One way to overcome that might be to use ansible to automate: 1. Dokku setup on a new server 2. Deploy your app from a git repository 3. Restore you

One way to overcome that might be to use ansible to automate: 1. Dokku setup on a new server 2. Deploy your app from a git repository 3. Restore your database from backup If you aren't comfortable with ansible you can use Fabric [0] or Sup [1]. I think there's even an ansible guide for Dokku deployment on their blog [2]. [0] https://www.fabfile.org/ https://www.fabfile.org/ [1] https://github.com/pressly/sup https://github.com/pressly/sup [2] https://dokku.github.io/general/automating-dokku-setup https://dokku.github.io/general/automating-dokku-setup