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Full docker example

This docker compose configuration will run Vikunja with backend and frontend with a mariadb as database. It uses an nginx container or traefik on the host to proxy backend and frontend into a single port.

For all available configuration options, see [configuration]({{< ref "config.md">}}).

NOTE: If you intend to run Vikunja with mysql and/or to use non-latin characters }}">make sure your db is utf-8 compatible.
All examples on this page already reflect this and do not require additional work.

{{< table_of_contents >}}

Redis

While Vikunja has support to use redis as a caching backend, you'll probably not need it unless you're using Vikunja with more than a handful of users.

To use redis, you'll need to add this to the config examples below:

{{< highlight yaml >}} version: '3'

services: api: image: vikunja/api environment: VIKUNJA_REDIS_ENABLED: 1 VIKUNJA_REDIS_HOST: 'redis:6379' VIKUNJA_CACHE_ENABLED: 1 VIKUNJA_CACHE_TYPE: redis volumes: - ./files:/app/vikunja/files redis: image: redis {{< /highlight >}}

PostgreSQL

Vikunja supports postgres, mysql and sqlite as a database backend. The examples on this page use mysql with a mariadb container. To use postgres as a database backend, change the db section of the examples to this:

{{< highlight yaml >}} db: image: postgres:13 environment: POSTGRES_PASSWORD: secret POSTGRES_USER: vikunja volumes: - ./db:/var/lib/postgresql/data restart: unless-stopped {{< /highlight >}}

You'll also need to change the VIKUNJA_DATABASE_TYPE to postgres on the api container declaration.

NOTE: The mariadb container can sometimes take a while to initialize, especially on the first run. During this time, the api container will fail to start at all. It will automatically restart every few seconds.

Example without any proxy

This example lets you host Vikunja without any reverse proxy in front of it. This is the absolute minimum configuration you need to get something up and running. If you want to host Vikunja on one single port instead of two different ones or need tls termination, check out one of the other examples.

Not that you need to change the VIKUNJA_API_URL environment variable to the ip (the docker host you're running this on) is reachable at. Because the browser you'll use to access the Vikunja frontend uses that url to make the requests, it has to be able to reach that ip + port from the outside. Putting everything in a private network won't work.

{{< highlight yaml >}} version: '3'

services: db: image: mariadb:10 command: --character-set-server=utf8mb4 --collation-server=utf8mb4_unicode_ci environment: MYSQL_ROOT_PASSWORD: supersecret MYSQL_USER: vikunja MYSQL_PASSWORD: secret MYSQL_DATABASE: vikunja volumes: - ./db:/var/lib/mysql restart: unless-stopped api: image: vikunja/api environment: VIKUNJA_DATABASE_HOST: db VIKUNJA_DATABASE_PASSWORD: secret VIKUNJA_DATABASE_TYPE: mysql VIKUNJA_DATABASE_USER: vikunja VIKUNJA_DATABASE_DATABASE: vikunja ports: - 3456:3456 volumes: - ./files:/app/vikunja/files depends_on: - db restart: unless-stopped frontend: image: vikunja/frontend ports: - 80:80 environment: VIKUNJA_API_URL: http://:3456/api/v1 restart: unless-stopped {{< /highlight >}}

Example with traefik 2

This example assumes traefik version 2 installed and configured to use docker as a configuration provider.

We also make a few assumtions here which you'll most likely need to adjust for your traefik setup:

• Your domain is vikunja.example.com
• The entrypoint you want to make vikunja available from is called https
• The tls cert resolver is called acme

