Standard Notes Syncing Server

Running your own server

You can run your own Standard Notes server and use it with any Standard Notes app. This allows you to have 100% control of your data. This server is built with Ruby on Rails and can be deployed in minutes.

Getting started

Requirements

Ruby 2.3+
Rails 5
MySQL 5.6+ database

Instructions

Clone the project:

git clone https://github.com/standardnotes/syncing-server.git

Create a .env file in the project's root directory. See env.sample for required values.

Initialize project:

bundle install
rails db:create db:migrate

Start the server:
```
rails s
```

Docker Setup

Docker is the quick and easy way to try out Standard Notes. With two commands you'll be up and running.

Standalone Instance

The Dockerfile is enough to get you up and running. Once Docker is installed on your system simply run the following commands to get up and running in Development Mode.

$ docker build -t syncing-server .
$ docker run -d \
  -p 3000:3000 \
  --name my-syncing-server \
  syncing-server

You can then access the server via the Desktop application by setting the Sync Server Domain (Under Advanced Options) to http://localhost:3000

Note: This standalone setup is designed for Development use only. Please use the docker-compose method for production instances.

Docker Compose

Use the included docker-compose.yml file to build Standard Notes with docker-compose. Once your .env file has been copied and configured, simply run:

docker-compose up -d

This should load the syncing-server and MySQL database containers and run the necessary migrations. You should then be able to reach the server at http://localhost:[EXPOSED_PORT] . For example, if inside of my .env file I set "EXPOSED_PORT=7459" I could reach the syncing-server via http://localhost:7459

To stop the server, cd into this directory again and run docker-compose down