Why I'm Ditching Coolify for Ansible for Deploying my Web Apps

20/08/2025 13 min
Why I'm Ditching Coolify for Ansible for Deploying my Web Apps

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In this video we explore why I chose Ansible over Coolify for setting up my servers and deploying my web apps.Original blog post with all links: https://hamy.xyz/blog/2025-08_coolify-to-ansibleCTA: Get $20 in Hetzner credits with my link - https://hetzner.cloud/?ref=8HuJz94yRocpChapters00:00 - Intro00:55 - Infrastructure as Code02:35 - Control and Transparency05:30 - Less Dependency Risk06:50 - A Learning Opportunity08:10 - How my Ansible Script is Working OutLinks:- Hosting my Docker Container on a VPS with Coolify as a PaaS with GitHub Autodeploys - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5oRQT7Plndk&ab_channel=HAMYLABS- How To Hide Your Server's IP Address For Free With Cloudflare - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5zvZuBm8GqM&ab_channel=HAMYLABS- Stop Vibe Coding, Start Power Coding - How To Write Quality Software Faster With Agentic AI - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=akiymB1PyjY&ab_channel=HAMYLABSAbout me: I'm Hamilton - a Technomancer building Simple Scalable Systems.Connect with me:- Website: https://hamy.xyz- Email List: https://hamniverse.substack.com/- Twitter: @SIRHAMY - https://twitter.com/SIRHAMY- BlueSky: https://bsky.app/profile/sirhamy.bsky.social- Pod Cast: HAMY LABS POD - https://hamylabspod.buzzsprout.com/# Support the ChannelIf you liked this and would like to see more, consider becoming a HAMINIONs supporter: https://hamy.xyz/labs/haminionsSupporters get:* Full source code access from courses / tutorials* Exclusive discounts on products / coursesPlus you help me to keep experimenting / sharing!Additional ways to support: * YouTube channel members get early access to videos (sometimes weeks before they go public!)* Sponsor posts on the blog / channel: https://hamy.xyz/labs/sponsors* Buy merch from my shop - https://shop.hamy.xyz/