Pleng: Self-Hosted Cloud Platform with AI-Driven Infrastructure Management

Pleng is a self-hosted cloud platform driven by an AI agent designed to simplify infrastructure deployment and management. The tool addresses what the creator calls "localhost syndrome"—the friction of manually setting up VPS, Docker, Traefik, and SSL certificates that often prevents side projects from reaching production.

How It Works

You install Pleng with a single command on a fresh Ubuntu VPS. Instead of using a dashboard, you manage your entire infrastructure through a Telegram bot using natural language commands. For example, you can text the bot: "Deploy the main branch of this GitHub repo to mydomain.com" or "Why is my app crashing?". The AI agent then handles cloning, Docker containers, reverse proxy setup, SSL configuration, and log reading.

Security Architecture

The creator acknowledges the security concerns of giving an AI root server access. Pleng addresses this with strict isolation measures:

• The agent runs inside a heavily sandboxed Docker container
• It has NO access to the host machine, NO sudo privileges, and NO access to the Docker socket
• It can only affect infrastructure by calling a separate platform API over HTTP
• It uses a deterministic CLI tool under the hood that can deploy, restart, fetch logs, or read metrics, but cannot execute destructive commands like rm -rf /

Current Features

• Deploy from GitHub (public or private repos) or local directories
• Automated Traefik routing with Let's Encrypt SSL certificates
• Built-in basic analytics for pageviews and visitors
• Automated backups, health monitoring, and log inspection directly in the chat interface

The tool is licensed under AGPL-3.0 and represents an early version built primarily to solve the creator's own deployment challenges. It's positioned as useful for indie hackers and developers who want to push projects to production with minimal friction.