x86dev/docker-seafile repository overview

⁠Docker image for Seafile

This Dockerfile installs latest Seafile⁠ with HTTPS (TLS) enabled by default.

Idea and initial Dockerfile was based on https://github.com/alvistar/seafile-docker⁠

⁠Features

The image contains/adds the following:

• Latest Seafile (4.x)
• Nginx for TLS (HTTPS) support
• Self-signed certificates, generated automatically on first run
• Runit for keeping the services up and running

⁠Changelog

• 2015/04/18: Added initial support for Seafile 4.x and using the official mysql Docker image. Stay tuned for updates.

⁠Architecture

For running Seafile within Docker, three containers are needed, namely:

• seafile, which contains the actual Seafile instance running on the server
• seafile-db, the MySQL database container
• seafile-data, the data container

Having different containers is nice if you need/want to upgrade and/or backup your installation.

⁠Quickstart

Create the MySQL database container by running:

    docker run -d -p 3306:3306 -e MYSQL_ROOT_PASSWORD=<password> -e MYSQL_DATABASE=seafile -e MYSQL_USER=seafile -e MYSQL_PASSWORD=<password> --name seafile-db mysql:latest

This will create the needed container, based on mysql⁠. This also assumes that you're not yet running another database at port 3306 on your host. In case you do, e.g. use

-p 3307:3306

to expose the database' internal port 3306 to 3307 on your host.

As we need the IP of your database container later, look it up by doing a:

docker inspect "seafile-db" | grep IPAddress | cut -d '"' -f 4

Note: IPv6 support is not implemented in this Dockerfile yet!

Now, create the actual Seafile volume (for storing the actual data), using:

    docker run -it --dns=127.0.0.1 --link seafile-db:db --name seafile-data -e SEAFILE_DOMAIN_NAME=<yourdomain.tld> x86dev/docker-seafile bootstrap

Note: The <yourdomain.tld> should either point to a IP or valid domain you want to run Seafile on. If you're running Docker on your localhost you simply can specify 127.0.0.1.

Bonus: If you want to specify a different port than 8080, add the parameter

SEAFILE_DOMAIN_PORT=<yourport>

to the command line above. Don't forget to change the port at the final command later on though!

The script which now runs will ask a few questions to correctly set up all the things for you, in particular:

"What is the name of the server?"

Hint: Enter the name (not a domain or IP!) of this Seafile installation.

"What is the ip or domain of the server?"

Hint: If you're running Docker on your local PC, enter 127.0.0.1 -- otherwise enter the IP or domain of your server you're running Docker on.

"What is the host of mysql server?"

Hint: Enter the IP of your seafile-db container, e.g. 172.17.0.2. Remember the step from above?

Important: For all other questions just accept the defaults by pressing [ENTER].

Almost done! Now actually run Seafile using the database and the volume with:

    docker run -d -t --dns=127.0.0.1 -p 10001:10001 -p 8082:8082 -p 12001:12001 -p 8080:8080 --volumes-from seafile-data --link seafile-db:db -e SEAFILE_DOMAIN_NAME=<yourdomain.tld> --name seafile x86dev/docker-seafile

Seafile should now be running on your host at

https://<yourhost>:8080

Congrats, you're now running Seafile using your self-signed certificate!