Server Compass Blog
Guides, tutorials, and release notes for the self-hosted generation.
May 29, 2026
Rename Your Docker Apps Without Breaking ThemServer Compass v1.25.3 introduces friendly Custom App Display Names — replace cryptic project slugs with human-readable labels across every view, while containers, volumes, and folders on the server stay exactly where Docker expects them.
May 23, 2026
Never Lock Yourself Out of Your Server AgainServer Compass now protects your SSH firewall rule from accidental deletion, blocks duplicate port 22 entries, and adds per-config backup passphrases — so critical access paths can't be removed by mistake.
May 22, 2026
150+ new self-hostable apps just landed in Server Compass v1.25.0Server Compass just tripled the deploy catalog: 428 one-click templates, up from 239. AI tooling, productivity, finance, dev tools, storage, monitoring — the gap between 'I want to try this self-hosted app tonight' and 'it deploys' just shrank dramatically.
May 15, 2026
11 New App Templates and a Redis Admin Built Into Your Database TabDeploy GoatCounter, Linkding, CyberChef, and eight more self-hosted apps in one click. Plus, browse Redis keys and run commands without leaving the Database tab.
May 12, 2026
Stop Blind Pushes to Your GitHub ReposServer Compass now shows you exactly what files will be committed to your GitHub repository before any deploy push happens — so you never get a surprise commit on the wrong branch again.
May 10, 2026
Per-app metrics on every Docker app — without standing up Grafanav1.24.0 puts request rate, p50/p95/p99 latency, status-code distribution, CPU/memory traces, and a top-slow-paths panel on every Docker app — directly in Server Compass, no observability stack to maintain. Plus a one-click Container Shell and a system tray for live deployment status.
May 2, 2026
Stop Exposing Internal Services to the Public InternetLink apps on the same VPS over a private network in a guided flow. No public ports for your databases, no manual Docker network surgery, no copy-pasted connection strings — just two clicks to connect your app to the services it depends on.
Apr 24, 2026
Server Compass v1.21.0: Compose Drift Protection and Multi-Image DeploysAdds safer Compose workflows with drift detection, baseline selection, and version history, plus faster one-or-many image deployment. It also improves multi-service editing and fixes compose, logs, and layout reliability issues.
Apr 15, 2026
Cloudflare Tunnel Feels Random? A Reliability Checklist for Homelab Remote AccessA practical checklist for intermittent Cloudflare Tunnel outages: system service setup, multiple connectors, log separation, external health checks, alerts, proxy headers, and fallback access.
Apr 15, 2026
Coolify and Dokploy 502 Bad Gateway Errors: Fast VPS Deployment TriageA practical decision tree for Coolify 502 and Dokploy 502 Bad Gateway errors after Docker deploys: container health, bind address, internal port, proxy logs, startup grace, health endpoints, and rollback.
Apr 15, 2026
Migration Plan From Vercel, Railway, or Render to a Self-Hosted VPSA rollback-first migration runbook for moving from Vercel, Railway, Render, Heroku, or another managed platform to your own VPS with config parity, staging rehearsal, backups, DNS cutover, monitoring, and a 24-hour rollback window.
Apr 15, 2026
Postgres "Invalid Checkpoint Record" in Docker: Prevention-First PlaybookPrevent PostgreSQL invalid checkpoint record failures in Docker and VPS deployments with reliable PGDATA storage, graceful shutdowns, health checks, daily backups, and weekly restore drills.