ownstack stack

Listing

$ ownstack stacks
$ ownstack stack list [--json]

Plugins

$ ownstack stack plugin-install [--stack=NAME] <plugin>

Patches

$ ownstack stack patches <stack>
$ ownstack stack patches apply <stack>

Data

$ ownstack stack data databases <stack>
$ ownstack stack data volumes <stack> [list|add|remove]

Backups

$ ownstack stack backup config <stack>
$ ownstack stack backup run <stack>
$ ownstack stack backup list <stack>

See Stack backups for the configuration story.

Disk

$ ownstack stack disk-usage <stack>

Health & monitoring

$ ownstack stack health <stack>
=== node-hub-538 ===
  IP:                44.237.78.27
  Provider state:    running

  Host reachability: ● Active (port:22, 60s probe)
  On-box agent:      ○ Not installed

  Active alerts (1):
    • [critical] host_unreachable — TCP timeout (2026-05-10T18:13:25Z)

Shows the off-box port:22 probe state, the on-box Heartbeat agent state, the cloud provider's view of the instance, and any active alerts. See Stack monitoring for what each layer covers.

Direct SSH access

$ ownstack stack add-key <stack> [--key=PATH]
Key added. You can now connect directly:
  ssh ubuntu@203.0.113.10

Appends your local public key (~/.ssh/id_ed25519.pub by default) to the stack's authorized_keys. After that you can ssh ubuntu@<ip> directly without going through the control-plane proxy. Idempotent. See ownstack ssh for the proxy-based alternative.

Local stacks (for development)

$ ownstack stack add-local
$ ownstack local stack start
$ ownstack local stack stop

Local stacks run dokku in a Docker container on your machine — same workflow as a cloud stack.