plift_ - Development Stack Orchestration

plift_

Development stack orchestration. Spin up production-like environments with databases, caches, message brokers, and full observability stack in one command.

Docker Compose Salt Stack Linux / macOS / Windows MIT License

$ plift generate-all

[+] Generating configurations via Salt...

[+] Creating SSL certificates...

$ plift start-services

[+] Running 12/12

✔ Container haproxy Started

✔ Container postgresql Started

✔ Container redis Started

✔ Container rabbitmq Started

✔ Container elasticsearch Started

✔ Container kafka Started

$ plift start-tools

[+] Running 7/7

✔ Container grafana Started

✔ Container prometheus Started

✔ Container portainer Started

$ plift start-apps

[+] Running 2/2

✔ Container my-laravel-app Started

✔ Container my-django-api Started

[+] Running database migrations

[+] Stack ready

$ plift get-config

# Everything you need for modern development

[multi-lang]

Polyglot Support

Run PHP, Python, Node.js, and Java/Spring applications side by side. Each framework gets pre-configured templates with hot reloading, proper dependencies, and environment settings out of the box. Many more to come.

[services]

20+ Pre-configured Services

MySQL, PostgreSQL, Redis, Memcached, RabbitMQ, Kafka, Elasticsearch, Vault - all ready to use. Add or remove services with a single command. Persistent storage included.

[observability]

Full Monitoring Stack

Prometheus metrics, Grafana dashboards, Loki logging, and Tempo/Jaeger distributed tracing. Pre-built dashboards for all applications. Debug microservices like a pro.

[ssl]

Automatic SSL

Local SSL certificates generated automatically via mkcert. HAProxy handles SSL termination and routing. Access everything via HTTPS just like production.

[yaml]

YAML Configuration

Define your entire stack in simple YAML files. Salt Stack generates Docker Compose files, Dockerfiles, app configs, and database schemas automatically. No manual configuration needed.

[db]

Database Management

Automatic user creation, permission management, and migration execution. CloudBeaver web UI for database administration.

[env]

Environment Parity

Production-like environment on your laptop. Same services, same networking, same configuration. Eliminate "works on my machine" problems. Share config with your team.

[cli]

50+ CLI Commands

Intuitive Makefile-based CLI. Start, stop, restart, logs, shell access, migrations, config regeneration - everything you need without remembering Docker commands.

$ plift list-services

# Available infrastructure services

[db] MySQL

Primary relational database with automatic user/db creation

[db] PostgreSQL

Advanced SQL database with extensions support

[cache] Redis

In-memory cache and message broker

[cache] Memcached

Distributed memory caching system

[mq] RabbitMQ

AMQP message broker with management UI

[mq] Kafka

Distributed event streaming platform

[search] Elasticsearch

Full-text search and analytics engine

[secrets] Vault

Secrets management and encryption

[lb] HAProxy

Load balancer with SSL termination

[coord] Zookeeper

Distributed coordination for Kafka

$ plift list-available

# Supported application frameworks with pre-configured templates

Laravel

PHP / Nginx / Composer

Django

Python / Gunicorn / pip

Node.js

Express / Fastify / npm

Spring Boot

Java / Maven / Gradle

$ plift list-tools

# Complete observability stack included

Grafana

Dashboards & visualization

Prometheus

Metrics collection

Loki

Log aggregation

Tempo

Distributed tracing

Jaeger

Trace visualization

Alloy

Telemetry collection

cAdvisor

Container metrics

Portainer

Container management

# Pre-built Grafana dashboards: Metrics, Logs, Traces, Infrastructure

$ cat architecture.md

# How plift works under the hood

plift CLI

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Salt Stack

Configuration generation via Jinja2 templates

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Docker Compose

Dockerfiles

App Configs

SSL Certs

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Docker Engine

↓

Services

Tools

Applications

$ plift help

PLift - Development Stack Orchestrator --------------------------------------------- Usage: plift <command> [options] Build build-tools Build tools or t=tool_name build-apps Build apps or a=app_name Management add-service Enable service s=service_name remove-service Disable service s=service_name add-tool Enable tool t=tool_name remove-tool Disable tool t=tool_name Configuration generate-all Generate all configuration files generate Generate configs c=default,tools,services get-config Get config VAL=<value> OUT=yaml/json Stack Control start-base Start base containers (Salt) start-services Start services or s=service_name start-tools Start tools or t=tool_name start-apps Start apps or a=app_name stop-services Stop services stop-tools Stop tools stop-apps Stop apps migrate-databases Run database migrations Info list-services List enabled services list-tools List enabled tools list-available List all available services/tools show-info Show status, hosts, credentials status Container status Docker logs Show logs c=<name> attach Shell into container c=<name> prune Clean up images generate-traffic Generate test traffic

$ cat README.md

# How it works

Configure environment

Set LOCAL_DOMAIN in .env file. This generates all service URLs, SSL certificates, and HAProxy routes.

Generate configurations

Salt Stack generates Docker Compose files, application configs, HAProxy routes, Prometheus targets, Grafana dashboards, and SSL certificates.

Define your apps

Edit configs/apps/init.sls to add applications. Specify framework (Laravel, Django, Node.js, Java), database, and custom settings.

Start the stack

Run plift start-stack to start services, tools, and applications. Access via https://your-app.plift.local.

$ cat README.md

# Prerequisites and installation

# requirements

docker and docker-compose make

# clone and setup

git clone https://github.com/vlebo/plift.git cd plift cp .env.example .env # edit .env and set LOCAL_DOMAIN=your.domain

# initialize and start everything

plift init

$ plift show-info

# Default service URLs

URL	SERVICE
grafana.plift.local	Dashboards
prometheus.plift.local	Metrics
portainer.plift.local	Container UI
dbeaver.plift.local	Database UI
rabbitmq.plift.local	RabbitMQ UI
redis.plift.local	Redis Insight
jaeger.plift.local	Tracing UI
vault.plift.local	Secrets UI