I am not sure how to self-host docker compose environments. Maybe somebody can help out.

I’m a software dev and not afraid of some sysadmin work.

Options I see:

  1. I see a docker-compose community app that lets you start setting things up, but haven’t investigated very much.
  2. Spin up a linux vm, pretend its not unraid and follow instructions. This is heavier-weight so I want to investigate the docker approach at least some.
  3. Individual dockers, sorta extracting each item in the docker-compose file and running them one-by-one.

I already have nginx proxy manager setup with other services, so that should be fine to expose things to the wider internet when I get that far.

  • tkoAEnglish
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    1 year ago

    I got it going on a DigitalOcean VPS… I thought about hosting it on my Unraid machine, but at the end of the day I wasn’t very comfortable hosting a VERY public place on my home server.

    That said, having gone through the setup, I’m sure you could get it going on Unraid. I would use Docker Compose via the Compose Manager plugin, along with SWAG or NPM.

    There are some differences in how you use Docker Compose on Unraid vs on a VM, but nothing insurmountable! If you give it a shot, let us know how it goes!