{{< highlight yaml >}} version: '3'

services: api: image: vikunja/api environment: VIKUNJA_DATABASE_HOST: db VIKUNJA_DATABASE_PASSWORD: supersecret VIKUNJA_DATABASE_TYPE: mysql VIKUNJA_DATABASE_USER: vikunja VIKUNJA_DATABASE_DATABASE: vikunja volumes: - ./files:/app/vikunja/files networks: - web - default depends_on: - db restart: unless-stopped labels: - "traefik.enable=true" - "traefik.http.routers.vikunja-api.rule=Host(vikunja.example.com) && PathPrefix(/api/v1, /dav/, /.well-known/)" - "traefik.http.routers.vikunja-api.entrypoints=https" - "traefik.http.routers.vikunja-api.tls.certResolver=acme" frontend: image: vikunja/frontend labels: - "traefik.enable=true" - "traefik.http.routers.vikunja-frontend.rule=Host(vikunja.example.com)" - "traefik.http.routers.vikunja-frontend.entrypoints=https" - "traefik.http.routers.vikunja-frontend.tls.certResolver=acme" networks: - web - default restart: unless-stopped db: image: mariadb:10 command: --character-set-server=utf8mb4 --collation-server=utf8mb4_unicode_ci environment: MYSQL_ROOT_PASSWORD: supersupersecret MYSQL_USER: vikunja MYSQL_PASSWORD: supersecret MYSQL_DATABASE: vikunja volumes: - ./db:/var/lib/mysql restart: unless-stopped command: --max-connections=1000

networks: web: external: true {{< /highlight >}}

Example with traefik 1

This example assumes traefik in version 1 installed and configured to use docker as a configuration provider.

{{< highlight yaml >}} version: '3'

services: api: image: vikunja/api environment: VIKUNJA_DATABASE_HOST: db VIKUNJA_DATABASE_PASSWORD: supersecret VIKUNJA_DATABASE_TYPE: mysql VIKUNJA_DATABASE_USER: vikunja VIKUNJA_DATABASE_DATABASE: vikunja volumes: - ./files:/app/vikunja/files networks: - web - default depends_on: - db restart: unless-stopped labels: - "traefik.docker.network=web" - "traefik.enable=true" - "traefik.frontend.rule=Host:vikunja.example.com;PathPrefix:/api/v1,/dav/,/.well-known" - "traefik.port=3456" - "traefik.protocol=http" frontend: image: vikunja/frontend labels: - "traefik.docker.network=web" - "traefik.enable=true" - "traefik.frontend.rule=Host:vikunja.example.com;PathPrefix:/" - "traefik.port=80" - "traefik.protocol=http" networks: - web - default restart: unless-stopped db: image: mariadb:10 command: --character-set-server=utf8mb4 --collation-server=utf8mb4_unicode_ci environment: MYSQL_ROOT_PASSWORD: supersupersecret MYSQL_USER: vikunja MYSQL_PASSWORD: supersecret MYSQL_DATABASE: vikunja volumes: - ./db:/var/lib/mysql restart: unless-stopped command: --max-connections=1000

networks: web: external: true {{< /highlight >}}

Example with nginx as proxy

You'll need to save this nginx configuration on your host under nginx.conf (or elsewhere, but then you'd need to adjust the proxy mount at the bottom of the compose file):

{{< highlight conf >}} server { listen 80;

location / {
    proxy_pass http://frontend:80;
}

location ~* ^/(api|dav|\.well-known)/ {
    proxy_pass http://api:3456;
    client_max_body_size 20M;
}

} {{< /highlight >}}

NOTE: If you change the max upload size in Vikunja's settings, you'll need to also change the client_max_body_size in the nginx proxy config.

docker-compose.yml config:

{{< highlight yaml >}} version: '3'

services: db: image: mariadb:10 command: --character-set-server=utf8mb4 --collation-server=utf8mb4_unicode_ci environment: MYSQL_ROOT_PASSWORD: supersecret MYSQL_USER: vikunja MYSQL_PASSWORD: secret MYSQL_DATABASE: vikunja volumes: - ./db:/var/lib/mysql restart: unless-stopped api: image: vikunja/api environment: VIKUNJA_DATABASE_HOST: db VIKUNJA_DATABASE_PASSWORD: secret VIKUNJA_DATABASE_TYPE: mysql VIKUNJA_DATABASE_USER: vikunja VIKUNJA_DATABASE_DATABASE: vikunja volumes: - ./files:/app/vikunja/files depends_on: - db restart: unless-stopped frontend: image: vikunja/frontend restart: unless-stopped proxy: image: nginx ports: - 80:80 volumes: - ./nginx.conf:/etc/nginx/conf.d/default.conf:ro depends_on: - api - frontend restart: unless-stopped {{< /highlight >}}

