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# Self-host Campfire with Docker

> Basecamp's open-source group chat app: rooms, direct messages, and file sharing, self-hosted as one container.

Basecamp's open-source group chat app: rooms, direct messages, and file sharing, self-hosted as one container.

This page describes the Levelrail template for Campfire (Communication). It deploys the services below as one Docker Compose app on your own server. Project site: [https://github.com/basecamp/once-campfire](https://github.com/basecamp/once-campfire).

Recommended memory: about 256 MiB.

## Services, ports and volumes

| Service | Image | Container ports | Volumes |
| - | - | - | - |
| `campfire` | `ghcr.io/basecamp/once-campfire:main` | 80 | `campfire_storage -> /rails/storage` |

## Environment variables

| Service | Variable | Value |
| - | - | - |
| `campfire` | `DISABLE_SSL` | Preset in the template |
| `campfire` | `SECRET_KEY_BASE` | Generated at deploy |
| `campfire` | `SKIP_TELEMETRY` | Preset in the template |
| `campfire` | `SSL_DOMAIN` | 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 Campfire with Levelrail

In the dashboard, open **Apps**, choose **New app**, then **Browse templates**, and select Campfire. Review the Compose body and deploy.

With the CLI:

```bash theme={"dark"}
levelrail-cli templates deploy campfire --name my-campfire
```

See the [service template catalog](/templates-and-registry) for how templates work, and [Getting started](/getting-started) if you have not installed Levelrail yet.

## More Communication templates

* [Apache Answer](/self-host/answer)
* [Apprise API](/self-host/apprise-api)
* [Chatwoot](/self-host/chatwoot)
* [FreeScout](/self-host/freescout)
* [Gotify](/self-host/gotify)

All templates are listed in the [self-host gallery](/self-host).


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