Dashboard Overview

The dashboard is the main web interface for operating apps and host-level features in Deku.

It is served directly by dekud from the configured dashboard directory. In the packaged install path, the installer stages the built dashboard assets for you from the release bundle.

Accessing the Dashboard

Run:

deku dashboard

That command prints:

• The server-reachable dashboard URL derived from local CLI config and host IP detection
• The local loopback dashboard URL for on-host access
• Whether dashboard access is configured
• SSH tunnel and firewall guidance for remote access
• The reset command if a replacement token is needed

If your browser is on another machine, either use the printed SSH tunnel command or make TCP port 2810 reachable through your firewall. Then open the dashboard URL in a browser and sign in with the one-time dashboard token shown during deku setup or a later deku dashboard reset-token.

Pages and Workflows

• Apps: Review the app fleet, create new apps, remove old apps, and jump directly into app workspaces
• App detail: Manage config vars, domains, ports, routing, TLS, scale, deployment history, and live logs for a single app
• Deployment detail: Inspect rollout history, lifecycle events, builder details, and rollback targets
• Host overview: Review platform-wide app status, routing state, TLS configuration, object store status, services, SSH keys, plugins, and recent events
• Routing: Inspect the routing table, validate proxy state, and manage the global Let’s Encrypt email setting
• Services: Create and inspect Postgres, Redis, and MySQL services, link them to apps, and manage Postgres backups and restores
• Object Store: Configure and test the S3-compatible object store used for host-level backups, deploy artifact retention, and app credential linking
• SSH Keys: Add and remove trusted public keys for server access workflows
• Plugins: Inspect loaded plugins and load or unload plugin libraries by path

What You Can Manage Here

• App creation, inspection, and deletion
• Deploy history, image/archive deploy follow-up, and rollback review
• Config vars, domains, ports, routing, and TLS
• Process scale, live logs, and deployment events
• Networks, storage mounts, and cron entries
• Managed services and Postgres backup workflows
• Object store, SSH keys, and plugin inventory

For the underlying HTTP surface, read API Reference. For the runtime model behind the dashboard, read Architecture.