Self-host Budibase with Docker

An open-source low-code platform for building internal tools, forms, and admin panels. This page describes the Levelrail template for Budibase (Applications). It deploys the services below as one Docker Compose app on your own server. Project site: https://docs.budibase.com/docs/docker-compose. Recommended memory: about 2048 MiB.

Services, ports and volumes

Service	Image	Container ports	Volumes
`app-service`	`budibase.docker.scarf.sh/budibase/apps:latest`	none	none
`couchdb-service`	`budibase/couchdb:latest`	none	`budibase_couchdb_data -> /opt/couchdb/data`
`minio-service`	`ghcr.io/coollabsio/minio:RELEASE.2025-10-15T17-29-55Z`	none	`budibase_minio_data -> /data`
`proxy-service`	`budibase/proxy:latest`	10000	none
`redis-service`	`redis:7-alpine`	none	`budibase_redis_data -> /data`
`worker-service`	`budibase.docker.scarf.sh/budibase/worker:latest`	none	none

Environment variables

Service	Variable	Value
`app-service`	`API_ENCRYPTION_KEY`	Generated at deploy
`app-service`	`BUDIBASE_ENVIRONMENT`	Preset in the template
`app-service`	`COUCH_DB_URL`	Generated at deploy
`app-service`	`ENCRYPTION_KEY`	Generated at deploy
`app-service`	`INTERNAL_API_KEY`	Generated at deploy
`app-service`	`JWT_SECRET`	Generated at deploy
`app-service`	`LOG_LEVEL`	Preset in the template
`app-service`	`MINIO_ACCESS_KEY`	Generated at deploy
`app-service`	`MINIO_SECRET_KEY`	Generated at deploy
`app-service`	`MINIO_URL`	Preset in the template
`app-service`	`PORT`	Preset in the template
`app-service`	`REDIS_URL`	Preset in the template
`app-service`	`SELF_HOSTED`	Preset in the template
`app-service`	`WORKER_URL`	Preset in the template
`couchdb-service`	`COUCHDB_PASSWORD`	Generated at deploy
`couchdb-service`	`COUCHDB_USER`	Generated at deploy
`couchdb-service`	`TARGETBUILD`	Preset in the template
`minio-service`	`MINIO_BROWSER`	Preset in the template
`minio-service`	`MINIO_ROOT_PASSWORD`	Generated at deploy
`minio-service`	`MINIO_ROOT_USER`	Generated at deploy
`proxy-service`	`APPS_UPSTREAM_URL`	Preset in the template
`proxy-service`	`COUCHDB_UPSTREAM_URL`	Preset in the template
`proxy-service`	`MINIO_UPSTREAM_URL`	Preset in the template
`proxy-service`	`RESOLVER`	Preset in the template
`proxy-service`	`WORKER_UPSTREAM_URL`	Preset in the template
`worker-service`	`API_ENCRYPTION_KEY`	Generated at deploy
`worker-service`	`APPS_URL`	Preset in the template
`worker-service`	`CLUSTER_PORT`	Preset in the template
`worker-service`	`COUCH_DB_PASSWORD`	Generated at deploy
`worker-service`	`COUCH_DB_URL`	Generated at deploy
`worker-service`	`COUCH_DB_USERNAME`	Generated at deploy
`worker-service`	`INTERNAL_API_KEY`	Generated at deploy
`worker-service`	`JWT_SECRET`	Generated at deploy
`worker-service`	`MINIO_ACCESS_KEY`	Generated at deploy
`worker-service`	`MINIO_SECRET_KEY`	Generated at deploy
`worker-service`	`MINIO_URL`	Preset in the template
`worker-service`	`PORT`	Preset in the template
`worker-service`	`REDIS_URL`	Preset in the template
`worker-service`	`SELF_HOSTED`	Preset in the template

Passwords and keys marked as generated are created for you when the app is deployed and stored as secrets. Values are not shown here.

Deploy Budibase with Levelrail

In the dashboard, open Apps, choose New app, then Browse templates, and select Budibase. Review the Compose body and deploy. With the CLI:

levelrail-cli templates deploy budibase --name my-budibase

See the service template catalog for how templates work, and Getting started if you have not installed Levelrail yet.

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Last modified on October 12, 2026

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