Docker 🐋

Docker is the preferred way to run AdventureLog on your local machine. It is a lightweight containerization technology that allows you to run applications in isolated environments called containers.

Note: This guide mainly focuses on installation with a Linux-based host machine, but the steps are similar for other operating systems.

Prerequisites

Docker installed on your machine/server. You can learn how to download it here.

Getting Started

Get the docker-compose.yml and .env.example files from the AdventureLog repository. You can download them here:

bash

wget https://raw.githubusercontent.com/seanmorley15/AdventureLog/main/docker-compose.yml
wget https://raw.githubusercontent.com/seanmorley15/AdventureLog/main/.env.example
cp .env.example .env

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If running on an ARM based machine, you will need to use a different PostGIS Image. It is recommended to use the tobi312/rpi-postgresql-postgis:15-3.3-alpine-arm image or a custom version found here. The AdventureLog containers are ARM compatible.

Configuration

The .env file contains all the configuration settings for your AdventureLog instance. Here’s a breakdown of each section:

🌐 Frontend (web)

Name	Required	Description	Default Value
`PUBLIC_SERVER_URL`	Yes	Used by the frontend SSR server to connect to the backend. Almost every user user will never have to change this from default!	`http://server:8000`
`ORIGIN`	Sometimes	Needed only if not using HTTPS. Set it to the domain or IP you'll use to access the frontend.	`http://localhost:8015`
`BODY_SIZE_LIMIT`	Yes	Maximum upload size in bytes.	`Infinity`
`FRONTEND_PORT`	Yes	Port that the frontend will run on inside Docker.	`8015`

🐘 PostgreSQL Database

Name	Required	Description	Default Value
`PGHOST`	Yes	Internal DB hostname.	`db`
`POSTGRES_DB`	Yes	DB name.	`database`
`POSTGRES_USER`	Yes	DB user.	`adventure`
`POSTGRES_PASSWORD`	Yes	DB password.	`changeme123`

🔒 Backend (server)

Name	Required	Description	Default Value
`SECRET_KEY`	Yes	Django secret key. Change this in production!	`changeme123`
`DJANGO_ADMIN_USERNAME`	Yes	Default Django admin username.	`admin`
`DJANGO_ADMIN_PASSWORD`	Yes	Default Django admin password.	`admin`
`DJANGO_ADMIN_EMAIL`	Yes	Default admin email.	`admin@example.com`
`PUBLIC_URL`	Yes	Publicly accessible URL of the backend. Used for generating image URLs.	`http://localhost:8016`
`CSRF_TRUSTED_ORIGINS`	Yes	Comma-separated list of frontend/backend URLs that are allowed to submit requests.	`http://localhost:8016,http://localhost:8015`
`FRONTEND_URL`	Yes	URL to the frontend, used for email generation.	`http://localhost:8015`
`BACKEND_PORT`	Yes	Port that the backend will run on inside Docker.	`8016`
`DEBUG`	No	Should be `False` in production.	`False`

Optional Configuration

Running the Containers

Once you've configured .env, you can start AdventureLog with:

bash

docker compose up -d

Enjoy using AdventureLog! 🎉

Docker 🐋 ​

Prerequisites ​

Getting Started ​

Configuration ​

🌐 Frontend (web) ​

🐘 PostgreSQL Database ​

🔒 Backend (server) ​

Optional Configuration ​

Running the Containers ​