A Beginner's Guide to Getting Started with Kamal 2

Kamal is a lightweight deployment tool that simplifies the deployment of containerized web apps anywhere, whether on-premises or in cloud VMs.

Unlike complex container orchestration systems like Kubernetes, Kamal makes deploying container workloads fun, fast, and approachable for newcomers.

In this hands-on tutorial, I walk you through deploying a simple containerized “Hello World” web app from scratch on DigitalOcean using Kamal. Whether you’re new to Kamal or just want a simpler alternative to Kubernetes, this guide has you covered!

🎉 Kamal 2 Is Out!

With the release of Kamal 2, there has been significant improvements and has everything you need to ship containerized web application in production using Docker with minimal effort.

What's Inside?

1. Introduction to Kamal
2. Generate SSH Keys
3. Create Droplet
4. Set-up Domain
5. Kamal Install and Initialize
6. DockerHub as Container Registry
7. Update Kamal Deploy Config
8. Deploy
9. Deploy New Version
10. Show App Version, Status and Logs