Zero-Downtime Go & SQLite Deployments with Kamal 2

Deploying Go + SQLite Web Apps with Kamal 2

Kamal (formerly MRSK) brings zero-downtime deployment for Docker containers to any bare metal or cloud VM without Kubernetes complexity.

Sample config/deploy.yml for Go + SQLite

service: notesondev
image: mydockerhub/notesondev

servers:
  web:
    - 192.168.1.100

registry:
  username: mydockerhub
  password:
    - KAMAL_REGISTRY_PASSWORD

volumes:
  - "notesondev_data:/app/data"

env:
  clear:
    PORT: "8080"
    DATABASE_URL: "/app/data/notesondev.db"

Deploying in One Command

kamal setup
kamal deploy

Kamal automatically builds your Docker image, pushes it to your registry, pulls it on your server, starts health checks, updates Traefik routing, and tears down the old container cleanly.