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# Self-host Documenso with Docker

> An open-source document signing platform, a self-hosted alternative to DocuSign.

An open-source document signing platform, a self-hosted alternative to DocuSign.

This page describes the Levelrail template for Documenso (Productivity). It deploys the services below as one Docker Compose app on your own server. Project site: [https://docs.documenso.com/](https://docs.documenso.com/).

Recommended memory: about 512 MiB.

## Services, ports and volumes

| Service | Image | Container ports | Volumes |
| - | - | - | - |
| `database` | `postgres:17` | none | `documenso_postgresql_data -> /var/lib/postgresql/data` |
| `documenso` | `documenso/documenso:v1.12.10` | 3000 | none |

## Environment variables

| Service | Variable | Value |
| - | - | - |
| `database` | `POSTGRES_DB` | Preset in the template |
| `database` | `POSTGRES_PASSWORD` | Generated at deploy |
| `database` | `POSTGRES_USER` | Preset in the template |
| `documenso` | `CERT_VALID_DAYS` | Preset in the template |
| `documenso` | `NEXTAUTH_SECRET` | Generated at deploy |
| `documenso` | `NEXTAUTH_URL` | Preset in the template |
| `documenso` | `NEXT_PRIVATE_DATABASE_URL` | Generated at deploy |
| `documenso` | `NEXT_PRIVATE_DIRECT_DATABASE_URL` | Generated at deploy |
| `documenso` | `NEXT_PRIVATE_ENCRYPTION_KEY` | Generated at deploy |
| `documenso` | `NEXT_PRIVATE_ENCRYPTION_SECONDARY_KEY` | Generated at deploy |
| `documenso` | `NEXT_PRIVATE_SIGNING_LOCAL_FILE_PASSPHRASE` | Generated at deploy |
| `documenso` | `NEXT_PRIVATE_SIGNING_LOCAL_FILE_PATH` | Preset in the template |
| `documenso` | `NEXT_PRIVATE_SIGNING_TRANSPORT` | Preset in the template |
| `documenso` | `NEXT_PUBLIC_WEBAPP_URL` | 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 Documenso with Levelrail

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

With the CLI:

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

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 Productivity templates

* [AFFiNE](/self-host/affine)
* [AppFlowy](/self-host/appflowy)
* [Baby Buddy](/self-host/babybuddy)
* [BookStack](/self-host/bookstack)
* [Cal.com](/self-host/calcom)

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


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