Self-host Kutt with Docker

A modern URL shortener with custom domains, link analytics and an API, backed by Postgres and Redis. This page describes the Levelrail template for Kutt (Applications). It deploys the services below as one Docker Compose app on your own server. Project site: https://docs.kutt.it/. Recommended memory: about 384 MiB.

Services, ports and volumes

Service	Image	Container ports	Volumes
`db`	`postgres:16-alpine`	none	`pgdata -> /var/lib/postgresql/data`
`kutt`	`kutt/kutt:v3.2.6`	3000	`uploads -> /kutt/custom`
`redis`	`redis:7-alpine`	none	`redis -> /data`

Environment variables

Service	Variable	Value
`db`	`POSTGRES_DB`	Preset in the template
`db`	`POSTGRES_PASSWORD`	Generated at deploy
`db`	`POSTGRES_USER`	Preset in the template
`kutt`	`DB_CLIENT`	Preset in the template
`kutt`	`DB_HOST`	Preset in the template
`kutt`	`DB_NAME`	Preset in the template
`kutt`	`DB_PASSWORD`	Generated at deploy
`kutt`	`DB_PORT`	Preset in the template
`kutt`	`DB_USER`	Preset in the template
`kutt`	`DEFAULT_DOMAIN`	Preset in the template
`kutt`	`DISALLOW_ANONYMOUS_LINKS`	Preset in the template
`kutt`	`DISALLOW_REGISTRATION`	Preset in the template
`kutt`	`JWT_SECRET`	Generated at deploy
`kutt`	`REDIS_ENABLED`	Preset in the template
`kutt`	`REDIS_HOST`	Preset in the template
`kutt`	`REDIS_PORT`	Preset in the template
`kutt`	`TRUST_PROXY`	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 Kutt with Levelrail

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

levelrail-cli templates deploy kutt --name my-kutt

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

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Services, ports and volumes

Environment variables

Deploy Kutt with Levelrail

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​Services, ports and volumes

​Environment variables

​Deploy Kutt with Levelrail

​More Applications templates

Services, ports and volumes

Environment variables

Deploy Kutt with Levelrail

More Applications templates