Production Configuration

A complete Gordon configuration for production environments.

When to Use

• Production deployments
• Multiple applications
• Services requiring databases

Configuration

# ~/.config/gordon/gordon.toml

# Server settings
[server]
port = 8080                              # Cloudflare forwards 443 → 8080
registry_port = 5000
gordon_domain = "gordon.company.com"

# Authentication with pass backend (recommended)
[auth]
enabled = true
secrets_backend = "pass"
token_secret = "gordon/auth/token_secret"

# File-based logging with rotation
[logging]
level = "info"
format = "json"

[logging.file]
enabled = true
path = "~/.gordon/logs/gordon.log"
max_size = 100
max_backups = 10
max_age = 90

# Workload logs are read from the container runtime with
# `gordon apps logs APP --service SERVICE`.

# Volume settings (all enabled by default)
[volumes]
auto_create = true
prefix = "gordon"
preserve = true

# Network isolation for security
[network_isolation]
enabled = true
network_prefix = "prod"

# Applications, routes, services, and shared networks are declared in
# separate app manifest files and applied with `gordon apps apply`.

Setup Steps

1. Install Pass

sudo apt install pass gnupg
gpg --gen-key
pass init your-gpg-key-id

2. Store Token Secret

# Generate random secret
openssl rand -base64 32 | pass insert -m gordon/auth/token_secret

3. Generate CI Token

gordon auth token generate --subject ci-bot --scopes push,pull --expiry 0

4. Set App Secrets

Declare public values under [env] and secret names under [services.<name>.secrets] in each app file, apply it, then set the values:

gordon apps apply --file ./app.toml
pass show company/db-password \
  | gordon apps secrets set app --service web --stdin --key DATABASE_PASSWORD

5. Configure Cloudflare

6. Start Gordon

systemctl --user enable --now gordon

Features Enabled

Deployment Workflow

# Build locally
docker build -t company-app .

# Tag with version
docker tag company-app gordon.company.com/company-app:v2.2.0

# Push to deploy
docker push gordon.company.com/company-app:v2.2.0

# Update config with new version
vim ~/.config/gordon/gordon.toml
# Change: "app.company.com" = "company-app:v2.2.0"

# Reload to deploy
gordon daemon reload

Related

• Minimal Configuration
• Secrets Configuration
• Network Isolation