Self-host Strapi with Docker

An open-source headless CMS with a customizable admin panel and a REST/GraphQL content API. This page describes the Levelrail template for Strapi (Developer Tools). It deploys the services below as one Docker Compose app on your own server. Project site: https://docs.strapi.io/. Recommended memory: about 512 MiB.

Services, ports and volumes

Service	Image	Container ports	Volumes
`db`	`postgres:16-alpine`	none	`strapi_db_data -> /var/lib/postgresql/data`
`strapi`	`elestio/strapi-production:v5.33.4`	1337	`strapi_uploads -> /opt/app/public/uploads`

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
`strapi`	`ADMIN_JWT_SECRET`	Generated at deploy
`strapi`	`APP_KEYS`	Generated at deploy
`strapi`	`DATABASE_CLIENT`	Preset in the template
`strapi`	`DATABASE_HOST`	Preset in the template
`strapi`	`DATABASE_NAME`	Preset in the template
`strapi`	`DATABASE_PASSWORD`	Generated at deploy
`strapi`	`DATABASE_PORT`	Preset in the template
`strapi`	`DATABASE_USERNAME`	Preset in the template
`strapi`	`JWT_SECRET`	Generated at deploy
`strapi`	`NODE_ENV`	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 Strapi with Levelrail

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

levelrail-cli templates deploy strapi --name my-strapi

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

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Self-host Strapi with Docker

Services, ports and volumes

Environment variables

Deploy Strapi with Levelrail

More Developer Tools templates

​Services, ports and volumes

​Environment variables

​Deploy Strapi with Levelrail

​More Developer Tools templates

Services, ports and volumes

Environment variables

Deploy Strapi with Levelrail

More Developer Tools templates