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.
Example with traefik
This example assumes traefik in version 1 installed and configured to use docker as a configuration provider.
Without redis
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"
- "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
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
Without redis
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
VIKUNJA_REDIS_ENABLED: 1
VIKUNJA_REDIS_HOST: 'redis:6379'
VIKUNJA_CACHE_ENABLED: 1
VIKUNJA_CACHE_TYPE: redis
volumes:
- ./files:/app/vikunja/files
networks:
- web
- default
depends_on:
- db
- redis
restart: unless-stopped
labels:
- "traefik.docker.network=web"
- "traefik.enable=true"
- "traefik.frontend.rule=Host:vikunja.example.com;PathPrefix:/api/v1"
- "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
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
redis:
image: redis
networks:
web:
external: true
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):
server {
listen 80;
location / {
proxy_pass http://frontend:80;
}
location /api/ {
proxy_pass http://api:3456;
}
}
Without redis
version: '3'
services:
db:
image: mariadb:10
environment:
MYSQL_ROOT_PASSWORD: supersecret
MYSQL_DATABASE: vikunja
volumes:
- ./db:/var/lib/mysql
api:
image: vikunja/api
environment:
VIKUNJA_DATABASE_HOST: db
VIKUNJA_DATABASE_PASSWORD: supersecret
VIKUNJA_DATABASE_TYPE: mysql
VIKUNJA_DATABASE_USER: root
VIKUNJA_DATABASE_DATABASE: vikunja
volumes:
- ./files:/app/vikunja/files
depends_on:
- db
frontend:
image: vikunja/frontend
proxy:
image: nginx
ports:
- 80:80
volumes:
- ./nginx.conf:/etc/nginx/conf.d/default.conf:ro
depends_on:
- api
- frontend
With redis
version: '3'
services:
db:
image: mariadb:10
environment:
MYSQL_ROOT_PASSWORD: supersecret
MYSQL_DATABASE: vikunja
volumes:
- ./db:/var/lib/mysql
redis:
image: redis
api:
image: vikunja/api
environment:
VIKUNJA_DATABASE_HOST: db
VIKUNJA_DATABASE_PASSWORD: supersecret
VIKUNJA_DATABASE_TYPE: mysql
VIKUNJA_DATABASE_USER: root
VIKUNJA_DATABASE_DATABASE: vikunja
VIKUNJA_REDIS_ENABLED: 1
VIKUNJA_REDIS_HOST: 'redis:6379'
VIKUNJA_CACHE_ENABLED: 1
VIKUNJA_CACHE_TYPE: redis
volumes:
- ./files:/app/vikunja/files
depends_on:
- db
- redis
frontend:
image: vikunja/frontend
proxy:
image: nginx
ports:
- 80:80
volumes:
- ./nginx.conf:/etc/nginx/conf.d/default.conf:ro
depends_on:
- api
- frontend