seafile-containerized/README.md

About

• Docker is an open source project to pack, ship and run any Linux application in a lighter weight, faster container than a traditional virtual machine.

• Docker makes it much easier to deploy a Seafile server on your servers and keep it updated.

• The base image configures Seafile with the Seafile team's recommended optimal defaults.

If you are not familiar with docker commands, please refer to docker documentation.

Getting Started

To run the seafile server container:

docker run -d --name seafile \
  -e SEAFILE_SERVER_HOSTNAME=seafile.example.com \
  -v /opt/seafile-data:/shared \
  -p 80:80 \
  seafileltd/seafile:latest

Wait for a few minutes for the first time initialization, then visit http://seafile.example.com to open Seafile Web UI.

More configuration Options

Custom Admin Username and Password

The default admin account is me@example.com and the password is asecret. You can use a different password by setting the container's environment variables: e.g.

docker run -d --name seafile \
  -e SEAFILE_SERVER_HOSTNAME=seafile.example.com \
  -e SEAFILE_ADMIN_EMAIL=me@example.com \
  -e SEAFILE_ADMIN_PASSWORD=a_very_secret_password \
  -v /opt/seafile-data:/shared \
  -p 80:80 \
  seafileltd/seafile:latest

If you forget the admin password, you can add a new admin account and then go to the sysadmin panel to reset user password.

Let's encrypt SSL certificate

If you set SEAFILE_SERVER_LETSENCRYPT to true, the container would request a letsencrypt-signed SSL certificate for you automatically.

e.g.

docker run -d --name seafile \
  -e SEAFILE_SERVER_LETSENCRYPT=true \
  -e SEAFILE_SERVER_HOSTNAME=seafile.example.com \
  -e SEAFILE_ADMIN_EMAIL=me@example.com \
  -e SEAFILE_ADMIN_PASSWORD=a_very_secret_password \
  -v /opt/seafile-data:/shared \
  -p 80:80 \
  -p 443:443 \
  seafileltd/seafile:latest

If you want to use your own SSL certificate:

• create a folder /opt/seafile-data/ssl, and put your certificate and private key under the ssl directory.
• Assume your site name is seafile.example.com, then your certificate must have the name seafile.example.com.crt, and the private key must have the name seafile.example.com.key.

Modify Seafile Server Configurations

The config files are under shared/seafile/conf. You can modify the configurations according to Seafile manual

After modification, you need to restart the container:

docker restart seafile

Find logs

The seafile logs are under shared/logs/seafile.

The system logs are under shared/logs/var-log.

Add a new Admin

Ensure the container is running, then enter this command:

docker exec -it seafile /opt/seafile/seafile-server-latest/reset-admin.sh

Enter the username and password according to the prompts. You now have a new admin account.

Directory Structure

/shared

Placeholder spot for shared volumes. You may elect to store certain persistent information outside of a container, in our case we keep various logfiles and upload directory outside. This allows you to rebuild containers easily without losing important information.

• /shared/db: This is the data directory for mysql server
• /shared/seafile: This is the directory for seafile server configuration and data.
• /shared/logs: This is the directory for logs.
  • /shared/logs/var-log: This is the directory that would be mounted as /var/log inside the container. For example, you can find the nginx logs in shared/logs/var-log/nginx/.
  • /shared/logs/seafile: This is the directory that would contain the log files of seafile server processes. For example, you can find seaf-server logs in shared/logs/seafile/seafile.log.
• /shared/ssl: This is directory for certificate, which does not exist by default.
• /shared/bootstrap.conf: This file does not exist by default. You can create it by your self, and write the configuration of files similar to the samples folder.

Upgrading Seafile Server

TO upgrade to latest version of seafile server:

docker pull seafileltd/seafile:latest
docker rm -f seafile
docker run -d --name seafile \
  -e SEAFILE_SERVER_LETSENCRYPT=true \
  -e SEAFILE_SERVER_HOSTNAME=seafile.example.com \
  -e SEAFILE_ADMIN_EMAIL=me@example.com \
  -e SEAFILE_ADMIN_PASSWORD=a_very_secret_password \
  -v /opt/seafile-data:/shared \
  -p 80:80 \
  -p 443:443 \
  seafileltd/seafile:latest

If you are one of the early users who use the launcher script, you should refer to upgrade from old format document.

Troubleshooting

You can run docker commands like "docker logs" or "docker exec" to find errors.

docker logs -f seafile
# or
docker exec -it seafile bash