Installing Seafile with Docker Compose

Seafile is a free open source file hosting and sync too that is easy to use and secure, In this post I will talk you through how to install this through docker compose

Edit the below docker-compose.yml file

version: '2.0'
services:
  db:
    image: mariadb:10.11
    container_name: seafile-mysql
    environment:
      - MYSQL_ROOT_PASSWORD=db_dev  # Requested, set the root's password of MySQL service.
      - MYSQL_LOG_CONSOLE=true
    volumes:
      - /opt/seafile-mysql/db:/var/lib/mysql  # Requested, specifies the path to MySQL data persistent store.
    networks:
      - seafile-net

  memcached:
    image: memcached:1.6.18
    container_name: seafile-memcached
    entrypoint: memcached -m 256
    networks:
      - seafile-net
          
  seafile:
    image: seafileltd/seafile-mc:latest
    container_name: seafile
    ports:
      - "80:80"
#     - "443:443"  # If https is enabled, cancel the comment.
    volumes:
      - /opt/seafile-data:/shared   # Requested, specifies the path to Seafile data persistent store.
    environment:
      - DB_HOST=db
      - DB_ROOT_PASSWD=db_dev  # Requested, the value should be root's password of MySQL service.
      - TIME_ZONE=Etc/UTC  # Optional, default is UTC. Should be uncomment and set to your local time zone.
      - [email protected] # Specifies Seafile admin user, default is '[email protected]'.
      - SEAFILE_ADMIN_PASSWORD=asecret     # Specifies Seafile admin password, default is 'asecret'.
      - SEAFILE_SERVER_LETSENCRYPT=false   # Whether to use https or not.
      - SEAFILE_SERVER_HOSTNAME=docs.seafile.com # Specifies your host name if https is enabled.
    depends_on:
      - db
      - memcached
    networks:
      - seafile-net

networks:
  seafile-net:

Dont forget to modify the following

• The password of MySQL root (MYSQL_ROOT_PASSWORD and DB_ROOT_PASSWD)
• The volume directory of MySQL data (volumes)
• The volume directory of Seafile data (volumes).
• SEAFILE_SERVER_HOSTNAME=docs.seafile.com
• SEAFILE_ADMIN_EMAIL=example@email
• SEAFILE_ADMIN_PASSWORD=

Then start the docker containers:

docker-compose up

once the containers are up headf to your hostname that you sepcified in SEAFILE_SERVER_HOSTNAME and log in using the SEAFILE_ADMIN_EMAIL and SEAFILE_ADMIN_PASSWORD

and enjoy using seafile!