Installation

Pruvon runs as a systemd service on the same Linux host as Dokku. The installer handles the full setup: downloading the binary, creating the service account, writing the systemd unit, and enabling automatic backups.

Requirements

• A Linux host with Dokku already installed
• Root or sudo access
• systemd and Nginx available on the host

Install

Install the latest release:

curl -fsSL https://pruvon.dev/install.sh | sudo bash

If curl is not available:

wget -qO- https://pruvon.dev/install.sh | sudo bash

Install a specific version

curl -fsSL https://pruvon.dev/install.sh | sudo env PRUVON_VERSION=v0.1.0 bash

Set a custom listen address

On a fresh install, you can set the initial listen address:

curl -fsSL https://pruvon.dev/install.sh | sudo env PRUVON_LISTEN=127.0.0.1:9090 bash

PRUVON_LISTEN only takes effect when the installer is creating /etc/pruvon.yml for the first time. On an existing installation, edit the config file directly instead. See Configuration.

What the installer does

1. Downloads the release binary from GitHub and verifies it against the published checksums
2. Creates the pruvon system user and adds it to the necessary groups
3. Installs the binary to /opt/pruvon/pruvon with a symlink at /usr/local/bin/pruvon
4. Creates the runtime, log, and backup directories
5. Writes /etc/pruvon.yml with a randomly generated admin password (first install only)
6. Installs the systemd unit, sudoers policy, daily backup cron job, and logrotate config
7. Enables and starts the pruvon service

The generated admin password is printed once at the end of the install output. Save it before the terminal scrolls past.

First login

After a fresh install:

• Username: admin
• Password: the random password printed by the installer

Pruvon stores only the bcrypt hash in /etc/pruvon.yml. The plain-text password is never written to disk.

Change the password after first login. See Configuration - Admin Login.

Installed file layout

Path	Purpose
/etc/pruvon.yml	Configuration file
/opt/pruvon/pruvon	Binary
/usr/local/bin/pruvon	Symlink to the binary
/etc/systemd/system/pruvon.service	systemd unit
/etc/sudoers.d/pruvon	Sudoers policy for the service account
/etc/cron.daily/pruvon-backup	Daily backup trigger
/etc/logrotate.d/pruvon	Log rotation policy
/var/log/pruvon/	Activity and backup log directory
/var/lib/dokku/data/pruvon-backup/	Backup archive storage

Update

Re-run the installer. It detects an existing installation and updates the binary and supporting files in place:

curl -fsSL https://pruvon.dev/install.sh | sudo bash

Your /etc/pruvon.yml is preserved. The only exception: if the config still contains the bundled example admin password hash, the installer replaces it with a new random password and prints it.

After updating, confirm the service is running:

sudo systemctl status pruvon

Verify the installation

Check that the service started:

sudo systemctl status pruvon

Follow the service log to watch for errors:

sudo journalctl -u pruvon -f

Next steps

1. Configuration -- understand and customize /etc/pruvon.yml
2. Operations -- service management, logs, and backup commands
3. Security -- lock down access before exposing Pruvon beyond localhost