Example with Caddy v2 as proxy

You will need the following Caddyfile on your host (or elsewhere, but then you'd need to adjust the proxy mount at the bottom of the compose file):

{{< highlight conf >}} vikunja.example.com { reverse_proxy /api/* api:3456 reverse_proxy /.well-known/* api:3456 reverse_proxy /dav/* api:3456 reverse_proxy frontend:80 } {{< /highlight >}}

docker-compose.yml config:

{{< highlight yaml >}} version: '3'

services: db: image: mariadb:10 command: --character-set-server=utf8mb4 --collation-server=utf8mb4_unicode_ci environment: MYSQL_ROOT_PASSWORD: supersecret MYSQL_USER: vikunja MYSQL_PASSWORD: secret MYSQL_DATABASE: vikunja volumes: - ./db:/var/lib/mysql restart: unless-stopped api: image: vikunja/api environment: VIKUNJA_DATABASE_HOST: db VIKUNJA_DATABASE_PASSWORD: secret VIKUNJA_DATABASE_TYPE: mysql VIKUNJA_DATABASE_USER: vikunja VIKUNJA_DATABASE_DATABASE: vikunja volumes: - ./files:/app/vikunja/files depends_on: - db restart: unless-stopped frontend: image: vikunja/frontend restart: unless-stopped caddy: image: caddy restart: unless-stopped ports: - "80:80" - "443:443" depends_on: - api - frontend volumes: - ./Caddyfile:/etc/caddy/Caddyfile:ro {{< /highlight >}}

Setup on a Synology NAS

There is a proxy preinstalled in DSM, so if you want to access vikunja from outside, you can prepare 2 proxy rules:

• a redirection rule for vikunja's api (see example screenshot using port 3456)
• a similar redirection rule for vikunja's frontend (using port 4321)

You should also add 2 empty folders for mariadb and vikunja inside Synology's docker main folders:

• Docker
  • vikunja
  • mariadb

Synology has it's own GUI for managing Docker containers... But it's easier via docker compose.

To do that, you can

• either activate SSH and paste the adapted compose file in a terminal (using Putty or similar)
• without activating SSH as a "custom script" (go to Control Panel / Task Scheduler / Create / Scheduled Task / User-defined script)
• without activating SSH, by using Portainer (you have to install first, check out this tutorial for exmple):
  1. Go to Dashboard / Stacks click the button "Add Stack"
  2. Give it the name Vikunja and paste the adapted docker compose file
  3. Deploy the Stack with the "Delpoy Stack" button:

The docker-compose file we're going to use is very similar to the example without any proxy above:

{{< highlight yaml >}} version: '3'

services: db: image: mariadb:10 command: --character-set-server=utf8mb4 --collation-server=utf8mb4_unicode_ci environment: MYSQL_ROOT_PASSWORD: supersecret MYSQL_USER: vikunja MYSQL_PASSWORD: secret MYSQL_DATABASE: vikunja volumes: - ./db:/var/lib/mysql restart: unless-stopped api: image: vikunja/api environment: VIKUNJA_DATABASE_HOST: db VIKUNJA_DATABASE_PASSWORD: secret VIKUNJA_DATABASE_TYPE: mysql VIKUNJA_DATABASE_USER: vikunja VIKUNJA_DATABASE_DATABASE: vikunja ports: - 3456:3456 volumes: - ./files:/app/vikunja/files depends_on: - db restart: unless-stopped frontend: image: vikunja/frontend ports: - 4321:80 environment: VIKUNJA_API_URL: http://vikunja-api-domain.tld/api/v1 restart: unless-stopped {{< /highlight >}}

You may want to change the volumes to match the rest of your setup.

Once deployed, you might want to change the [PUID and GUID settings]({{< ref "install-backend.md">}}#setting-user-and-group-id-of-the-user-running-vikunja) or [set the time zone]({{< ref "config.md">}}#timezone).

After registering all your users, you might also want to [disable the user registration]({{<ref "config.md">}}#enableregistration).