Coolify Zero - Zero-Downtime Deployment Manager
Docker-native failover system eliminating deployment downtime for Coolify services. Automated hot standby containers with Traefik health check integration maintain service availability during deployments.
2025•Infrastructure•Published
Key Features
- ✓Hot standby system: Maintains failover containers synced with primary service version
- ✓CLI management: Simple enable/disable commands with real-time status monitoring
- ✓Traefik integration: Automatic health-based traffic routing during deployments
- ✓Version tracking: Syncs failover containers after successful primary deployments
Impact
- **Eliminated deployment downtime**: Zero downtime vs. 1-2 minute service interruption during updates
- **Automatic failover**: Hot standby containers maintain service during primary deployment
- **Zero configuration**: Works with Coolify's existing deployment flow without modification
- **Self-healing**: Manager automatically recovers from any state, recreating failover containers as needed
Technology Stack
Core Stack
BashDockerTraefiksystemd
- Bash scripting with Docker API integration
- systemd service management
- Traefik reverse proxy with health checks
- Docker container orchestration
Tags
DockerDevOpsautomationCLIdeploymentzero-downtimefailoverCoolifyTraefiksystemdhigh-availability