Server docker files

A collection of docker compose files that make it easy to setup a self-hosted home server with Immich, Jellyfin, and Nextcloud.

To do

Setup automatic backup and update for docker containers
Add the option to not setup some of the containers
Add the option to only allow certain twingate users access to certain apps

Usage

1. Install docker

Docker engine install documentation

2. Download the code

git clone https://github.com/godalming123/server-docker-files.git
cd server-docker-files

3. Setup encryption with trusted SSL certificates using duckDNS and caddy

Go to https://duckdns.org, and create an account with one domain for your server which has the current_ip option set to the IP address of your server
Edit caddy/Caddyfile, and enter your duckDNS token (can be found on the duckDNS website when you are signed in), and your domain

4. Edit the immich DB password

immich/.env

DB_PASSWORD=postgres # CHANGE THIS VALUE TO A RANDOM STRING OF LETTERS FOR SECURITY
DB_USERNAME=postgres
DB_DATABASE_NAME=immich

5. Edit the nextcloud `.env` file

nextcloud/.env

MYSQL_ROOT_PASSWORD=<CHANGE_THE_ROOT_PASSWORD_TO_A_RANDOM_STRING>
MYSQL_PASSWORD=<CHANGE_THE_PASSWORD_TO_A_RANDOM_STRING>
MYSQL_DATABASE=nextcloud
MYSQL_USER=nextcloud
MYSQL_HOST=db
OVERWRITECLIURL="https://nextcloud.<YOUR_DUCKDNS_DOMAIN>.duckdns.org"
OVERWRITEPROTOCOL="https"

6. Upload your media to jellyfin

Create a jellyfin/media folder, and copy your media files there. If possible, try to convert media files to a codec that is supported on all of the devices that you use before you upload them. This means that the server does not have to convert the files to a codec that the client supports as the client is consuming them, which saves CPU, and can fix frame dropping issues. VLC media player can be used to do these conversions, although each file has to be manually converted.

7. Startup the containers

sudo docker compose --project-directory immich up -d
sudo docker compose --project-directory jellyfin up -d
sudo docker compose --project-directory nextcloud up -d
sudo docker compose --project-directory caddy up -d

8. Setup the containers

Immich

Go to https://imich.YOUR_DUCKDNS_DOMAIN.org/, and setup your account. Immich has some AI features enabled out of the box that only ever run on the server, where the data is never sent to a third party. Howerver, this cuases the server to use 100% CPU until it has processed all of the photos that you upload when you import your photos and videos. These AI features can be disabled by pressing Administration -> Jobs -> Stop job.

Nextcloud

Go to https://nextcloud.YOUR_DUCKDNS_DOMAIN.org/, and setup your account.

Jellyfin

Go to http://jellyfin.YOUR_DUCKDNS_DOMAIN.org/web/index.html#!/wizardstart.html and setup your account.

9. Setup automatic updates for your OS

Here is the command for debian:

sudo apt install unattended-upgrades
sudo systemctl enable --now unattended-upgrades
sudo dpkg-reconfigure -plow unattended-upgrades

10. OPTIONAL: Setup twingate so that the server can be accessed from outside your WiFi network

Go to https://auth.twingate.com/signup-v2, and:

Create a twingate account
Setup a resoarce (with your server's IP address as a URL) and connector for your server

Edit twingate/docker-compose.yml with the following contents:

name: twingate
services:
  twingate_connector:
    container_name: twingate_connector
    image: twingate/connector:latest
    environment:
      - TWINGATE_NETWORK=<ADD_YOUR_NETWORK_NAME_HERE>
      - TWINGATE_ACCESS_TOKEN=<ADD_YOUR_ACCESS_TOKEN_HERE>
      - TWINGATE_REFRESH_TOKEN=<ADD_YOUR_REFRESH_TOEKN_HERE>
    restart: unless-stopped

Run docker compose up

sudo docker compose --project-directory twingate up -d

Install twingate and sign in on the client that you want to access the network with

11. Update your docker compose containers

To keep your docker compose containers updated, run the following commands from the folders with the docker compose file in:

sudo docker compose pull
sudo docker compose up --force-recreate -d
sudo docker image prune -f

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