails, Node, or Go apps for you.

  1. Commit the app before the first deploy.
Terminal window
git init # if this is not already a checkout
git add .
git commit -m "initial deploy"

devopsellence uses the current git commit as the workload revision and image tag.

  1. Add a node, install the node agent, and attach it.
Terminal window
devopsellence node create prod-1 --host 203.0.113.10 --user root --ssh-key ~/.ssh/id_ed25519
devopsellence agent install prod-1
devopsellence node attach prod-1
devopsellence doctor

Existing SSH nodes need key-based SSH and Docker. On supported Ubuntu VMs, devopsellence agent install can install Docker when it is missing.

  1. Deploy, inspect, and read logs.
Terminal window
devopsellence deploy --dry-run
devopsellence deploy
devopsellence status
devopsellence logs --node prod-1 --lines 100
devopsellence node logs prod-1 --lines 100

deploy --dry-run prints a structured plan and does not build images, connect to nodes, publish desired state, or write solo state. Review that plan before mutating production.