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Dagu · on a Docker VPS

Orchestrate your tasks, without the bloat

🔒 VPS only

A lightweight and self-contained workflow orchestration engine (DAG), to be installed and maintained by you on a DINAO VPS. Your pipelines and logs stay on our French servers.

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Hosted in FranceYAML WorkflowsNo databaseGDPR CompliantOfficial publisher image
Overview

What is Dagu?

Dagu is a local-first workflow orchestration engine with a web interface, designed as a lightweight alternative to Apache Airflow or traditional crontab. It allows you to define directed acyclic graphs (DAG) in YAML format without coding, and runs your existing scripts or tools without any modifications.

Its key advantage is the absence of a database: Dagu stores states and logs in files, comes as a single binary (Linux, macOS, Windows), and starts instantly. It natively supports shell commands, Docker containers, Kubernetes jobs, and remote SSH execution, with a coordinator/workers architecture for distributed execution.

The web interface allows you to manage, monitor, and restart pipelines, while structured logs, Prometheus metrics, and a visual dashboard ensure observability. Dagu even offers MCP server integration for AI agent management. Ideal for ETL pipelines, cron task modernization, and infrastructure automation.

Compatible offers

Host Dagu at DINAO

No managed container for Dagu: this application is installed on a VPS hosted in France (1 vCPU / 256 Mo / 1 Go minimum).

Dagu needs a level of access to the machine that the managed container, shared between several customers, does not give. Two VPS hosted in France: DINAO installs and manages it for you, or you administer it yourself.

Technical reason: mounting the Docker socket (full control of the host).

Option 2 The simplest

Managed VPS with Docker and the application pre-installed

from €28,70 /month excl. VAT

  • Dagu installed by DINAO when you order
  • The machine is yours alone: Dagu can control Docker on it without affecting any other customer
  • System and Docker managed by DINAO, monitoring included
  • Priority support included (2-hour response time, DINAO business days and hours)
  • Stated, capped resources (2 vCPU, 2 GB, 20 GB): beyond that, a larger size is offered
  • Application updates on request
  • Backups as an option (€20,00 excl. VAT/month)
  • No administrator access to the machine

To use Dagu without installing or administering anything.

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Option 3 100% self-managed

VPS Docker

from €11,00 /month excl. VAT

  • Your virtual machine, full administrator access
  • Docker pre-installed, control panel of your choice
  • Free to install Dagu or any other application, including those that drive Docker
  • Delivered empty: you install and maintain Dagu yourself (or DINAO installs it on quotation)
  • No backup by default (optional: €20,00 excl. VAT/month)
  • No management service by default (optional from €55,00 excl. VAT/month); monitoring as an option

By default you keep full control; but without an additional service, you handle everything: maintenance, configuration, deployment.

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CriterionManaged VPS with Docker and the application pre-installedVPS Docker
Who installs DaguDINAO, when you orderNobody by default: VPS delivered with Docker and, at your choice, Portainer / Dockge, without the application. You install it, or DINAO on quotation
Application updatesDINAO, on requestYou
System and DockerDINAO, without a control panel: one VPS, one applicationYou: no management service by default (optional: €55,00 or €75,00 excl. VAT/month, business days)
BackupsOptional: €20,00 excl. VAT/month for 7 days (100 GB quota)None by default; optional: €20,00 excl. VAT/month for 7 days (100 GB quota)
MonitoringIncludedOptional: from €1,00 to €10,00 excl. VAT/month
SupportPriority handling included (2-hour response time, DINAO business days and hours, no guaranteed resolution time)Best effort
IsolationA virtual machine of your own, for this application onlyA virtual machine of your own
ResourcesSized for the OS, Docker and Dagu: 2 vCPU, 2 GB, 20 GB, stated as a cap; beyond that, a larger size is offeredRecommended size for Dagu: 2 vCPU, 4 GB, 50 GB; can be extended
Administrator access (root)NoYes
Applications that require privileged access to the machineYes: the machine is yours aloneYes
Starting price€28,70 excl. VAT/month€11,00 excl. VAT/month (VPS only, without the application)

Options 2 and 3 sized for Dagu (application requirements plus the system and Docker): 2 vCPU, 2 GB, 20 GB for option 2, 2 vCPU, 4 GB, 50 GB for option 3, whose base is larger.

Under the hood

Technical details

vCPU
1 vCPU
ideal : 2 vCPU
Memory
256 Mo
ideal : 1 Go
Disk
1 Go
ideal : 10 Go
Image : ghcr.io/dagu-org/dagu:latest Registry : ghcr.io Services : dagu Ports : 8080/tcp
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Frequently asked questions

You might be wondering…

About Dagu 6 questions

How does Dagu differ from Airflow?

Dagu aims for simplicity: no database to administer, a single binary, YAML workflows. Where Airflow requires significant infrastructure, Dagu starts instantly and is perfectly suited for small and medium-sized teams.

Do I need to rewrite my existing scripts?

No. Dagu runs your existing scripts and tools without modification. You simply orchestrate them in a YAML file describing the dependencies between tasks (the DAG).

Where are the data hosted?

On DINAO infrastructure in France, in one of the available datacenters. Your workflow definitions and logs never leave the territory.

What types of tasks can I orchestrate?

ETL pipelines, cron task modernization, media conversion, infrastructure automation… Dagu runs shell commands, Docker containers, Kubernetes jobs, or remote SSH commands.

Can I change plans or export my workflows?

Yes. Your workflows are simple YAML files, exportable at any time. You can scale up or down freely — no proprietary lock-in.

Is this application tested before it is offered?

This application has not yet passed our automatic deployment test. It can still be installed, but we invite you to contact us before ordering: we will then test it as a priority. The deployment template used was last updated on 3 July 2026. Each new version released by the publisher triggers this test again: the date above therefore follows the version actually offered.

Option 2Option 3 On a VPS 7 questions

One answer per option: the two VPS offers do not cover the same things.

Who installs Dagu on a VPS?

Managed VPSDINAO, when you order

VPS DockerNobody by default: the VPS is delivered with Docker, without the application. You install it, or DINAO on quotation

Who updates Dagu on a VPS?

Managed VPSDINAO, on request

VPS DockerYou

Is the VPS managed?

Managed VPSYes: DINAO manages the system and Docker, without a control panel (one VPS, one application). Monitoring is included

VPS DockerNot by default: you manage the system and Docker. The management service and monitoring can be added as options when ordering

Is my data backed up on a VPS?

Managed VPSAs an option: backup is added when ordering

VPS DockerNone by default; backup can be added as an option when ordering

Do I get administrator (root) access to the VPS?

Managed VPSNo

VPS DockerYes

Do you provide on-call support outside business hours on a VPS?

Managed VPSNo: monitoring is included, interventions take place on business days

VPS DockerNo: monitoring is an option, support is best effort

In which data centre is my service hosted?

In France, in DINAO's private racks within two third-party data centres: Free Pro in Marseille (MAR02) and Euclyde DC1 in Sophia-Antipolis. The operator provides the building, power, cooling and physical security; DINAO operates everything inside its racks, entirely and independently.