{"id":502,"date":"2024-07-16T11:27:30","date_gmt":"2024-07-16T11:27:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.hostinger.io\/support\/2024\/07\/16\/9615197-how-to-use-the-coolify-vps-template-at-hostinger\/"},"modified":"2025-11-19T04:54:08","modified_gmt":"2025-11-19T04:54:08","slug":"9615197-how-to-use-the-coolify-vps-template-at-hostinger","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/9615197-how-to-use-the-coolify-vps-template-at-hostinger\/","title":{"rendered":"How to use the Coolify VPS template at Hostinger"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"no-margin\"><a class=\"intercom-content-link\" href=\"https:\/\/coolify.io\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Coolify<\/a> is a modern, open-source, self-hosted control panel designed to simplify the deployment and management of applications and databases. With Hostinger&rsquo;s &ldquo;Ubuntu 24.04 with Coolify&rdquo; <a class=\"intercom-content-link\" href=\"\/support\/4965922-how-to-change-the-operating-system-of-vps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">VPS template<\/a>, Coolify comes preinstalled, allowing you to quickly start managing your applications with ease. This guide will walk you through how to access and set up Coolify on your VPS.<\/p><div class=\"intercom-interblocks-callout\" style=\"background-color: #e3e7fa80;border-color: #334bfa33\">\n<p class=\"no-margin\">If you don&rsquo;t have a VPS yet, check the available options here: <b><a class=\"intercom-content-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/vps\/coolify-hosting\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Coolify VPS hosting<\/a> <\/b>&#128161;<\/p>\n<\/div><h2 id=\"h_99830483a3\">Accessing Coolify<\/h2><p class=\"no-margin\">Open your web browser and go to <b>http:\/\/your-vps-ip:3000<\/b>. Replace <b>your-vps-ip<\/b> with the <a class=\"intercom-content-link\" href=\"\/support\/5139756-how-to-find-your-vps-ip-address\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">actual IP address of your VPS<\/a>.<\/p><p class=\"no-margin\">You will be prompted to create an admin account on your first access. Enter the necessary details to set up your account.<\/p><div class=\"intercom-container intercom-align-center\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/55\/2024\/07\/c3f6f1da-04a5-4045-898d-71a542bf7892.jpg\" alt=\"Coolify login screen\"><\/div><h2 id=\"h_e768728b1c\">Setting up Coolify<\/h2><p class=\"no-margin\">After setting up your account, you will be taken to a brief onboarding process that asks whether you want to deploy your application on a localhost or remote server.<\/p><div class=\"intercom-container intercom-align-center\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/55\/2024\/07\/9264f11c-e963-4d7f-8e0c-0189c519206a.jpg\"><\/div><p class=\"no-margin\">If this is your only Coolify server, select localhost. In that way, your resources will be deployed on the same VPS Coolify is running.<\/p><h2 id=\"h_1524952525\">Deploying an Application<\/h2><p class=\"no-margin\">1. Create a new project:<\/p><ul>\n<li>\n<p class=\"no-margin\">Navigate to the <b>Projects<\/b> section in the Coolify dashboard;<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p class=\"no-margin\">Click on <b>+ Add<\/b> to create it.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul><div class=\"intercom-container intercom-align-center\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/55\/2024\/07\/708a3788-33de-40a0-b815-1080c9fd3635.jpg\"><\/div><p class=\"no-margin\">2. Add your first resource:<\/p><ul>\n<li>\n<p class=\"no-margin\">Head to the <b>Production<\/b> environment and press <b>+ Add New Resource<\/b>;<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p class=\"no-margin\">In the opened list, you will be able to select the application, database, or service you want to deploy.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul><div class=\"intercom-container intercom-align-center\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/55\/2024\/07\/e23f8f05-e17a-48e8-8264-a37767501be5.jpg\"><\/div><h2 id=\"h_358227266f\">Securing your Coolify installation<\/h2><p class=\"no-margin\">Ensure your <a class=\"intercom-content-link\" href=\"\/support\/8172641-how-to-use-a-managed-vps-firewall\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">VPS firewall settings<\/a> are configured to allow only necessary traffic and secure your server.<\/p><p class=\"no-margin\">The &ldquo;Ubuntu 24.04 with Coolify&rdquo; VPS template from Hostinger provides a powerful and flexible environment for deploying and managing applications. By following this guide, you can quickly set up Coolify and easily deploy your applications.<\/p><div class=\"intercom-interblocks-callout\" style=\"background-color: #e3e7fa80;border-color: #334bfa33\">\n<p class=\"no-margin\">For more detailed information and advanced configurations, refer to the <b><a class=\"intercom-content-link\" href=\"https:\/\/coolify.io\/docs\/get-started\/introduction\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Coolify documentation<\/a><\/b> &#128161;<\/p>\n<\/div><p class=\"no-margin\">\n<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Getting started with the Coolify VPS template<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":581,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"include_on_kodee":true,"footnotes":""},"categories":[206],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-502","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-vps-os-and-templates"],"hreflangs":[{"locale":"en-US","link":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/9615197-how-to-use-the-coolify-vps-template-at-hostinger\/","default":1}],"include_on_kodee":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/502","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/581"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=502"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/502\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6688,"href":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/502\/revisions\/6688"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=502"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=502"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=502"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}