Getting Started

Vessl turns any bare-metal VPS into your own private Vercel & Railway in under 60 seconds.

One-Line Install

curl
wget

curl -fsSL https://get.vessl.dev | sh

wget -qO- https://get.vessl.dev | sh

This installs the vessld daemon, pulls the required Docker images, and starts the dashboard at http://<your-ip>:8080.

Post-Install

After the install script completes, you’ll see:

✅ Vessl vlatest installed successfully!
  📍 Dashboard:    http://203.0.113.42:8080
  🛠️  Server CLI:  vessld --help
  💻 Remote CLI:   curl -fsSL https://get.vessl.dev/cli | sh

Create Your Account

You have two ways to create the admin account:

Via Dashboard
Via Terminal

Open http://<your-server-ip>:8080 in your browser. The first user to register becomes the instance admin.

Run the setup wizard directly from your server (no browser needed):

vessld setup

Server CLI (`vessld`)

The install script places vessld at /usr/local/bin/vessld. This is a shell wrapper that runs commands inside the Docker container on your server:

vessld status            # Show daemon health and running containers
vessld logs -f           # Tail daemon logs
vessld reset-password    # Reset admin password
vessld config            # View server configuration
vessld config site-name=MyVessl  # Update a setting
vessld backup            # Create a manual database backup
vessld update            # Upgrade to the latest version
vessld downgrade v0.1.0  # Downgrade to a specific version

Remote CLI (`vessl`)

Install on your local machine to manage your server from anywhere:

curl -fsSL https://get.vessl.dev/cli | sh
vessl login    # Connect to your server
vessl project list
vessl deploy <service-id>

Configure a Domain (Recommended)

Without a domain, Vessl assigns a magic DNS subdomain (like sslip.io or traefik.me) to every service. For production:

Go to Settings → Server Settings.
Set your wildcard domain (e.g. *.vessl.example.com).
Point an A record or CNAME to your server.
Traefik provisions Let’s Encrypt SSL certificates automatically.