Nimbus/DEPLOYMENT.md

🚀 Deployment Guide

🐳 Docker Compose Deployment

This is the simplest way to deploy Nimbus locally or on a single server.

To make it even simpler, we recommend using Coolify.

Prerequisites

• Git
• Docker
• Docker Compose

1. Clone the Repository

git clone https://github.com/nimbusdotstorage/Nimbus.git
cd Nimbus

2. Set Up Environment Variables

cp .env.example .env

Nimbus requires the following environment variables to work, some will be pre-filled for local testing:

REQUIRED:

• GOOGLE_CLIENT_ID
• GOOGLE_CLIENT_SECRET
• MICROSOFT_CLIENT_ID
• MICROSOFT_CLIENT_SECRET
• BETTER_AUTH_SECRET
• BETTER_AUTH_URL
• SERVER_PORT
• WEB_PORT
• BACKEND_URL
• TRUSTED_ORIGINS
• VITE_BACKEND_URL
• VITE_FRONTEND_URL
• DATABASE_URL
• DATABASE_HOST
• POSTGRES_PORT
• POSTGRES_USER
• POSTGRES_PASSWORD
• POSTGRES_DB
• VALKEY_PORT
• VALKEY_HOST
• VALKEY_USERNAME
• VALKEY_PASSWORD

OPTIONAL:

• EMAIL_FROM
• RESEND_API_KEY
• VITE_POSTHOG_KEY
• VITE_POSTHOG_HOST

3. Start Services

docker compose up -d

4. Verify Services

• Web UI: http://localhost:3000
• Server API: http://localhost:1284
• PostgreSQL: localhost:5432
• Valkey (Redis-compatible): localhost:6379

5. Stop Services

docker compose down

6. Service Health Checks

• Database: pg_isready -h localhost -p 5432
• Cache: redis-cli -h localhost -p 6379 ping
• API: curl http://localhost:1284/health

7. Enjoy!

Your container should now be available at http://localhost:3000 or at the domain you set up!